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Mount Helen, Victoria, Au

Joining the PA team to help farmers make the most of their most importnat asset - their soil.

Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Au

Building value in Agriculture

Barangaroo, New South Wales, Au

Product Owner – CropConnect CropConnect is a digital marketplace that enables transparent trade of Agricultural Commodities and services. Initially developed as an evolution to GrainCorp Operations Inventory management system, it has now evolved to a point whereby CropConnect is its own entity that is expanding beyond GrainCorp’s traditional reach in to the wider Agri-ecosystem. Key achievements and responsibilities • Develop and evolve CropConnect business strategy and purpose• Secured seed funding (internal) to support the business strategy• Commercialised and operationalised Development teams• Oversight and management 2 development teams totaling 39 Employees direct and indirect• Deployed Agile and LEAN processes and methodology• Defined and reshaped internal business relationships to ensure CropConnect’s independence whilst preserving synergistic value to the GrainCorp portfolio of businesses.• Built internal resect for the business based on execution and engagement against predefined strategic objectives• Developed framework to optimise interoperability between business systems• Re-engagement of external contractors to optimise deliverable outcomes.

Barangaroo, New South Wales, Au

• Member of GrainCorp Leadership Group.• Led 139 permanent staff with seven direct reports and 800 casual staff over harvest.• Accountable for $40.8m operational expenditure.• Generated $80m revenue per annum.• Custodian of $1 billion of grains and oilseeds.• Oversight of quality and standards.• Responsible for an annual capital expenditure program of $13m to $85m• Regulator engagement with Environmental Protection Agency, WorkSafe and VicRoads. • Victorian Government engagement at ministerial and senior departmental levels (Transport for Victoria, Freight Victoria, DEDJTR, DEWLP), federal government projects (Inland Rail / Murray Basin Standardisation - $500m project) and local government (planning permits and compliance)• Exceptional knowledge of Victoria’s road and rail network operations, capacity constraints, inter and codependency’s.• Managed and optimised 47 grain receival sites and a further 198 fixed assets valued at in excess of $500m.• Achieved 2015 and 2017 Region of the Year.• Industrial relation lead for Enterprise Bargaining Agreements involving multiple unions including the AWU, ETU and AMWU.• Led step change in occupational health and safety (32% year-on-year improvement for 4 years).• Achieved operational efficiency increasing profitability by 10% per annum sustained over 4 years. • Focused on staff engagement resulting in a personal leader index of 92% compared to the company average of 71%.• Increased Victorian market share by 2.8% year-on-year over 4 years.• Experience in successfully executing industrial agreements and dispute resolution through the Fair Work Commission.• Drove a business restructure as part of a major strategic project that involved asset realignment resulting in a 23% reduction of overheads.• Instigated and delivered a strategic and cultural change throughout the organisation by focusing on customer centricity.• Accomplished LEAN practitioner as a lead within GrainCorp

Australasian Business Manager GEOSYS is a provider of decision support tools for the global agricultural industries. Focusing on remote sensing, statistical validation and agronomy, GEOSYS has pioneered and continues to lead the application of these sciences to a global clientele. www.geosys.com Key achievements and responsibilities• Member of the Management Board.• Greenfield market development.• Cross-industry engagement, agronomy, finance, insurance and research.• Engagement of research entities under project collaboration

Novariant is a Manufacturer of Machine position products and systems that enable Sub inch machine control. The Novariant business focus is agricultural application of their technology.Key achievements and responsibilities• Member of the Executive Team of Novariant INC.• Seven direct reports with 32 indirect reports.• Developed and implemented Operational Plan for Global Sales, Service and Support Network. • Managed company channel restructure in Australia.• Implemented cost-reduction strategy, halving overhead expenditure year on year while building revenues.• Drove culture change initiatives across Europe, the United States and Australia.• Full profit and loss responsibility for $60m revenue and $5.6m operating expenditure. Gps-Ag Pty Ltd, Victoria November 2008 – May 2010 Chief Executive Officer Gps-Ag operated as that exclusive distributor for AutoFarm and Ag Leader throughout Australia and New Zealand. GpsAg serviced and supported their products through national dealer networks. Key achievements and responsibilities• Developed and implemented business plans that generated positive cashflows in challenging economic conditions (sustained drought).• Five direct reports, 32 indirect reports.• Executed business sale .• Sustained year on year growth and increases service and sales efficiencies.• Homologation of business systems and processes where practical to US parent company, including Enterprise Software implementation.• Managed and expanded company human resource bandwidth through ‘policies in practice’

VICGps-Ag is the largest independent distributor for Technology products in the Agricultural industry, throughout Australia and New Zealand. Focusing on Agricultural efficiency, the business has grown exponentially, supporting and sustaining over 6,500 clients.Key Achievements• Grew a nine person, $4m revenue business into a $20m revenue business in three years.• Four direct reports, with a peak of 39 indirect line reports.• Refinanced the business with appropriate debt facilities to support growth.• Developed all company processes and procedures to sustain growth and functionality.• Negotiated and implemented Share Purchase Agreement allowing exit of founders as a combination of cash and shares. Ref: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061102006214/en/AutoFarm-Strategic-Investment-gps-Ag

Farm Manager

San Diego , Ca , Us

, SAAgrilink developed and supported the development of capacitance probes for Soil Moisture monitoring and management, as well as retailing ancillary software to enable real time irrigation management decisions. The business has evolved to now be US focused, after numerous years of drought and lack of irrigation water. www.aquaspy.com Developed and managed Sales and Service teams in all irrigated agricultural production regions in Australia.Achieved BRW fast 50 for two consecutive years.Defended and grew market share in Key markets of Cotton and Viticulture.

Business Manager

Business Management

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Agricultural Business And Management

Associate Diploma, Farm Management

Bs, Agriculture