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Brisbane, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Mineral exploration technology development - subject matter expertise (SME)Key Responsibilities: • Technical project management (MS Project, Jira), vendor selection & oversight+ Preparation of specifications, requirements gathering, use cases, user stories+ Process mapping (MS Visio, Miro Boards)+ collaboration with engineering partners (internal & external)• Specifications & Technical notes • MATLAB code review & validation; Process & data validation • information management / knowledge management

Brisbane, Australia

Geoscience Data Management (Coal)Key Responsibilities: • Data processing automation projects • Data validation and verification• Tibco Spotfire reports – MS SQL ServerAchievements: • Geoscience Information Governance Standards Group (GIGS) – Development of Information Governance Standard & implementation to knowledge management• Hyperspectral data processing automation

Newstead, Queensland, Australia

Innovation & Analytics | Strategy, Portfolio & Innovation | Energy QueenslandLevel 1, 26 Reddacliff St. Newstead QLD 4006 Australia. (www.energyq.com.au)Highlights: • Project Management: Choice & diffusion modelling (partnered with CSIRO and QUT), forecasting uptake of distributed energy resources (DER) such as solar PV, Electric vehicles and battery storage under various tariff scenarios. Work published as comprehensive internal reports, in refereed journal articles and a book chapter. • Guiding development of EQL Data and Analytics Strategies, and implementation into the new Enterprise Intelligence Platform. Initiating development of EQL Open Data Strategy & Policy. • Data science advocacy engaging with internal stakeholders across the EQL portfolio, as well as externally, including: Open Data Institute (ODIQ); Data61 (CSIRO/NICTA); Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA); Brisbane based university & CSIRO research groups. • Development of automated, MATLAB-based data analysis & visualisation tools for electrical network load assessment, asset utilisation and customer segmentation analysis. (Note: June 2018 applied for Voluntary Redundancy and took 2019 off as sabbatical leave)

Brisbane, Australia

Insights & Strategic Analytics | Strategy, Portfolio & Innovation Level 11, 825 Ann St. Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 Australia. (www.ergon.com.au)Research Analyst: Network Strategy & Policy; Emerging Markets(EM); Technology Development (TD)Key Responsibilities: • Provision of data management, quantitative analysis, visualisation and modelling support across Network Optimisation & Asset Management;• Market research, review trends in technical and economic analysis, modelling & reporting to ensure that best practice techniques are embedded in modelling tools.• Develop, implement & manage technical & financial modelling analysis for integration of new technologies & techniques to defer augmentation and replacement of traditional utility & power supply solutions. • Data wrangling and analysis for projects covering: battery storage systems, solar air conditioning, phase change climate control, electric vehicle trials, power factor correction, demand response, etc. Process improvement and automation (MATLAB®, Excel/VBA)• Data science advocate Achievements: • Ongoing development of MATLAB-based electrical load and energy data analysis & visualisation tools (Data sources: Oracle, OSiSoft Pi Historian, SAP HANA, MS Access). • Establishment of a data management standards and archiving systems• Publications from CSIRO and QUT partnered projects incorporating diffusion and choice modelling to forecast uptake of distributed energy resources (DER) such as solar PV, Electric vehicles and battery storage under various tariff scenarios.

Brisbane, Australia

Private business developed from home office (Grant writing & funding calendars), expanding to Australian east coast capitals (Grants Hub) and into New Zealand (GEM Portal)

Sydney, Australia

Strategic Research Unit (SRU)• Financial Models and Quantitative Research;• Tactical (TAA) & Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA);• Quantitative support to Fund Manager Research, Asset Consulting and Distribution teams;• Process improvement and automation (Excel/VBA, MATLAB®)• Research and production of monthly Investment Outlook Reports (IOR) and research notes;• Strategic Asset Allocation SAA modelling and optimisation for New Zealand retail clients.

Brisbane, Australia

Queensland Investment Corporation (www.qic.com), Implemented Absolute Return / Implemented Solutions team• Quantitative analysis, process improvement and automation (Excel/VBA, MATLAB®)• Fund manager research & assessment– Global Macro, statistical arbitrage, managed futures / CTA and insurance linked strategies (e.g. catastrophe bonds), etc. Advised executive management and clients.• Construction of prototype alternative investment manager database and peer-analysis package using MATLAB®. Fund manager and portfolio performance assessment tools.

Brisbane, Australia

Scientific Software Development, Electrical Geophysics and EngineeringIndustries: Mineral exploration and mining; Food Science; marine hydrocarbon exploration; Petroleum Drilling & Borehole Logging Services; Soil Mechanics; Academia and Research.• Critical Chain Project Management (Theory of Constraints)Helicopter-borne Electromagnetic (EM) geophysical system development Brisbane-based project management - international engineering & management team (USA and Spain) • Machine Vision and Automation, Research and Development (LabVIEW, MATLAB®)CSIRO / Food Science Australia - Prototype abattoir production line automation tasks involving industrial robotics. • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, (LabVIEW) – borehole logging systems• Soil Mechanics (MATLAB®) - software & analytics for cone penetration testing (CPT) data. • Engineering & geotechnical data analysis, image processing database management & software development projects (MATLAB®, C++, Java) - Geological image processing & DB management

Brisbane, Australia; (Madrid, Spain; Houston, Tx, Usa; Grand Junction, Co, Usa)

• Critical Chain Project Management with MS Project and ProChain + Helicopter-borne Electromagnetic (EM) Geophysical System Development + Predominantly web based collaboration with geographically separated team members. Co-ordinated a team of senior Engineers located across the USA and Spain, reporting to management team in Madrid Spain, while based in Brisbane Australia (some international travel).

• Development and field support for proprietary, ground-based, geophysical acquisition system - Mount Isa Mines Distributed Acquisition System (MIMDAS). Major contributor to the development of MIMDAS software (MATLAB® and C++). Training, technical and logistical support to MIMDAS operators and regional project geophysicists.• Provision of geophysical support to a large exploration team based in Mt Isa, with responsibility for regional Copper / Gold (Cu/Au) exploration. Performed signal processing, data analysis, modelling and interpretation. Involved in integration of geological and geophysical data sets. Organisation, supervision and interpretation of geophysical surveys: induced polarization (IP) / magnetotellurics (MT), including the first MIMDAS production trials; gravity, magnetics, TEM, DHEM, • Project Management of intense and focused program of electrical geophysics exploring for deep Cu mineralisation on the Mt Isa Mining Lease (surface exploration). Participated in other successful geophysical surveys around Australia and Internationally.

Brisbane, Australia

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Assistant, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of QLD, Brisbane, AustraliaGeneral IT support / Software Development

Brisbane, Australia

National Energy Research Development & Demonstration Council (NERDDC) Research Assistant (Supported by the Australian Coal Industry Group ACIRL)VLF Geophysics, Data Acquisition and Analysis, Software Development (Fortran, Pascal, C)Radio Science Laboratory, School of Science, Griffith University (Nathan Campus), Brisbane, Australia

Phd, Microelectronic Engineering (Electrical Geophysics)

Activities and Societies: IEEE, ASEG, SEG Founding President of the IEEE Student Chapter at Griffith University, Nathan Campus.Doctor.

Bsc Hons (First Class), Physics, Instrumentation, Software Engineering, First Class Honours

Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours Faculty of Science, Griffith University (Nathan Campus), Brisbane, QLD, Australia Thesis &.

Bsc With Jap Lang, Physics, Mathematics, Instrumentation, Japanese Language

Bachelor of Science with Japanese School Science, Department of Science & Technology Griffith University (Nathan Campus), Brisbane, QLD.