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Burwood East, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Amidst the challenges of the pandemic, I made a deliberate choice to temporarily step away from management roles to prioritize my well-being and combat fatigue. During this hiatus, I seized the opportunity to dive deep into refreshing my engineering knowledge, with a particular focus on leveraging RF tools like NEC & CST for advanced electromagnetic simulation. Additionally, this period allowed me to reignite my passion for radio, especially in the HF spectrum, by reengaging with the vibrant Amateur radio community. I'm excited to bring this renewed energy and expertise back to the professional arena, ready to take on new challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities:• Management and responsibility of all aspects of Rangeview Transports operations including sales, HR (recruitment, training, mentoring, discipline), payroll, operations, and fleet management.• Managed a team of 25 employees across 4 states.• Facilitate significant change within the organisation including establishment of a cultural and values piece and improved processes and new procedures.• Ensure safe working practices and compliance with fatigue management law.• Budgeting, forecasting and financial management.• Compliance with HVNR law whilst operating trucks.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities:• Management of CFA’s ICT program work (circa $15MAUD)• Lead team of project managers, engineers, and project administration staff.• Managed portfolio of projects to ensure timely completion.• Ensure safe working practices in accordance with CFA and government OH&S policies.• Budgeting, forecasting and financial management.

Burwood East

Responsibilities:• Manage CFA’s HR systems function and services.• Project manage system implementations, upgrades, and changes.• Develop strategic solutions, make recommendations, and provide expert advice on enhancements and upgrades to anticipate future functionality and delivery on end user requirements.• Manage contract arrangements with product vendors.• Cultivate and foster relationships with key stakeholders.

East Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Was Acting Manager of Program delivery between 2011 and 2014• Selection and lead of CFA resources to ensure timely completion of all projects.• Management of projects in accordance with CFA project policy.• Ensure project timelines align with customer delivery expectations.• Coordinate staff to monitor and record project costs.• Radio and telemetry engineer.• Senior RF Communication Engineer involved in Radio replacement project.• Radio frequency planning, site selection and acquisition.• Radio RF coverage predictions and link assessment.• Managed major project with Cisco IPICS project (project was subsequently closed before completion)• Deployed Microwave linking technology across State. Tendered, evaluated and negotiated contracts.

Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia

Broadcast System EngineeringPreparation of technical solutions for response to RFQ and tenders.Broadcast RF system design, antenna modelling, combiner/filter and feeder selection.

Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Selection and coordination of company resources to ensure timely completion of all projects.• Manage projects in accordance with customer contracts to minimise company risk.• Reporting exceptions on project timelines to customers and management.• Co-ordinate staff to monitor and record project costs.• Liaise with customers regarding turnkey project quotations.• RF System design of combining and filtering products• RF filter design.Was primarily responsible for the rollout of combiner, antennas and feeders for MMR P25 rollout for Police and Ambulance services for Motorola.

Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia

Project Management of HF and Broadcast survey, installation, repairs and maintenance projects.Design and Project Management of in-building systems for 2G and CDMA networks, broadcast systems and HF, VHF & UHF communication systems. Responsibilities• Pricing, planning and control of projects from pre-sales stage through to installation and commissioning of equipment on site• Preparation of Project plans including; Feasibility/Cost analysis, Risk analysis, detailed scope of works, Resource plan, Project schedule and site installation briefing• Selection and coordination of company and sub-contract resources to ensure timely completion of all projects• Manage projects in accordance with agreed customer contracts to ensure company risk is always minimised• Ensure project timelines are in place to meet customer delivery expectations, reporting exceptions to customers and management• Co-ordinate staff to monitor and record project costs• Ensure safe working practices in accordance with company and government OH&S policies• Liaise with customers regarding turnkey project quotations• System design of Broadcast, HF, VHF, UHF multi-coupling systems, In-building networks (GSM and CDMA) and design of system testsDesign Engineer• Design of VHF, UHF, Microwave filters, diplexers, and transmitter combiners.• Design HF Antenna, feeders, and transmission line products. NEC modelling• Design of inbuilding multiband combiners.• Managed feeder equalisation deployment, test methods and regime for JORN receiver equalisation which was subsequently adopted for project rollout.• Designed balanced 4 wire Log-periodic antenna feedline which was furnished on the HF modernisation project. This eliminated on-site tuning costs.

Highett, Victoria, Australia

Building, Construction and EngineeeringDesign and development of custom instrumentation interfaces.General electronic support to research team.

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Bachelor Of Engineering, Computer And Electronics Engineering, First Class Honours

Associate Diploma, Engineering

Electronics Engineering