Executive General Manager - Australia

• May 2022 - Present

Product Development Manager

• May 2020 - May 2022

Engineering Manager - Asia

• Jul 2017 - May 2020

Expansion of prior responsibilities with ANCA Machine Tools to include an Engineering team at the Thailand manufacturing plant. The Thailand based team is focused on developing custom hardware and software solutions for ANCA CNC grinding machines.

Software Team Leader - Asia

• Feb 2014 - Jul 2017

Establishing a software development center in Bangalore, India. Leading and managing the development activities of 16 Software Engineers, including all technical and team administration activities. Became focal point for software development activities across Asia in 2016. My team working on technical issue resolutions, product customization, release development and software machine testing. Achievements---------------------------------------------○ Recruited and trained 14+ Software Engineers.○ Three fold increase in productivity during 2015/16 without any increase in team head count.○ Transitioned development method from waterfall to Agile/Scrum.○ Coordinated targeted training of of promising team members to boost collective capability.○ Developed migration tool to move entire development history from ClearCase to Git. ○ Played key role in office relocation; lobbied for fitness for purpose of office for software team.Management context---------------------------------------------○ Deployed to India as sole expat from company headquarters to lead team establishment.○ Managing all team administration, including recruitment, training, professional development.○ Defining and managing team expense and capital budgets.○ Reporting to Engineering Manager at company headquarters.Software development context---------------------------------------------○ Programming in Java and Java Swing○ Machine control programming using machine part program language○ Continuous integration using Jenkins○ Source control using Git (formerly using Rational ClearCase)○ Issue and product management using Redmine Show less

Application Software Engineer

• May 2011 - Feb 2014

Desktop user software development using Java and Java Swing for CNC tool and cutter grinding machines. Self-management of project work, end-to-end. Achievements---------------------------------------------○ Framework development in 3D tool modelling.○ 9 project completions in 2011/2012 fiscal year. ○ Agreed grading of 'strength' (highest grading) across all 7 assess competencies in all years.Software development context---------------------------------------------○ Programming in Java and Java Swing○ Machine control programming using machine part program language○ Continuous integration using Jenkins○ Source control using Git (formerly using Rational ClearCase)○ Issue and product management using Redmine Show less

High Performance Computing Consultant

• Jan 2011 - May 2011

Freelance consulting in the field of hydraulic fracturing and numerical modelling. ○ Installed ASC microseismic monitoring system → Hardware installation and configuraiton → User training ○ Port hydraulic fracturing numerical model to high performance computing platform → Code port from Fortran to C++ and CUDA → Rework key mathematical solvers to be amenable to parallel computation. ○ Developed online web shop using Drupal content management system → PHP and MySQL ○ Installation of Linux web stack (Slackware, Apache, PostFix, Dovecot, Webmin, PhPMyAdmin) Show less

Research Fellow

• Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

Modelling and simulation of hydraulic fracturing (a solid-fluid coupled rock mechanics process). Achievements --------------------------------------------- ○ Developed application software for 32 channel active seismic measurement system. → Matlab GUI, C++ hardware control and data acquisition software. → Win32 system service for inter-process communications and remote operation. ○ 2 successful bids for project funding. → GPU processing for simulation → Active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing. ○ 8 technical publications → 4 CSIRO technical reports → 3 peer reviewed conference papers → 1 magazine article Show less

Research Officer (various appointments)

• Jan 2003 - Jul 2007

○ Optimization of guided wave ultrasound data acquisition and signal processing. ○ Co-authored a futures report describing current and future research trends in piezoelectric materials. ○ Applied conventional ultrasound to evaluate moisture content of aged concrete. ○ Presented research at international conferences ○ Authored 12 peer reviewed technical publications. ○ Optimization of guided wave ultrasound data acquisition and signal processing. ○ Co-authored a futures report describing current and future research trends in piezoelectric materials. ○ Applied conventional ultrasound to evaluate moisture content of aged concrete. ○ Presented research at international conferences ○ Authored 12 peer reviewed technical publications.