Experience

Advisian

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Sep 2019 - Present



RHPower Pty Ltd

• Melbourne, Australia

• Managing Consultant

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Connection Studies and NEM R2 process specialist Connection Studies and NEM R2 process specialist



Nordex Oceania

• Melbourne, Australia

• Senior Sales Engineer

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2019



Belectric Australia

• Melbourne, Australia

• Head of Electrical and Grid Engineering

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2019



Siemens Gamesa

• Spain
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Key Expert Electrical and Grid

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2018

  In April 2017 Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa Merged. In April 2017 Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa Merged.



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Key Expert

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  Expert in grid connection and wind farm design. Expert in grid connection and wind farm design.



Siemens Nederland N.V.

• Den Haag, NL

• Electrical Systems Design Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Feb 2016

  Responsible for the design and implementation of balance of plant and grid connection of Siemens wind farms in the Netherlands. Especially Westermeerwind the first Siemens off shore EPC project. Responsible for the design and implementation of balance of plant and grid connection of Siemens wind farms in the Netherlands. Especially Westermeerwind the first Siemens off shore EPC project.



Siemens Energy

• Melbourne, Australia

• Electrical Balance of Plant Design Manager

  • May 2012 - Oct 2014

  Design manager of electrical systems for large scale wind projects: - primary equipment - wind farm reticulation - wind farm SCADA - voltage control and reactive plant design - grid connection Design manager of electrical systems for large scale wind projects: - primary equipment - wind farm reticulation - wind farm SCADA - voltage control and reactive plant design - grid connection



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Grid Compliance Engineer

  • May 2012 - Sep 2014

  Leadership in the Design, Testing and Commissioning of Steam/Gas Turbine Governor and AVR controls for Generators in the Power Generation industry. The role includes modelling and tuning studies in PSS/E and MATLAB following approved design standards, QA procedures, scope boundaries and time constraints. Leadership in the Design, Testing and Commissioning of Steam/Gas Turbine Governor and AVR controls for Generators in the Power Generation industry. The role includes modelling and tuning studies in PSS/E and MATLAB following approved design standards, QA procedures, scope boundaries and time constraints.



Senvion Australia Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grid Connection Engineer

  • May 2009 - Apr 2012

  Responsible for the grid connection and grid integration of REpower Wind Turbines into the National Electricity Market (Eastern Australia), South West Interconnected Network (WA) and the New Zealand Market. The Grid Connection Engineer forms an integral part of the REpower Australia technical support team, providing technical expertise on the REpower equipment electrical modelling and associated studies, to the other departments for contract negotiation, construction of projects and operation of wind farms. The Grid Connection Engineer is responsible for ensuring that: - grid connection studies and model validation for wind farms can be easily done with REpower Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) within the REpower Australian markets; - suitable electrical studies can be carried out with REpower equipment to optimise the design of wind farms; and - Developing systems and processes for managing model development. Show less



NEMMCO

• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Power System Planning and Development Engineer

  • 2007 - 2009

  The Engineer is responsible for undertaking power system studies, projects or tasks related to power system modelling and analysis, and providing sound technical advice, data and information on matters relating to power system modelling.

• Power System System Operations Planning and Performance Engineer

  • Oct 2005 - Apr 2007

  This position plays an important part in ensuring the efficient and secure operation of the National Electricity Market. It involves theperformance of tasks and projects in the Electricity SystemOperations Planning & Performance Division. In particular the rolefocused on areas including the effective implementation and performance of electricity constraint processes, ancillary services, operations planning and power system security, reliability and capability across all regions of the NEM. Show less



Yarra Trams

• Australia
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Control Officer

  • Sep 1999 - Sep 2004

  Power network operationMaintain network securitySubstation maintenance and testingProject implementationManage network switchingImplement network improvementsManage project commissioning

• Technical Officer Yarra Trams

  • Dec 1995 - Sep 1999

  Implementation of PLC control systemsTraction Protection co-ordinationSubstation testingProtection co-ordinationSoftware Based Skills:Power System Analysis in PSS/E including expertise in steady state and dynamic modellingPower System Analysis in Power Factory, including dynamic simulation, steady state and harmonic analysis.Programming in MatlabProgramming in PythonIntegration of power system study results into Matlab and pdf formatsProgramming in FortranMicrosoft Excel programming Microsoft office suite Show less