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Small technical, business development and project services company, based in Australia but operating world wide.We have completed international assignments for international and bilateral agencies as a primary or sub-contractor. This has included providing the Project Director, Team Leader, Project Manager, and technical specialists or experts.Localities.

Eden Monaro, Gilmore, Bega Electorates And Eurobodalla Local Government Area

Election Official and Polling officer for the period leading up and on the day of the election, as well as vote counting. I was deputy manager of a large polling place for the recent Federal Election.I have been responsible for processing voting by people making absentee and declaration votes and pre poll voting as well as voting on polling day.I have.

Available for rapid deployment to unstable, and post conflict and post disaster localities to assist in stabilization activities.

Papua New Guinea

Assisting the PNG EC in preparing for and delivering the national election, as a member an Australian Civilian Corps. Completed four month assignment assisting in Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission to manage the operation of the National Election. I was Assistant Manager for the Highlands Region covering the election period in each of the Highlands.

Papua New Guinea And Middle East

Country Manager Papua New Guinea for 12 months. For almost two years was Senior Manager (Projects) based in Dubai, UAE.I undertook business and technical research, proposal preparation, client relationship management and project management and implementation. Projects were in Sudan, Kuwait, UAE, and Afghanistan and Pakistan. This was preceded by a four.

Provided technical advice on managing production waters from gas extraction from coal seams in Southern Queensland, Australia

Porgera Joint Venture Papua New Guinea

Responsible to the Mine GM for environment compliance and closure planning; community and government relations; as well as social and economic development programs with stakeholder communities.Rotated in the role of Mine General Manager when incumbant was on leave break or absent.With three managers as direct reports I guided a total team of over 150.

Astralia And Asia Pacific Region

Resposnibl for building realtionship with the Government agency responsble for delivering Australia's official Development Assistance. Assisted in identifying, building and tracking pipeline of projects and for tendering and managing contracts won.

Asia Pacific Region

Frequent short and long term assignments in Australia and overseas. including team leader of a coffee industry support project in PNG and of an education sector planning and development program in Solomon Islands, which included a post conflict recovery program in 2000-2001.Also a technical specialist on numerous proposal preparation and overseas.

Global

Numerous short and long term contracted assignments related to project management and implementation, This included extension and cooperatives development in Northern Samar Philippines; extension specialist on ADB design mission in Mindanao, Philippines; Team leader of agricultural education project in Philippines and also Director of a basic education.

Various roles on projects and in corporate office - including member of project implementation teams in rural development in Mindanao Philippines and forest sectors Solomon islands, and proposal preparation and project management.

Solomon Islands

Foundation Principal of an Institute at Fote on Malaita Province I designed to train farmers and agricultural upport personnel, including extension workers. Underook detailed training and institutional needs analysis before sitting with architect to design the campus and buidling and then oversaw the building. After gaining a detailed understanding of.

Philippines

Managed a component designed to estbale community based farmer associations across the province of Northern Samar in central Philippines. These were predominantly composed lowland rice farmers who were tenants and small farmers. inputs involved provision of enehqnce agriculture and prodctio advice with support in establishing and mananaging producer.

Philippines

Mentored, trained and assisted staff of the Betinan Research Station in Zamboanga del Sur - on Mindanao -to identify, design, conduct, analyse and report agronomic and farming systems research for upland producers. Crops included upland rice, maize, legumes and other grains and forages, none of which were irrigated.I had specific responsibility for.

Kerevat, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Under took program development and delivery for courses leading the award of Diploma in Tropical Agriculture for students from all over PNG, and Melanesian and Polynesian nations of the Pacific.Managed the production and teaching farms, as well as delivered practical and theoretical courses in food crop production, tree crops and agricultural business.

B.Sc.Agric. (Hons), Agronomy

I was enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture for four years, during which time I Studied General Agriculture and specialised in Agronomy.

Grad. Dip. Educ, Education For Development

I undertook a Graduate Diploma in Education, with additional specialisations to be able to work in developing nations. I focused on.