CSIRO/Data61

Data is the new currentcy of our world. Data-driven insights change the way we live, work, invent and innovate. Data is the raw material that fuels new industries and distrupts existing ones.

Data61 is a Business Unit of CSIRO. 

Website:
data61.csiro.au
John Vial
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Bio

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.

Fugro AG

Dr Fraser Bransby
Senior Principal Engineer 
Bio

Geotechnical consultant to the offshore industry.  Predominently manages technical components of project work on seabed characterisation and the design of offshore foundations and pipelines.  Interested in design and performance of offshore systems, including system monitoring. 

Leads Fugro AG's innovation activities and already works with some members of the UWA geomechnics group.

Integrated Energy Pty Ltd Australia

Integrated Energy is an independent consulting group of experienced professionals which works to provide energy and resources companies with safer, more valuable, ways of working, which are better for people and the world around us  We are based in Perth, Western Australia with an office in Brisbane, Queensland, and have partner companies in Malaysia, New Zealand and beyond.

Our client base includes many leading Australian and international operating companies, technology companies, research and higher education institutions, and government.  Examples include Woodside, Rio TInto, Santos, Immersive Technologies, Petronas (Malaysia), PTTEP Thailand), Newcrest, UWA, NERA, Chang'an University (China) and Moscow Institute of Petroleum (Russia).

Mr David Cavanagh
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Bio

David brings more than twenty years of oilfield experience, in Australia, and UK, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Norway, USA, Africa, and Middle East. His background includes lead roles in mechanical, construction, planning, and systems engineering. He has particular expertise in integrated operations for Drilling, Subsurface, and Production, and a proven track record in consulting assessments which have identified more than ten billion dollars of value for his clients around the world. His client list includes Woodside, Santos, BP  (UK, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, and Angola), Shell International, Exxon, and ADCO, and he is the author of several publications in the area including SPE papers and a book for Shell. David founded Integrated Energy Pty Ltd to enable safer, more valuable operations and projects, which are better for the people working   on them and the environment around us. Integrated Energy do this by providing a better way of working which considers people, process, organisation, technology and the physical working environment. 

Jacobs Australia

Jacobs - engineering consultant/project management company - all disciplines - all industrial sectors.

Website:
www.jacobs.com
Dr Malcolm Greenway
Mine Shaft Systems Consultant 
Bio

Malcolm Greenway has over 35 years’ experience working in the mining industry in South Africa and Australia and has been with Jacobs in Perth for 21 years. His current position is as a Mining Shaft Systems Consultant. In previous roles he has been successively Operations Manager, Regional Manager, and Project Director for the capital project work being undertaken by Jacobs for Rio Tinto Iron Ore Projects and Development in Western Australia. Malcolm is also an adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia.

After a B.Sc.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering Malcolm studied for a D.Phil. at Oxford University in the UK completing his thesis on vortex shedding flow induced structural vibration. Subsequently Malcolm worked on an industrial aerodynamics wind tunnel simulating the natural wind and measuring the effects on buildings. In 1979 Malcolm joined the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa in Johannesburg. Initially Malcolm was responsible for some specific R&D projects for Anglo in the field of vibration control, structural dynamics and fatigue. These projects addressed screening plant vibration control, shaft steelwork dynamic behaviour, rope guide performance and hoist rope oscillations and dynamic loads and a wide range of machinery failures. Malcolm’s technology experience thus includes test and analysis of mechanical plant and equipment with emphasis on mining equipment, machinery failure analysis and prevention, plant vibration management and equipment life extension. Malcolm progressed with Anglo into engineering management to become Consulting Mechanical Engineer responsible for the Mechanical Engineering Department of their Central Technical Office (CTO). The CTO undertook a wide variety of mine process plants and shaft system EPCM projects for Anglo’s Coal, Gold and Diamond operating divisions

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Mr Michael Cazalet
Bio

Retired Civil Engineer and business operator

Pritchard Francis Australia

Founded in 1977, Pritchard Francis is a leading civil and structural engineering consultancy. Established in Perth, the Firm has offices in the Kimberley and Northern Territory, as well as associate offices in all other states across Australia. Pritchard Francis has undertaken work overseas and throughout all regions of Western Australia.

The range of expertise includes secondary structural consulting, lead consulting for projects with a major engineering component, and civil consulting in land development and major civil infrastructure.

Core fundamentals of the business are:

 §  Employing the highest calibre people

§  Providing the right engineering solution to projects

§  Providing the highest level of service

Clients include private companies and developers, local, state and federal agencies and public departments. The company has been built around strong relationships with repeat clientele, working with major contractors in competitive design and construct projects, and developing a respected reputation with government authorities and departments.

Website:
www.pfeng.com.au
Mr Arthur Psaltis
Mr Arthur Psaltis
Managing Director 
Bio

Arthur is Managing Director of Pritchard Francis, civil and structural engineering consultants. Arthur has been Managing Director since 1998, during which time the business has grown over fifteen fold and developed into one of the most highly regarded practices in Perth. Arthur is also currently a Board Member of the College of Leadership and Management with Engineers Australia, a Committee Member of The George Hondros Memorial Lecture at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Chairperson of the Civil Engineering Industry Advisory Panel at UWA and a Faculty Industry Advisory Board Member for Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at UWA. Arthur has presented technical papers at both national and international conferences on building structures.

Dr Chris Beckett
Research Fellow (Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering)