PMP® Certification
Experienced ICT Project Manager with 30+ years leading complex, high-impact projects across mining, energy, and technology sectors.
With over 30 years of experience in the information, communications, and technology industry, I've led diverse technology projects across various enterprise settings. My expertise encompasses the end-to-end project lifecycle, from ideation through to closure, delivering positive, tangible outcomes and value to organisations and stakeholders.
Leveraging a range of project management methodologies, I tailor my approach to suit each project's unique requirements within organisational constraints.
I take ownership of issues and seek to solve problems and take decisive actions to achieve goals and meet customer expectations. Clear and effective communication ensures my stakeholders are well-informed about project and program statuses, ensuring progress is aligned with objectives, and actions to risks and issues are documented.
My experience helps me to astutely navigate commercial and contractual complexities within technical environments without losing sight of the key business drivers of projects.
I maintain a personable and professional approach, fostering productive relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external collaborators. My continuous professional development reflects my dedication to evolving as a project manager, ensuring ongoing success in delivering project outcomes. I embrace emerging technologies, particularly AI, to streamline delivery, automate repetitive tasks, and focus my energy on strategic decision-making and driving future-ready project outcomes.
I focus on solving what matters, automating what repeats, and building what works.
I keep communication clear and timely — because people can't follow fog.
I design for adaptability, knowing change is a constant.
I believe a great team can fix a plan, not just follow one.
I build with secure defaults and user clarity in mind.
I love tinkering, fixing, and learning — sleeves up, tools out.
I own results from start to finish, not just the handover.
I bring humour and humility to the work — serious doesn’t mean joyless.
As part of Fortescue's transition toward green energy, I led strategic IT projects supporting the rollout of: a Australian hydrogen production plant, manufacturing facilities in China, technology supporting R&D of green hydrogen production, and international corporate offices. This role demanded a rethink of traditional mining IT assumptions to meet the technology requirements of new operational domains.
I facilitated cross-domain collaboration between OT, manufacturing engineers, and enterprise IT teams, helping the business explore new digital frontiers in production, security, and infrastructure.
Key Achievements: Set up global sites in China, US & Norway. Introduced modern IT to manufacturing & hydrogen ops.
What I Learned: How to reframe traditional IT architecture thinking to support emerging energy technology environments.
Why I'm Open to New Opportunities: With project certainty at Fortescue limited beyond June 2025, I'm proactively exploring senior or cybersecurity-focused roles that align with my long-term career direction and leadership aspirations.
Led multiple IT streams across the Onslow Iron program, supporting both construction and business operations. Delivered solutions ranging from GPON-based entertainment to SD-WAN, LTE, server provisioning, fibre builds, and bespoke comms systems. Key projects included rolling out corporate and marine IT across a fleet of 5 transhipper vessels, and meeting tight deadlines by repurposing infrastructure to meet shifting workfront priorities.
Key Achievements: Delivered the IT and communications scope for the newly created Marine division, including corporate and marine IT systems, and a range of communication systems (LTE / HF / VHF / Sat) for the Transhipper fleet and shore-side support.
What I Learned: How to align diverse infrastructure needs under aggressive timelines through vendor collaboration and adaptive logistics.
Why I Left: While the role was rewarding, the lack of flexible or hybrid work arrangements prompted me to consider better-aligned opportunities. Fortescue offered a similar scope of responsibilities with improved work-life balance.
Managed infrastructure and application projects nationally, aligning delivery with strategic business goals. Focused on corporate IT with extensions into OT environments, maintaining project controls and stakeholder alignment. Key wins included a cybersecurity perimeter project, onboarding a stakeholder management platform, and launching early planning with a greenfield site to streamline IT readiness.
Key Achievements: Delivered a cybersecurity perimeter project; implemented early planning for greenfield site IT integration.
What I Learned: The power of early stakeholder engagement to drive proactive planning and improve operational readiness.
Why I Left: A global downturn in the Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) market led to widespread project suspensions at Tronox. With limited work available, I chose to explore new opportunities where I could continue delivering impact.
Delivered critical infrastructure, desktop virtualisation, and security solutions across corporate and SCADA domains. Worked across cross-functional teams to lead projects from concept to close while ensuring alignment with Water Corporation's cybersecurity standards.
Key Achievements: Delivered a 4000-endpoint Windows upgrade across the corporate fleet on time and budget.
What I Learned: How to manage large-scale technical change across diverse business units with minimal disruption.
Why I Left: With Kinetic's contract at Water Corporation concluding and future roles uncertain, I proactively transitioned to Tronox after an opportunity was flagged by former Kinetic colleagues who had recently made the move.
Led end-to-end delivery of industrial wireless and camp connectivity projects, including private LTE, GPON, managed WiFi, and microwave systems. Took full accountability for commercial outcomes, resourcing, and technical execution across customer environments. Delivered successful projects for major mining clients including Rio, FMG, South32, and more - consistently acheiving and exceeding margin targets and deployment milestones.
Key Achievements: Managed simultaneous technology rollouts across Rio Tinto, FMG, Newmont, and others with improved project margin.
What I Learned: Juggling complex technical deliveries while building trust with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
Why I Left: Sought a shift from telecommunications into enterprise IT to align with my evolving interests and strengths. I was drawn to the opportunity at Kinetic IT, which offered stronger foundational support to enable successful project delivery.
