Dan Jackson

Leadership and Project Management expert with the ability to facilitate disparate stakeholder groups to achieve optimal outcomes

+61 409 415 337; author@leaderwhoinspires.com

RESUME

Expert in leadership development with a Master’s degree in project management and

author of ‘The Leader Who Inspires’. Experience in public and private sectors and senior program management for 18 years. Commander Australian Navy with

extensive logistics experience. Accomplished leader with the specific skill of building effective teams to deliver challenging project outcomes.

Most recently senior executive coach and resources sector mentor in leadership. Prior experience, Director of a management consulting firm (BRW Fast 100 finalist 2009,

2010), led reform implementation in defence sectors in USA and Australia, led efficiency reviews in health, energy and agchem industries. As a senior Naval Officer,

led the leadership and change program responsible for amalgamating Australian Navy, Army and Air Force logistics.

Project Experience

Electrical

o Project governance, social performance, asset management, spares management – Powertech (QGC Upstream HV long term service agreement)

o Resource planning and scheduling redesign – AGL Victorian distribution network

o Smart meter rollout management systems rationalisation – Jemena o Customer service response project - AGL o Knowledge delivery system project for retail call centre - Powercor o SCADA implementation project – AGL (account management role)

o Innovation Initiative – SP AusNet

Health:

o Business unit reengineering in Biomedical Technology Services

o Reform reviews in Pathology - Microbiology, Haematology o Leadership mentoring and systematic improvement training in Clinical

Workforce Planning and Development o Facilitating agreement between private and public health practitioners in

the development of the CSCF - clinical services capability framework

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Defence

o Navy Frigate project rationalisation

o Navy engineering support units project reorganisation o Business excellence assessments Defence Logistics

o Strategy development - Defence Corporate Support o Warehousing and distribution centralisation project

Water

o CAPEX project management system redesign - North East Water o Strategy development - North East Water o Design component SA Water desalination plant construction.

Construction

o Procurement manager, BHP iron ore ship-loader wharves RGP5&6 Port Hedland – McConnell Dowell

Dan has conducted projects in the electricity industry including the transmission, distribution and retail parts of the electricity value chain. He led the Core Process Review of AGL’s resource planning and scheduling program for the Melbourne electricity distribution network. He designed the knowledge capture system for the operation of the contestable and non-contestable retail market call centre in Powercor. Dan reviewed customer connection processes for AGL’s distribution network.

Dan led the team that rationalised the (Melbourne) smart meter rollout management system for Jemena. He also led an energy innovation improvement project in SP-

AusNet.

Dan’s company provided the project coordination role for the implementation of a

multi-commodity gas and electricity SCADA system in AGL/Alinta/Jemena.

Leadership skills A highly effective team builder with the ability to build teams to deliver projects on time and cost to specification. Has managed teams in defence, electricity, water and

health sectors.

Senior mentor to staff in commissioning organisation in the resources sector.

Mentoring services provided to health, defence, energy and water organisations. Leadership mentoring and systematic improvement training in health (Clinical Workforce Planning and Development). Convenor Garden City Business Club (Brisbane).

Author of a leadership mentoring and coaching book.

Conducted strategy and planning events in the energy, water and defence sectors including North East Water (Vic), AGL and Defence Corporate Support. Developed

‘Adaptive Planning’ a technique now taught to entrepreneurs in Melb Business School’s Leadership21 program.

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Assisted Defence service and logistics organisations to restructure and culturally align

to a customer centric service culture.

Conducted the organisational re-development of biomedical technical services in the health sector and facilitated the development of the clinical services capability framework for Qld Health.

Academic and other qualifications

Master of Project Management (University of NSW)

Grad Diploma in Resource Management

Honors Graduate of the Naval Staff College from an earlier career

Graduate Certificates in Administration and Management

Applied Science Diploma majoring in Naval Studies

The Leadership Circle Profile

Human Synergistics Life Styles Inventory (LSI) Profile

DISC Psychometric Profile

ADAPT by Design Entrepreneur Practitioner

Aust. Business Excellence Award Evaluator

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (USA) Examiner

In a previous life …

Dan served in Operation DAMASK as Supply Officer HMAS ADELAIDE providing logistics and maritime support as part of Australia’s commitment in the lead up to the

first Gulf War. He has significant logistics experience at both the operational and strategic levels. While on exchange with the US Defense Logistics Agency, Dan led the technical review of all defence procurement, warehousing, storage and distribution functions west of the Mississippi River. He has led the systematic and radical improvement of logistics processes particularly at Australia’s largest military logistics facility in Sydney and has led logistics and procurement operations in a number of defence units. Dan retired at the rank of Commander after a 21-year career.

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Dan Jackson - Products

The following commercial leadership products have been designed and developed by Dan Jackson: Founder, Leader Who Inspires (LWI) advancement program (www.leaderwhoinspires.com), Leaders are prepared and established, not born. The LWI leadership program has one intention – equip the leaders of the future with the most effective leadership skills … and

align those skills with the strategic intent of the organization.

Author, ‘The Leader Who Inspires’ (www.leaderwhoinspires.com), the flagship of a values-based and strategically aligned leadership development program.

The program embeds leadership development within the context of the direction the organisation is travelling. It includes a series of learning and coaching modules

to improve leadership skills all the while maintaining pace with the strategic journey.

Founder, 7SIM® Systematic Improvement Framework (www.7SIM.com.au), a team-based seven step method to:

Solve complex business problems.

Improve current business processes.

Make creative ideas a new business reality.

Convert strategic plan initiatives into real action.

Designer, Adaptive Planning, a nimble, planning philosophy based on idea creation and the execution of initiatives that deliver measurable results.