Experience

GEM Foundation

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Strategic and management advice to GEM Foundation as past Secretary General.

• Secretary General

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2023

  GEM (Global Earthquake Model) Foundation is a non-profit organisation devoted to developing information, models and tools to assess earthquake hazard and risk worldwide. GEM Foundation is working collaboratively worldwide to inform risk reduction and mitigation efforts. As the Secretary General, my responsibility is for: strategic leadership and management of GEM's earthquake hazard and risk model development and application activities; developing and maintaining public and private sponsors globally; and serving as Executive Secretary ex officio of GEM's Governing Board. Show less



Schneider Geohazards Pty Ltd

• Michelago, NSW Australia

• Director

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Specialising in natural hazard risk assessment and advice in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and globally. Provision of advice to public and private sector on risks (hazard, vulnerability, and exposure) due to earthquake, tsunami, volcano, tropical cyclone, flood, and landslide, including the effects of climate change and other social, physical and environmental factors. Particular focus on developing risk information (models, tools, data) to build capacity and inform risk reduction decision making at local, national, regional and global levels. Served as Special Advisor to GEM Foundation (Global Earthquake Model) and prior to becoming Secretary General in February 2016. Show less



Geoscience Australia

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• International Group Leader

  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2014

  Responsible for applying Geoscience Australia's geoscience and geospatial information internationally, in line with Australia’s interests, especially through partnerships with developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.Developed and managed partnerships and collaborations for capacity building in natural hazard risk assessment between governments of Australia and Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Island members of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Collaborated with a wide range of international partners, including the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) on the Global Assessment Report (GAR), World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the Global Earthquake Model.Managed the development of a global assessment of mineral and natural resources potential of developing countries worldwide. Show less

• Group Leader, Risk & Impact Analysis Group

  • Jun 2000 - Oct 2011

  Responsible for establishing and leading the Risk & Impact Analysis Group to develop tools, databases and methods for assessing the risks of a wide range of natural and man-made hazards in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.Developed and managed risk assessment capability at Geoscience Australia with interdisciplinary team of up to 70 hazard scientists, engineers, socio-economists, computer scientists, mathematicians, and geographers. Provided advice to government on natural hazard risk and impacts due to earthquake, tsunami, tropical cyclone, bushfire, flood and landslide, including effects of climate change. Provided advice on critical infrastructure impacts and protection due to terrorism. Show less



Aon Corp- Impact Forecasting

• Chief Scientist

  • Nov 1995 - Jun 2000

  Technical Manager (1995-1996) and Chief Scientist/Senior Manager (1996-2000) for private technology-development and consulting-services company devoted to the estimation of catastrophic loss potential to natural disasters. Emphasis on earthquake and hurricane hazards. Clients included insurers, investors, risk managers, corporations, and government agencies. Technical Manager (1995-1996) and Chief Scientist/Senior Manager (1996-2000) for private technology-development and consulting-services company devoted to the estimation of catastrophic loss potential to natural disasters. Emphasis on earthquake and hurricane hazards. Clients included insurers, investors, risk managers, corporations, and government agencies.



Consultant

• Menlo Park, California, USA

• Seismic Hazard Consultant

  • Aug 1994 - Oct 1995

  Consulted on a wide range of seismic hazard issues in seismology, geotechnical engineering, probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, and seismic instrumentation applications. Specialized in technical integration, coordination and review of multidisciplinary projects for engineering application. Consulted on a wide range of seismic hazard issues in seismology, geotechnical engineering, probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, and seismic instrumentation applications. Specialized in technical integration, coordination and review of multidisciplinary projects for engineering application.



EPRI

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager, Seismic Hazard

  • Sep 1987 - Aug 1994

  Responsible for developing and managing seismic hazards research for application to the safety and seismic licensing basis of nuclear power plants in the Central and Eastern United States. Projects included fundamental developments in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, near-earthquake-source ground motion effects, seismic wave propagation in eastern North America, strong motion site effects and soil nonlinearity, and spatial variation of ground motion. Supervisor: Dr J. Carl Stepp. Responsible for developing and managing seismic hazards research for application to the safety and seismic licensing basis of nuclear power plants in the Central and Eastern United States. Projects included fundamental developments in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, near-earthquake-source ground motion effects, seismic wave propagation in eastern North America, strong motion site effects and soil nonlinearity, and spatial variation of ground motion. Supervisor: Dr J. Carl Stepp.



Carnegie Institution for Science

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Mar 1984 - Sep 1987

  Conducted research on seismotectonics of subduction processes in Peru. Advisor: Dr. I. Selwyn Sacks. • Led international project team to develop a high-resolution image of the subducting Nazca Plate in central Peru to develop precise locations of intermediate-depth seismicity and an understanding of the state of stress in the subducting plate. • Reevaluated seismicity of southern Peru from regional seismic network to determine shape and state of stress of the contorted Nazca Plate beneath southern Peru. Show less



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher's and Research Assistant

  • Aug 1976 - Feb 1984

  Participated in a variety of research projects in refraction seismology, micro-earthquake surveys and aftershock studies in North and South America leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics. Advisor: Prof. Robert P. Meyer. • 1981 to 1984 (Ph.D. thesis): Seismotectonics of intermediate-depth earthquakes of the Bucaramanga Nest, Colombia. • 1978-1981 (M.S. thesis): Timing and locating portable seismographs using the Omega Navigation System Participated in a variety of research projects in refraction seismology, micro-earthquake surveys and aftershock studies in North and South America leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics. Advisor: Prof. Robert P. Meyer. • 1981 to 1984 (Ph.D. thesis): Seismotectonics of intermediate-depth earthquakes of the Bucaramanga Nest, Colombia. • 1978-1981 (M.S. thesis): Timing and locating portable seismographs using the Omega Navigation System