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My current role involves understanding the research interests and directions of the researchers inside Data61 (a CSIRO business unit) and attempting to match those interests with the needs of CSIRO's business customers. 

Success for me is when our researchers solve important problems that give our business customers a huge competitive advantage. 

In the past I have had experience solving a wide variety of problems, in domains such as:

Bayesian groundwater modelling for coal bed methane gas.

Demand modelling, pricing and prediction for global seaborne freight. 

Finding patterns in Australian banking data.

Identity resolution for large government databases.

Recommendation systems for student to job matching.

Industrial processing systems analysis for improved performance.

Innovation Manager at Iluka Resources, a mineral sands mining company.

Currently knee-deep in 'corporate innovation':

- finding and applying elements of startup culture that work for larger companies

- culture change and neuroscience-based creativity training for employees

- open innovation - bringing external ideas into the business

Trainee Patent & Trade Mark Attorney with Electrical/Electronic Engineering  

I am particularly interested in renewable energy. I am currently doing private research and development on using solar energy to manufacture liquid or gaseous fuels. I see agriculture playing an increasing part in supplying energy to the world.