Managed teams of Project Managers responsible for MLA's R&D project investments in the feedlot, grassfed beef, lamb and mutton, feedbase, animal health, live export and livestock genetics areas.Experienced in:- Strategic Planning including industry consultation and plan development, implementation and monitoring.- Managing cohesive project management teams to achieve KPIs.- Solving complex problems through analysis, consultation and negotiation.- Preparing Board papers and technical reports.- Presenting at technical and industry forums.- Developing and managing program and project budgets.- Project selection, contract negotiation and project management.Key achievements include:- Established a 4-year production and financial benchmarking project for some of the largest beef producers in Australia to identify opportunities to increase profitability. - Increased the number of cattle participating in certified organic beef production by over 48,000 breeders through a combination of industry workshops and targeted one-on-one support.- Validated and registered the world’s first commercial gastrointestinal nematode vaccine for sheep (BarbervaX), with all 300,000 doses for the first commercial trial pre-sold. - Established reproductive performance benchmarks and identified strategies to lift reproduction for beef producers through monitoring and analysis of data from 78,000 breeders on 72 beef properties.- Demonstrated through case studies the benefits of remote water monitoring technologies to reduce costs (RoI 58-96%; breakeven 1.0-1.7 years).- Developed grazing management strategies that reduced risk, increased productivity (22% increase in annual liveweight gain) and profitability (69% increase in gross margin), and reduced off-site impacts (50-65% reduction in run-off events). - Developed guidelines for intensification of extensive pastoral properties which have been applied to stations in the NT and Kimberley covering over 56,000 square km.

Direct management of eight researchers and oversight and an advisory role for a further nine researchers undertaking R&D in climate impacts on rural industries, greenhouse gases, salinity, tree clearing and vegetation management, and management of pastoral leasehold land.

Near-real time financial assessment of the Queensland wool industry on a regional basis