Project Director Business Development
Caterpillar Digital
Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months
Construction, Mining, Energy & Transportation - Director Digital Business, Construction, Mining, Energy & Transportation - Caterpillar 2017/5 -
♣ Leading digital transformation for Caterpillar. Solutioning Business Cases for IoT Technology Enabled Services in planning, engineering development and productivity; drones, big data, analytics, Energy, Simulators, VR/AI, underground and surface networks, fleet optimisation management and dispatch, productivity guidance systems and drilling efficiency, M2E proximity awareness, driver safety and fatigue management. Less $$$/tonne, greater availability and utilisation. From standing start to $30M dollar pipeline in Year-1
♣ SK Solutions IOT/ SAP start up 2017/1 - 2017/5. Providing operational resource planning for safety, security and scheduling on Emaar and Shapoorji-Pallonji construction sites for all mobile assets by deploying real time geospatial analytics using SAP Hana. Go-To-Market strategy with clear service lines and a compelling proposition using recently patented IP (US and global)
Capital Projects Services MENA 2013/2 - 2016/3
•Project Delivery, Business Development and Bid Management roles at the forefront of building capability across the Energy business by improving Capital Projects Governance, Project Controls and Project insights with the integration of new and emerging interoperable digital technologies across Programme/Portfolio and Risk Management, Engineering & Project Data Solutions, Project Support Services, Supply Chain and Asset Management
•Subject Matter Expertise and Project Management Office services to Sadara’s Enterprise Operational Readiness audit, Kingdom Saudi Arabia - the world’s largest petrochemical development, using extensive experience of project engineering, construction, commissioning and handover ($26 billion)
Regional Director MENA - WYG Group 2008/10 - 2013/2
♣ Set-up GCC Offices: find, bid, win and deliver work. An all-encompassing role; networking, delivering, building local capability and coordinating to UK HQ. Directed major commissions including;
♣ Planning: Developing Nakheel’s Public Relations Office;
♣ Energy: Qatar 2032 National Master Plan: Consulting/advisory for QNMP Energy and Utilities
♣ Utilities: Independent design audit and construction supervision of the UAE’s largest district cooling project and utilities for Abu Dhabi’s new Business District, Al Maryah Island ($750M).
♣ Infrastructure: Feasibility and Basic Design for Wadi Al-Asla, Jeddah URC’s 120km2 Mega-Project, KSA.
♣ Education: Design and Construction Management C&S: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
♣ Project Director for Strategic Transformational Change Programme supporting the new CEO to ensure BU best practices were harvested, audited and implemented to drive forward growth. TOR included; Business Excellence Steering Group, business process re-engineering, strategic rebranding, Group Operating Model refresh, Communications and Knowledge Management, KPI’s. Notable outcomes included; Winners of: NCE Major Consultancy of the Year 2008, Contract Journal Consultancy of the Year 2009, ACEI Innovation Award 2008, Sustainable City Award 2008, British Expertise Award Sustainability 2007/08, APM Programme of the Year 2007
♣ Nuclear/Atomic Research: Project Director Lead Consultant for ISIS Second Target Station - the world’s most powerful Spallation Neutron Source Research Centre, STFC Rutherford Appleton, Oxford (£125M).
♣ Major Developments, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability: Lead Design Project Manager Design for; £750M York University Master Plan with HOK, the UK’s largest new campus development and Post-Industrial Mixed Use re-developments including remediation and regeneration of £75M Silverdale Colliery for English Estates - the UK’s largest former coal mine, $50M Kingsway Business Park and former Royal Train Sheds at Wolverton.
E&C process technology led contractor specialising in Metals and Mining, Energy and Nuclear
•Energy JV with National Power/Cogen: C, S&A Team Leader for design and construction for CCGT and Combined Heat and Power Plants at; Philips Petroleum Refinery, Astra Zeneca and Bridgewater Paper. Provided Engineering Lead for UK’s first CE Lloyds Registered Power Plant built adopting new Pressure Equipment Directives
•Nuclear: AEC Programme Director for BNFL Vitrification Plants’ ‘Highly Active’ Projects, Sellafield (UK). A Private Public Partnership for Capital Projects including De-bottlenecking, Design and Supervision
•Mining: Start-up in Ghana where I led AEC D&B team for Ashanti Goldfields, Obuasi Gold Processing Plant as well as for their 10MTPA Gold/Heap Leach Processing Plant in Siguiri, Guinea.
•Metals: Development of Major Integrated Iron and Steel Mill projects for Blast Furnace, Rolling Mills and Materials Handling in Britain, Korea and Brazil. Led AEC Team’s FEED, Basic and detailed EPC.
courses: of Civil Engineering C.Eng. MICE, 1993. Currently preparing PMP®