Track record
Four bodies of work, spanning thirty years, in scale-up, capital delivery and operations.
Chief Technology Officer — Samsara Eco
Enzymatic plastic recycling, laboratory to pilot plant
Took enzymatic plastic recycling from laboratory data to pilot plants producing commercial-grade PET and Nylon-6,6 monomers. Delivered the R&D plant in eight months. Built the technical function from one person to eighteen. Retained FEED engineering, then established the internal process and mechanical functions to oversee it.
Smorgon Consolidated Industries
PET glycolysis, bench to 24/7 production
Took a food-contact PET glycolysis process from bench scale to pilot to 24/7 full-scale production. Ran the US FDA trial work required to sell into food-contact applications. The process was commercialised through a joint venture.
Senior Development Engineer — SOLA Optical
Ophthalmic lens coatings, laboratory to production
Led local and international technical teams on coating technology and its transfer into operations at the Lonsdale R&D facility. Rebuilt lens finishing coating technology: yield from the low eighties to over 99%, and throughput by 400%. Developed a novel UV-curable, tintable, AR-coatable coating for polycarbonate.
Hazardous waste operations — $17M business, 45 staff
Operations leadership and capital delivery
Solvent recycling, water treatment, a NATA-certified laboratory and oil processing at Moomba. Capital projects from $2M to $15M delivered inside live operating plant.
I was put back into that business after a serious vehicle accident grounded the fleet and triggered regulatory investigation. I rebuilt the leadership team and restored licence compliance to 95%.
Detail on any of these is available on request.