Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

• A company specializing in China's new energy technology development, marketing, export and support to companies in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

Oct 2016 – Jan 2017 · 3 mos · Astana, Kazakhstan

• Business Process design for KMG downstream supply chain and retail organization.

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Sep 2007 – May 2015 · 7 yrs 8 mos · China

• Industry expert . - Business development and consulting
• Worked closely with state-owned enterprise executives and officers at CNPC-Petrochina, Shell and CNOOC over the period advising them on industry best practices in retail, supply chain, metering, transportation and marketing.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Milan, Italy

• Retail Systems - senior subject matter expert.
• Design and development of Shell's global solution service station retail architecture.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs · Beijing, China

• Lead Petroleum Retail IT Specialist for Petrochina’s Service Station Automation Feasibility Study Project, designing a solution for 17,000+ service station sites across greater China.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 · 3 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• Providing global team leadership and project management.
• Led an international team of over 20 SAP IS-Oil specialists in supply chain and ERP services. Attached to major projects in London, Germany, Singapore, India, Thailand and China.
• Directed business planning for a major investment in Singapore. Planned and executed the globalisation of IBM's Industry Center of Excellence, expanding specialist support from Europe to Asia and North America.

Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 · 1 yr · Bangkok, Thailand

• Business Development and Project Management. Focused on promotion and deployment of Oracle's Energy Solutions at PTT in Thailand, and Santos in Australia.

Jan 1987 – Jan 1996 · 9 yrs · Melbourne, Australia & Bangkok, Thailand

• Business and product development; general management.
• Led a team of 30 engineers, designers & developers in a five year program to develop systems for terminal automation & fuels distribution (Omega 3000 TAS) at PTT, CAOSC, Caltex, Shell, BP, Mobil Oil, Petronas.
• Planned, founded, managed and directed the Asian business start-up for Email Electronics.
• Grew the automation business from an early R&D phase into a successful international operation selling standardized software & component products to multinational oil & gas companies.

Jan 1986 – Jan 1987 · 1 yr · Melbourne, Australia

• Technical design and development of a large Unix based networked department store POS & retail application for Myer department stores and designed interfaces to bank systems (BITS network) for same-day payments clearing.

Jan 1985 – Jan 1986 · 1 yr · Victoria, BC, Canada

• Project management & software development for a number of applications for oil & gas industry related control systems including an automated gas well chart reader, and an NDT telerobotic arm for ROV subsea operations on offshore oil drilling rig structures.

Jan 1982 – Jan 1985 · 3 yrs · Sidney, BC, Canada

• Development, deployment & maintenance of specialized instruments for ocean surveys. Offshore deployment of real-time rip current warning systems for Elf drill-ships in the Labrador Sea, Newfoundland. Full time field manager a year in St. Louis, Senegal on the World Bank & CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) sponsored OMVS project to survey the near shore zone and assess the feasibility of constructing a major port in the Senegal River estuary.

Jan 1981 – Jan 1982 · 1 yr · Coventry, United Kingdom

• Development team for System X, the very first digital exchange in the United Kingdom - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_X_(telephony)

Jan 1974 – Jan 1978 · 4 yrs · Victoria, BC, Canada

• Stationed on the weathership CCGS Quadra, North Pacific, Nanaimo airport and Bull Harbour Coast Guard Radio - providing telecommunications, air traffic control, meteorology, shipping support and distress co-ordination.