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Annandale, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Head of a technical and marketing team responsible for the overall management of Smart Connected Products at Rheem Australia and Solahart Industries:- Solar Power Products- Home Batteries- EV Chargers- Home Energy Management Systems- Electricity Grid and Distributed Energy Resource Services

Sydney

Responsible for bringing to market smart and grid interactive products in the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) sector.Key responsibilities include:o Developing the business strategy, including product roadmaps and resourcing requirements, for smart and internet connected energy products,o Facilitating the collaboration between Rheem's global research and development teams to effectively share intellectual property and resources,o Working with global suppliers, energy networks, energy retailers, governments and renewable energy organisations to implement transformational technologies in the energy sector and;o Understanding the differing global market requirements to identify business opportunities.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for technical management of renewable & new energy products including Solar Power, Batteries, Smart Water Heaters and Energy Management products:o Business strategy development for the Advanced Product Technology group;o Development and acquisition of new technologies for commercialisation;o Supply chain management, including contract negotiation and tender development;o Management of product development engineers and technical support team;o Training and development of the nation-wide sales and installation network;o PV and Battery system design, performance modelling and project management for PV systems up to 400kW, including Tesla and LG Chem batteries;o Management of advanced Distributed Energy Resource (DER) projects including Australia's first smart, grid interactive electric water heater, Solahart PowerStore.Established in 1936, Rheem Australia is Australia's largest and oldest water heater manufacturer, specialising in gas, electric and renewable energy water heating. Rheem's Solahart brand pioneered solar water heating in Australia in 1953 and to date has manufactured over one million solar water heaters installed in 80 countries in every continent around the world. Key achievements:o Contributed to the PV team being awarded the CEO’s Award in 2011.o Designed proprietary savings estimating programs that predict solar power performance, estimate renewable energy usage and evaluate financial returns, based on a variety of financing structures.

Yverdon-Les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland

Engineering Department Manager for the Q-Cells owned startup company Flexcell; specializing in the manufacture of thin film flexible photovoltaic modules.Project managed a team of ten engineers to develop and source equipment for the start up of a 25MW PV module manufacturing plant. Key projects included:o Roll to roll high vacuum deposition equipment (PECVD, PVD).o Robotic handling equipment, PV quality tools and inline vision systems.

Sydney, Australia

Designer of the Rheem high efficiency heat pump water heater - winner of the Australian Housing Industry Association (HIA) 2007 Innovation Award.Developed a proprietary complex control logic that allows the heat pump to run at very high efficiencies in all climate conditions.Contributed to the creation of new testing procedures to correctly evaluate heat pump performance and durability to meet National StandardsRheem heat pump technical expert: Liaised with universities, laboratories and standards associations to assess emerging renewable energy technologies.

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Program manager and designer of automobile climate control system components.Halla Climate Control Canada’s lead resident engineering representative at Ford Motor Company and Visteon in Michigan, USA.

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Engineering intern charged with the designing and improving the processes required to manufacture automotive climate control system components.Worked extensively with brazing, welding, metal forming and plastic injection moulding technologies.

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering