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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

Formed a talented Product Management and Integrated Marketing team of six.Development and implementation of product lifecycle processes from inception to retirement.Focus on new product lifecycle management and road mapping, product implementation, product management, sales support, business case development and technical product communications.Rapid development of new range of control system from opportunity identification to multi-site manufacturing implementation.Development of key customer based technical partnerships leading to engineered solutions in the area of power generation particulate filtration (gas turbine systems and boilers).

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

Director of Engineering with a team of up to 15 in product development, research and innovation for environmental pulse jet technologies globally. Set and manage budgets, prepare business cases and justifications for new products, interface cross-functionally through the business, develop technical partnerships with customers including GE, Alstom, Siemens. Develop product innovation plans.

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

Responsibility for the portfolio of water products (water quality and electromagnetic flow meters), industrial valves, and reverse pulse jet filter cleaning systems solutions. Managed a global team of five product managers and a marketing administrator. Responsible for product planning, overall product ownership from proposal to implementation, website development, product literature and training materials, preparation and display of stand and materials at major tradeshows in USA and Germany. Directly support global key customer relationships.

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

Engineering management for the portfolio of new product development in the industrial valves and controls space, as well as product management for reverse pulse jet filter cleaning systems products. Development and implementation of a Stage/Gate NPD process. Make/buy analysis, development of technical partnerships with key accounts. Development of product roadmaps and new product proposals. Manage NPD schedules. Preparation of commercial justifications and CAPEX requisitions for new product manufacturing implementation.

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

Chief Engineer for new product development encompassing industrial, pneumatic, gas, automotive, and reverse pulse jet valves, as well as electronic controls and filter cleaning modelling software development. Managed department resources and budget. Set technical priorities across all product groups with a portfolio of up to twenty projects annually. Direct relationships with the manufacturing, finance, sales and marketing, and service teams globally. Supported new product initiatives in a high growth phase of the business. Grew the engineering capability of the business. Prepared technical training materials and interfaced with industry bodies. Managed international third party product certifications (UL, CE, CSA).

Milperra, Nsw, Australia

New product development of valves, controls, and filter cleaning systems for air filtration technologies. Encompassing design, prototyping, validation and testing, coordinating implementation into manufacturing. Developed product application software unique to the particulate filtration industry. Justified and developed product test facilities.

Rydalmere, Nsw, Australia

Process and Production Engineering for the Gas Cylinder production facility. Manufacturing line design, sourcing, and commissioning. Design, implementation, and certification of ISO9001 Quality System for Design and Manufacture. Project Engineer on Chinese joint venture for storage water heater manufacturing facility at greenfield site in Chengdu, China, involving production process design, equipment sourcing, logistics management, test and commissioning.