Experience

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager, Monitoring & Compliance

  • Jun 2020 - Present

• Manager Regulatory Futures A/g

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2020

  Leading work which aims to enhance the ACMA’s capacity to anticipate, influence andrespond to media and communications policy and regulatory issues. My team leads the agency’sapproach to regulatory practice and reform and is responsible for development and implementationof its annual regulatory futures work program.Responsible for coordinating whole-of-agency engagement with government reviews and engagement with internal and external stakeholders on the effectiveness of the regulatory framework and issues thatimpact the ACMA’s regulatory remit. Through research and analysis we aim to build theACMA’s capacity to better anticipate and understand market and technological changes and theirimpacts on consumer and user participants. This includes understanding the regulatory andbehavioural impacts of disruptive technologies and changing business models into the future. Show less

• Senior Policy Advisor, Regulatory Frameworks and Strategic Planning

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

  Senior Policy and Research Analyst, Regulatory Frameworks section, ACMA (EL1)Responsibilities:• Management of research projects and reports that are designed to provide insights around environmental trends, international regulatory policy developments and their relationship to existing regulatory frameworks, and strategic responses.• Coordination of responses and submissions to government policy reviews• Management of project-based staff

• Acting Manager Unsolicited Communications and Strategic Projects

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

  The Unsolicited Communications Strategic Projects Section is a small team responsible for strategic projects within the Unsolicited Communications and Numbering Branch, including the ACMA’s response to Recommendation 6 of the ACMA Review relating to self-regulation. It is also responsible for developing legislative instruments and providing other project and business as usual support for the unsolicited communications and numbering functions of the ACMA.

• Acting Manager, Industry Services and Numbering,

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  Responsible for leading a team to achieve outcomes including contract compliance for the provision of the Do Not Call Register (DNCR) and the Numbering System, DNCR operations, telephone numbering and Integrated Public Number Database regulatory regimes. The team has carriage of contract management, including recovery of the costs for providing the DNCR and numbering services to industry. In addition, the team administers the regulatory regimes for the DNCR, telephone numbering and the IPND. Show less

• Senior Policy Advisor, Research, Regulation and Communications Branch

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

  Responsibilities1. Development and management of regulatory practice research into unsolicited communications. 2. Briefing, advice, research and critical analysis to support the development of the revised governance structures for the ACMA.3. Leading coordination and development of the ACMA’s 2018-19 PGPA Act performance and reporting frameworkKey Achievements• Development and implementation of the ACMA’s annual performance statement for 2016-17

• Senior Policy Advisor, Strategy and Research Branch

  • Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

  Responsibilities 1. Coordination and development of the ACMA’s 2016-17 Corporate plan2. Coordination and development of the ACMA’s Annual Performance statement (APS) under the PGPA Act3. Coordination and development of the ACMA’s Regulator Performance Framework (RPF) 2015-16 performance self-assessment4. Provision of quality advice and research to internal line areasKey Achievements• Development of the ACMA 2016-17 Corporate Plan including new annual forward work plan and snapshot communications documents• Development and implementation of the ACMA’s annual performance statement for 2015-16• Implementation of a whole-of-agency strategic performance management framework to provide a consistent line of sight for performance reporting and links strategic and business planning frameworks. Show less

• Policy Advisor, Regulatory Frameworks and International Engagement

  • Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

  1.Provision of quality advice, critical analysis and research expertise to ACMA decision-makers and external stakeholders on matters relating to:•regulatory arrangements associated with communications legislation, in relation to both the current legislative framework and potential future legislative frameworks;•emerging business models and their impacts on the communications industry, and current regulatory mechanisms;•new technologies such as location services and cloud computing and their implications for regulation and industry;•convergence and the implications of the globalisation of the communications market• implementation, development and analysis of performance reporting frameworks both Commonwealth and internal.2.Stakeholder management, inter-agency coordination and strategy with relevant Government agencies . Show less

• Policy Advisor

  • Apr 2007 - Oct 2014