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Adelaide, SA, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Executive Manager, Network Services, I am responsible for
• a team of >180 staff via 5 direct reports that deliver programs of work via and a group of field contractors, together working in excess of 1 million man hours p.a.
• annual Capital Budgets of up to $300M and operating budgets in excess of $50M
• performing the role of Incident Manger during the 2016 state wide blackout
• leadership and guidance during a time of extensive industry change due to the introduction of renewable technology.
• represent ElectraNet on various national regulatory bodies such as NEMOC

Senior Manager Project Delivery/ Construction – led a team of over 40 professionals, primarily Project Managers, responsible for the delivery of the majority of ElectraNet’s 5-year $0.8B capital program in the regulated and unregulated space and management of the land portfolio.

A/Executive Manager, Network Services – led a team of ~150 engineers, project managers and operations and maintenance personnel to deliver ElectraNet’s capital and maintenance programs via a predominately outsourced model.

Senior Manager Operations –led the team responsible for the real-time operation of the transmission network and customer interaction

• Senior Manager Asset Performance – leading the team responsible for the delivery of all maintenance activities via an outsourced model
• Led the complete turnaround and revitalisation of the contracting model with our service providers to relationship based models with a focus on asset risk reduction.
• Led the renegotiation of the ~$50m, 5 year maintenance contract that yielded a reduction in unit costs for the first 3 years of the contract, improved labour productivity and a vastly improved relationship with the.
• I lead the renegotiation of the ~$50m, 5 year maintenance contract that yielded a reduction in unit costs for the first 3 years of the contract, improved labour productivity and a vastly improved relationship with the.

• As joint General Manager initiated a strategic planning process, which revealed that cheaper Chinese imports were having a major impact on sales and future profitability. In conjunction with the Board, a range of.
• As GM Sales and Marketing of the merged entity, was responsible for the business development function.:
• New sales orders from the US’s second largest evaporative cooler OEM in excess of US$500k annually.
• Launching of the Tekstream brand to exploit service offerings in the industry
• Breaking into the US thermostat market by releasing a new “slimline” thermostat
• Initial sales to the largest after market supplier of HVAC parts in the US

• Reporting to the AUSTRICS Board, was responsible for preparing AUSTRICS for sale by growing AUSTRICS from a small, locally based, product-focused company to a global, customer-focused, growth oriented company with.
• Produced the first strategic plan and financial model for the company. The plan was approved by the Board laid the foundation for the sale of AUSTRICS
• Refocused IT initiatives to achieve the launch of 2 new products prior to the sale.
• Introduced modern business practices so that key processes were mapped and modified to improve business efficiency and profitability with appropriate KPI reporting.
• Renegotiated more favourable reseller agreements to improve margins.

• Developed the 2001-2003 strategic plan which yielded a higher return, faster to market, lower cost strategy based on improved customer focus and awareness.
• Developed an M&A strategy for Cell-Loc and participated in the team that negotiated the first acquisition.
• Developed the international expansion strategy so that the most tax effective structure was put in place without sacrificing any operational efficiency.

• Led the successful due diligence of a US$550 million coal fired power plant acquisition from a technical and business perspective.
• Led the negotiation of over US$65 million of contracts for capital equipment needed for the plant expansion and led the licensing negotiations with the US EPA.
• As part of the deregulation of the electric industry in Alberta, was team leader for the negotiation of 20-year contracts with present value in excess of C$1.4 billion.
• Analysed the feasibility of spinning off Hydro assets into a “Green Trust” and marketing the units

Performed numerous detailed economic and financial evaluations of projects, including cogeneration projects, domestic and international greenfield electric power plants and other projects in the energy sector

In my 4½ years of constant progression at Worsley, I was exposed to a broad spectrum of responsibilities revolving around the operations of the refinery, ranging from responsibility for the chemistry and production targets to leading a process computer upgrade project and being part of an Expansion Task Force investigating the feasibility of a major plant.

Company Directors Course

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy

Activities and Societies: William James Tough Memorial Scholarship (awarded to top 5 students in a class of 200) Hewlett Packard Prize.

Be (Chem) Hons, Chemical Engineering, Class Iia Honours

Graduate Diploma In Business, Finance, General