Alex Thompson
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Credentials
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Scotwork Advancing Negotiation Skills
Scotwork AustraliaOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Business Writing Skills
ANU Centre for Continuing EducationMar, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
CSAM - Certified Software Asset Manager
IAITAMJan, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Windlab
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Australia
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Electric Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Land and Community
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Apr 2022 - Present
As Land and Community Manager within Windlab's Queensland development team, I work to secure land rights for new wind farm and renewable energy development opportunities. In this role I lead commercial and property access negotiations with external project stakeholders (landholders, legal advisors, local government authorities) to secure land rights that facilitate the successful development of renewable energy projects. I work closely with the project discovery team to actively identify and secure new project sites and establish long-term and collaborative relationships with prospective wind farm landholders. Show less
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Land Manager
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Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
As Land Manager within Windlab's Australian development team, I work to secure land rights for new wind farm and renewable energy development opportunities. In this role I lead commercial and property access negotiations with external project stakeholders (landholders, legal advisors, local government authorities) to secure land rights that facilitate the successful development of renewable energy projects. I work closely with the prospecting team to actively identify and secure new project sites and establish long-term and collaborative relationships with prospective wind farm landholders. Show less
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Project Developer
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Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
As a Project Developer within Windlab's Australian development team, I worked to successfully progress our Australian portfolio of renewable energy projects through the planning, development and construction stages. In this role, I worked across multiple disciplines within the development of wind projects, including community engagement, land securement, planning, environmental, technical design, grid connection and offtake/financing.
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Wind Engineer
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Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
In this role, I worked as a Wind Engineer within Windlab's technical services division; The WindScape Institute. During this time I provided technical services into wind, solar and hybrid projects across Windlab's global renewable energy portfolio of developing and operating assets in Australia, South Africa, East Africa and the USA. Key responsibilities included;• Early stage wind project development, including site identification and prospecting• Wind data analysis, wind farm modelling and simulation, energy yield assessments• Design of wind turbine layouts, including preliminary civil and electrical designs• Liaison with prospective wind farm host landowners and assisting in negotiation of access/lease contracts• Installation of wind monitoring equipment on project sites Show less
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Group 10 Consulting Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development Manager
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
In my role as Business Development Manager, I was responsible for driving our sales in professional services across the Federal Government sector and enabling Group 10’s continuing growth and profitability. In this role I built and maintained effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both internally within the business and externally with our customers and partners. I maintained an in-depth knowledge of the company’s value proposition and services offering to identify business opportunities and track market trends and competitors for potential risks. I managed multiple projects concurrently and leveraged my skills in analytical thinking and requirements analysis to develop innovative solutions to solve our customer’s challenges. A key sales focus was on solution-led selling in strategic advisory, ICT asset management, procurement, contracting and vendor management consulting services. Show less
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Ethan Group
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Australia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Account Executive
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Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
As an Account Executive with the Ethan Group, I was engaged as an enterprise ICT sales executive into the Federal Government and Defence Industry sectors. With a sales focus on enterprise ICT projects, I implemented a solution-led selling approach across end-user computing platforms, working closely with all Tier 1 EUC vendors (Lenovo, HP, Dell Technologies, Microsoft) and across the full infrastructure stack (HPE, Dell EMC, Cisco, Nutanix and more). In this role regularly I met annual sales targets and supported the growth and expansion of the Canberra branch. I developed and maintained productive and profitable relationships with industry-leading ICT hardware suppliers to provide innovative and commercially viable solutions to our customers. By leveraging my engineering qualifications in requirements gathering and definition, I utilised a problem-solving approach to sales, producing tangible business outcomes for our customers. Show less
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Group 10 Consulting Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Consultant
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Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
In my role as a Software Licence Analyst, I worked directly with Federal Government customers to assist in the management and optimisation of enterprise software assets. In this role, I was contracted within several large government departments to perform software licensing and compliance reviews across a number of large enterprise software vendors. The role required a high attention to detail in the analysis of thousands of software assets and the outcomes from my work delivered cost savings and risk reductions. Show less
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Qirx Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mechanical Engineering Intern
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Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Intern with QIRX Engineering Services, focused on the design, prototyping and fabrication of composite racing seats for use in motorsport. Intern with QIRX Engineering Services, focused on the design, prototyping and fabrication of composite racing seats for use in motorsport.
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Education
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2011 - 2016
The Australian National University
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) (Hons.), Mechanical and Material Systems -
2011 - 2016
The Australian National University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics -
2014 - 2015
The University of Sheffield
Exchange Semester, Mechanical Engineering
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