Experience

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  LEAP Australia

  • Manly, New South Wales, Australia

  • Engineering Solution Manager

    • Jan 2023 - Present
    • Manly, New South Wales, Australia

    • Responsible for managing the development of existing and new accounts. • Provide a variety of different solutions to clients to ensure they meet expected company key performance.• Assist customers to design and deliver cost-effective products or services efficiently.• Responsible for exploring and developing long-term strategies by identifying new markets and technology trends.

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  Design by Innovation PTY Ltd

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Head of Product Development

    • Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
    • Sydney, Australia

    • Meet with engineering, sales, marketing and other departments to discuss new product development in Mineral Processing and Product Handling.• Ensure company standards are used throughout the design, development, and testing of products to determine whether they are ready for production and sale.• Evaluation of product life cycle and planning for future development following marketing and client requirements.• Report on product development progress and implementation of strategies to ensure KPIs are consistently met in accordance with company regulations. • Collaborate with designers and engineers along with sales and marketing staff to retain and explore product competitive advantage.

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  Weir Minerals

  • United States
  • Mining
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Product Development Team Lead

    • Jan 2016 - Oct 2019

    • Delivery of new product introduction (NPI) programme to local and global stakeholders• Prioritize resources and objectives for hydraulic, mechanical and tooling design, including preparation and implementation of work schedules.• Hat thinking strategy to drive product development and new ideas generation. • Prepare new product placement concepts, reports and conduct presentations as required on all aspects of the development process• Perform bi-annual business objectives review • Preparation of annual operating and capital budget, and the monthly management of those budgets • Lead the design process in order to strengthen the product brand position, reinforce its global competitive advantage to achieve the short and long term strategic objectives • Re-engineered product specifications providing cost savings to steer product expansion opportunities• Lead product management teams in the development of functional requirements for new products

  • Hydraulic & Mechanical Senior Engineer

    • Mar 2011 - Jan 2016

    • Analysis and optimization of new designs to maximize pump performance • Creation, verification and support of design documents for new patent applications • Undertake projects using numerical modelling technique for innovative mechanical and hydraulic designs• Manage and supervise projects for R&D, New Product Development and Existing slurry pump range • Support the design team with lean projects as required • Supervise and mentor junior engineering staff throughout the duration of projects • Manage international research projects to support global designs

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  Manly Hydraulics Laboratory

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Hydraulic & Mechanical Senior Project Engineer

    • Apr 2009 - Mar 2011
    • Sydney, Australia

    • Conduct physical hydraulic model studies for spillway and discharge systems, fish passage facilities, pump intakes, wastewater and stormwater systems• Undertake consultancy projects using CFD and FEA modelling technique to evaluate the performance of existing hydraulic structures or during conceptual stage • Prepare marketing material of various hydraulic modelling projects • Provide engineering support to hydrographic and water sampling field work

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  LEAP Australia

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Senior Application Engineer

    • Sep 2004 - Apr 2009
    • Sydney, Australia

    • Engage in various sales/marketing activities and present product demonstrations to generate new accounts and expand existing accounts • Manage and complete consultancy projects using CFD/FEA and related tools • Identify diverse industrial applications and processes and create software simulation examples and modelling strategies • Interaction with the client to understand their technical need and issues involved with geometry design, mesh, solution, analysis of results and suggest recommendation and guidance. • Provide technical support, validation of numerical model, documentation and instruct software training courses • Mentoring new engineering staff and specific monitoring and analysis of organizational process and procedures

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  ANSYS, Inc.

  • Ontario, Canada

  • CFD Application Specialist

    • Oct 2001 - Sep 2004
    • Ontario, Canada

    • Provide customer service and support of CFX products. This requires direct interaction with clients to diagnose and solve technical and software related difficulties. • Prepare and present training materials for client education. This includes both oral presentation and written documentation. • Develop tools and procedures to assist in the use of CFX products for in-house and client applications. • Provide technical support and perform CFD analyses to assist in sales, marketing or product development activities. • Assist and support software-developers with test cases and integration between products.

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  ALCAN Reseach and Development Centre

  • Ontario, Canada

  • FEA Researcher

    • May 1999 - Oct 2001
    • Ontario, Canada

    • Experimental studies to identify the material damage occurring during sheet metal forming • Numerical simulation to validate the results of the experimental studies of the effects of material damage • Numerical modelling of weld failure in Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB)

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  Canadian Heart Research Centre

  • Ontario, Canada

  • CFD Researcher

    • Sep 1997 - May 1999
    • Ontario, Canada

    • Numerical simulations to identify the effect of tip-gap on the rotor performance of a ventricular-assisted-device (VAD) • Numerical simulations at off-design operation point of the VAD • Geometric optimization of the rotor to minimize tip-leakage losses