Experience

ICE WaRM (International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management)

• Australia
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partnerships Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  I build connections, relationships and partnerships between Australian and International water managers, through study tours, short-courses, specialist training and exchange programmes. I build connections, relationships and partnerships between Australian and International water managers, through study tours, short-courses, specialist training and exchange programmes.



eWater Group

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partnerships and Communications Manager

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  My role at eWater is diverse. I manage communications with the eWater Software community, including our website, social media, forums and annual conference. I foster partnerships with Australian and International water managers, to support them with to adopt and implement eWater's software solutions or take advantage of our water modelling expertise. I maintain my technical water expertise by contributing to projects, especially those requiring us to connect water modelling with policy development or operational change.

• Partnerships and Communications Manage

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  My role at eWater is diverse! I manage communications with the eWater software community, including our social media, website, forum and news. I build partnerships to strengthen the adoption and ongoing development of eWater tools and client services. I contribute to projects, especially those that link modelling outputs to policy development, new operations or water management practices.



Murray-Darling Basin Authority

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Director - River Operations Improvement

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2018

  Development and implementation of a range of improvements to river operations (River Murray System), including modernisation of governance arrangements, drought management initiatives, including the Critical Human Water Needs chapter of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, protection of environmental water, responding to changes in demand patterns. Much of this was done as part of multi-disciplinary teams, cross-agency teams, in a consensus decision making environment. Development and implementation of a range of improvements to river operations (River Murray System), including modernisation of governance arrangements, drought management initiatives, including the Critical Human Water Needs chapter of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, protection of environmental water, responding to changes in demand patterns. Much of this was done as part of multi-disciplinary teams, cross-agency teams, in a consensus decision making environment.



Sydney Water

• Australia
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Feb 1998 - Sep 2009

  Started as a graduate, and worked across many areas of the organisation, including in asset management, environmental and heritage management, service delivery, strategic planning and regulatory management. Gained experience in most aspects of the provision of urban water and wastewater services, Highlights included working on the response to the Millennium Drought, including the first Metropolitan Water Plan for Sydney and the first Water Sharing Plan for the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Started as a graduate, and worked across many areas of the organisation, including in asset management, environmental and heritage management, service delivery, strategic planning and regulatory management. Gained experience in most aspects of the provision of urban water and wastewater services, Highlights included working on the response to the Millennium Drought, including the first Metropolitan Water Plan for Sydney and the first Water Sharing Plan for the Hawkesbury-Nepean River.