PROFILE:
A performance driven business leader with a solid, 20+ year track record of achievement and delivery in a range of roles, and across a broad cross-section of industry sectors. Most recently, leading a global business improvement program that delivered in excess of $400MM savings to the bottom line of a leading global gold producer. Experience includes technical and operations management, project development, organizational effectiveness and enterprise risk management. An analytical thinker who works effectively within a 3 to 5-year planning time-frame and naturally establishes performance indicators for key, short term, tactical milestones that enable the achievement of longer term strategic organizational objectives. A firm and confident leadership style that is based on a personal philosophy of responsibility, accountability, respect, integrity, innovation and continuous improvement. A strong conviction toward coaching, mentoring and succession planning as key enablers to organizational effectiveness, improvement, continued growth and transformational change.
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION (November 2010 – February 2016)
Global Director, Technical Services
Denver, Colorado
• Delivered in excess of $400MM in operational cost and productivity improvements by identifying global business opportunities across site functional and support areas. Improvement opportunities focused on key site operational areas, productivity and unit costs that enhanced operational excellence and delivered significantly improved levels of operating cash flow and shareholder value.
• Directed and led a team of operational and functional subject matter experts in the development and implementation of key Global Operation’s Standards – delivering over $11MM in savings as a result of standardized and globally integrated operational business processes (incl. Asset Management, Fluid Management, Infrastructure)
• Led a cross-functional team of site and corporate personnel to successfully implement a $7MM pilot trial of cutting edge driver Fatigue Management technology at Newmont’s Phoenix Operation in northern Nevada. The outcomes of this pilot led to the corporate approval of a further $32MM in funding to deploy this technology globally.
KEY SKILLS DEVELOPED IN THIS ROLE:
* Leadership
* Influencing, updating and advising C-level operations’ leaders
* Team building, development and succession planning
* Global program communications and change management
* Program level P&L responsibility
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION (October 2009 – November 2010)
Program Manager (Contract)
Denver, Colorado
• Managed and facilitated the global restructure of Newmont’s Information Technology and Supply Chain functions.
• Delivered a 15% improvement in key site operational metrics through the implementation of the Global Operations League Tables - Newmont’s global operations’ KPI program aimed at a consistent and integrated approach at tracking and improving performance across all Newmont operating sites.
• Developed the framework for Newmont’s Annual Incentive and Compensation Program (AICP) which determined the annual bonus pay-out to over 15,000 full time employees globally.
• Delivered a 73% improvement in Serious Injury safety performance over a period of 2 years, resulting from the implementation Newmont’s Safety Taskforce (a cross-functional think-tank of leaders from the entire organization).
KEY SKILLS DEVELOPED IN THIS ROLE:
* Corporate restructuring
* Global program management
* Communications to Executive Leadership and Board of Directors
* Behavioural approaches to KPI improvement (influencer model and vital behaviours)
* Design of corporate-wide annual bonus program
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL (February 2006 – January 2008)
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma
Biomedical & Biomechanical Engineer / Program Manager
Adelaide, South Australia
• As the Program Management lead, secured AU$5MM of Australian Government funding for the Australian Musculoskeletal Core Competencies Initiate. A nationwide federally funded program aimed at establishing national threshold competency standards for Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Specialty training across all of Australia’s accredited medical schools.
• Working and collaborating with medical specialists, developed, designed and implemented protocols for the mechanical testing of orthopaedic implantable devices, tissues and tissue analogues. Where appropriate advising research and surgical staff on international standards related to such testing.
• Managed the day to day operation of the biomechanical testing facility at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
• Co-authored a peer-reviewed international paper on the key outcomes stemming from the implementation of Phase 1 of the Core Competencies program.
KEY SKILLS DEVELOPED IN THIS ROLE:
* Mechanical testing (Instron 5-axis)
* CAD/CAM (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ProEngineer)
* Mechanical design of testing jigs and fixtures
* Metallurgy and material selection
* Departmental budgeting
* Technical writing
* Program Management
* Federal government lobbying and seed funding
ENGINEERED ORTHPOAEDIC SOLUTIONS PTY. LTD. (March 2002 – December 2005)
Adelaide, South Australia
• Overall responsibility for the strategic and tactical management of business operations at Engineered Orthopaedic Solutions, a small biomedical start-up company.
• Secured AU$500K in government and external investor...
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