SAt iiNet (now part of the TPG Group), I played a central role in the WiFi team, helping to deliver national connectivity initiatives and support corporate strategy. I worked closely across networks, IT, ops, sales, and legal to drive smart city deployments in major CBDs including Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Bendigo, and Ballarat. I also led rollout activities for iiNet’s small business managed WiFi product, contributed to tender responses, supported sales on wireless opportunities, and explored emerging IoT use cases. Toward the end of my tenure, I helped launch the TPG LTE project by defining and managing SAED activities for new mobile sites.
Key Achievements: Contributed to early TPG LTE network design and large-scale WiFi rollouts - including the construction of TPG's first mobile site in ACT..
What I Learned: Navigating strategic change during corporate mergers while ensuring service continuity.
Why I Left: Sadly my role was made redundant following an internal reorganisation at TPG.
Led deployment of 3G/4G mobile infrastructure for Optus across WA. Oversaw engineering teams and construction partners to deliver complex sites safely, on time, and on budget. Actively managed milestones, vendor performance, and risk to align with program goals.
Key Achievements: Delivered significant LTE rollout milestones under compressed timeframes.
What I Learned: Delivering carrier-grade infrastructure at scale requires speed, structure, and clear vendor coordination.
Managed mobile network projects across new builds, upgrades, and enterprise rollouts. Delivered full-site lifecycle from acquisition through integration, including sensitive community cases and Defence/Resource sector LTE deployments.
Key Achievements: Managed end-to-end mobile site delivery across multiple programs - New sites, capacity, customer initiatives.
What I Learned: Regulatory navigation and inter-team alignment are crucial for state-wide rollouts.
Directed a fast-tracked mobile swap-out for VHA, replacing legacy gear with Huawei’s SRAN equipment. Adapted quickly to an accelerated rollout schedule while coordinating integration, logistics, and field operations..
Key Achievements: Completed record numbers of swaps meeting extremely challenging deadlines.
What I Learned: Surround yourself with a great team, to acheive exceptional results.
National lead for RAN deployments across Optus/VHA’s joint network. Managed end-to-end delivery from survey through acceptance, coordinating RF, logistics, and delivery teams under aggressive timelines.
Key Achievements: Streamlined delivery across multiple metro and regional upgrade programs.
What I Learned: National deployments require both consistency and regional adaptation.
Drove a high-priority transmission program supporting nationwide rollout targets. Worked cross-functionally to identify blockers, expedite workstreams, and maintain momentum across core and field teams.
Key Achievements: Delivered transmission upgrades on-time, avoiding network capacity shortfalls.
What I Learned: Defining a good process is key to delivering consistently.
Built and led the field engineering team delivering Telstra’s national 3G program (Project Jersey). Later joined the estimating team for Transgrid, costing a communications system that included fibre-over-powerline (OPGW) and SDH radio.
Key Achievements: Delivered hundreds of 3G sites, exceeding expectations.
What I Learned: The importance of keeping good project records - they may be needed by legal teams.
Managed integration and troubleshooting of 3G base stations in single and multi-operator environments. Delivered technical commissioning work across the Optus/Vodafone rollout.
Key Achievements: Completed integration targets on schedule, maintaining high quality assurance.
What I Learned: Quality control is key to high customer satisfaction.
Delivered Ericsson RBS upgrades for Vodafone under short-term contract. Supported capacity expansion projects across NSW and general technology support to operations and dployment.
Key Achievements: Rapid on-site troubleshooting and live network support.
What I Learned: Practical field experience is invaluable for managing delivery expectations.
Took a year off to travel and sail. Became a certified Yachting Australia Inshore Skipper Instructor — and decided to call Australia home.
Key Achievements: Recharged and gained new appreciation for work-life balance.
What I Learned: Personal growth supports professional clarity and motivation.
Led regional mobile ops team through rollout and scale-up of the Orange network. Managed site upgrades, network performance, and national-level improvement initiatives across one of the UK’s busiest networks.
Key Achievements: Supported critical infrastructure in one of the world’s busiest mobile networks.
What I Learned: How to lead teams through continuous evolution of telecom standards and systems.
Provided 24/7 technical support to critical police systems — radio, CCTV, alarms, and secure data networks — using a wide range of comms technologies from ISDN to IP/MPLS.
Key Achievements: Maintained uptime of vital communication infrastructure under high-stakes conditions.
What I Learned: Mission-critical support requires absolute reliability and calm under pressure.
Originally from the UK, I came to Australia backpacking in the early 2000s and never quite made it back. I’m a father of three daughters who challenge and inspire me daily. I’ve always been a tech enthusiast—nerdy in the best ways—and love everything from retro computing to the bleeding edge (this website is a small example). I’m particularly drawn to cybersecurity, hacking, and ethical tinkering—I’ve taught myself Python, built a home lab, and regularly explore attack boxes. Outside of tech, I enjoy reading (especially Hugo and Nebula-nominated sci-fi) and would love to spend more time sailing… if only there were more hours in the day.
Built and maintained a Proxmox-based virtual environment with LXC containers, VLAN segmentation, and integrated network services for learning and experimentation.
Highlight: Running a full stack of monitoring, security, and media services at home.
Exploring offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills through structured labs and scenarios on TryHackMe.
Highlight: Consistently ranked in the top 10% globally. Learning while breaking things safely.
Known locally for gourmet sandwich construction, layering techniques, and flavour balance. Supports morale across all time zones.
Signature Move: Three-layer toasted club with chutney and a perfectly fried egg.