Andrew Grenfell

Chief Technical Officer

  • Modelling, Design and Development
  • PhD

Andrew is the Biarri CTO. He is an optimisation expert and develops optimisation models and software. Andrew has a strong algorithmic expertise.

Education

  • University of Queensland 1991-1995 Dual degrees - BSc and BA
  • University of Queensland 1996 BSc (Hons) - First class Honours degree in Mathematics (Operations Research)
  • University of Queensland 1996 - University Medal
  • University of Queensland 1997-2006 PhD (Mathematics) - Operations Research thesis entitled "Optimisation of Overnight Delivery Networks".

Professional experience

  • From 1997 until 2008, Andrew worked for Opcom, an Operations Research company founded in Brisbane by two mathematics professors. Opcom was subsequently acquired by Carmen Systems, a Swedish company, which was in turn bought by Jeppesen, a subsidiary of Boeing. Became the R&D Manager of the PlanOp product which was a tool for air, truck and crew scheduling; also did work in the area of optimisation for rail crew scheduling.
  • During this time Andrew also studied part time for a PhD in Mathematics, which was awarded in 2006.
  • In 2009, Andrew joined Biarri as CTO and has since been working to deliver mathematics solvers and analytical tools to clients via web browsers and Excel models. These projects were undertaken in diverse domains such as mineral spectral analysis, asset usage and maintenance scheduling, network flow and supply chain modelling, vehicle routing and crew scheduling.


  • Contact

    • andrew.grenfell@biarri.com

Ash Nelson

Co-Founder/Director

  • Commercial and Business Consulting
  • Bachelor of Commerce. ACA

Ash is a Co-Founder and Director of Biarri Pty Ltd. He has more than fifteen years experience working in the information technology sector and particularly in developing and commercialising technology and information systems. In January 2009 Ash co-founded Biarri, a commercial mathematics start up which in two years has become one of the largest Australian-based providers of Operations Research.

Qualifications / Affiliations

  • 1991 | Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Queensland
  • 1995 | Ash joined Coopers and Lybrand and qualified as a Chartered Accountant
  • Ash guest lectures and provides training at both The University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology on various topics ranging from the impact of changing technology on entrepreneurship to logistics and supply chain best practices.

Relevant professional experience

Ash graduated from the University of Queensland and has previously held roles including as a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, General Manager of Opcom, board member of Boeing Australia Holdings Limited, Country Head for Jeppesen’s Australian businesses and a Director of Jeppesen’s Global Rail & Logistics business. Ash has more than fifteen years experience working in IT and mathematical optimisation and particularly in developing and commercialising technology and information systems.

Contact

  • ash.nelson@biarri.com

Ben Hollis

Optimisation Guru

  • Modelling, Design and Development
  • PhD

Ben is an optimisation guru with over 10 years experience developing and delivering the benefits of operations research to industry.

Education

  • Ph.D. (Operations Research), University of Queensland, Australia, 2011
  • B.Sc. Hon. (Physics) 1st class, University of Queensland, Australia, 1999
  • B.Sc. (Physics) University of Queensland, Australia, 1998

Publications

  • Hollis, B. "Vehicle and Crew Routing and Scheduling", Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Queensland, 2011.
  • Hollis, B., Forbes, M., Douglas, B. 2006. Vehicle Routing and Crew Scheduling for Metropolitan Mail Distribution at Australia Post, European Journal of Operational Research 1(173) 133-150.
  • Hollis, B., Forbes, M., Douglas, B. Simultaneous Vehicle and Crew Scheduling with Time Windows, currently under review at the Journal of Scheduling
  • Hollis, B., Green, P. Real-Life Vehicle Routing with Time Windows for Visual Attractiveness and Operational Robustness, to appear Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Academic Service

  • Industry supervisor of Honours candidate, Depart of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 2008
  • Various guest lectures at The University of Queensland 2006 – 2008

Professional Experience

  • From 2000 to 2009 Ben worked for Opcom, Carmen Systems, and Boeing. During this time he led the development of numerous optimisation engines for many large organisations including SNCF, Rome Metro, Queensland Rail, State Rail Authority of NSW, Royal Mail, Australia Post, Purolator, New Zealand Post, Swedish Post, Volvo Logistics, to name but a few.

Areas of Expertise

  • Senior Consultant / Lead Software Engineer
  • Operations Research, specific areas of interest include:
    • Vehicle and Crew Scheduling
    • Train Scheduling
    • Vehicle Routing
    • Linear and Integer Programming
    • Delayed Column Generation
    • Column Generation acceleration techniques
    • Techniques for solving large Integer Programming formulations
    • Dynamic Programming
    • Meta-Heuristics

Contact

  • ben.hollis@biarri.com

Bonnie Douglas

Senior Optimisation Consultants

  • Modelling and Consulting
  • MBA

Bonnie is an optimisation expert at Biarri Pty Ltd. Bonnie leads the optimisation modelling team at Biarri and is responsible for the delivery of prototype models to clients.

Education

  • Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania – B.A. Engineering
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – MBA
  • Member of ASOR and INFORMS

Professional background

  • Manager, Network Planning Capability – Design, Development and Maintenance, Australia Post
  • Managing Consultant, CIMDEC Systems Inc./Motherwell Information Systems/Mi Services, Ltd., Overland Park, Kansas, USA and Sydney, Australia
  • Senior Systems Analyst, Cambrex Corporation, East Rutherford, NJ, USA
  • Sanofi Winthrop Pharmaceuticals/Nycomed Inc., New York, NY, USA
  • Andersen Consulting, NY Metropolitan Practice, USA

Relevant professional experience

  • Future Delivery Design - strategic network change project involving development of a low cost letters network around the introduction of new technology, new staffing arrangements and new delivery modes
  • Designed and implemented a simulation model in Witness (discrete simulation package) for a parcels processing facility to determine capacity of parcels processing and project life of the facility given anticipated increases in parcels volumes.
  • Designed and implemented a mail processing model for a key mail processing facility using Oracle’s Strategic Network Optimization (SNO) tool to analyse various shift structures and their impact on mail processing completion time during a key shift review
  • Managed delivery of over $1.2million in new business and provided senior consulting on a variety of engagements, including implementation of a vehicle routing and scheduling package, network/supply chain optimisation and advanced planning and scheduling
  • Managed implementation of Renaissance ERP at CMC Steel Group, Texas. Managed team of thirty-five client and ten CIMDEC employees. Coordinated development of enhancements and bug fixes consisting of more than 5000 developer hours across four separate programming groups around the world
  • Manugistics Distribution Requirements Planning System implementation team leader

Contact

  • bonnie.douglas@biarri.com

Chris Forbes

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)

Education

  • B.Sc. (Mathematics), University of Queensland, 2010
  • B.Sc. Hons (Mathematics), University of Queensland, 2011 (current)

Professional Background

  • Software Engineer
  • Pure and applied Operations Research
  • Data Visualisation
  • Data Analysis

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Schweppes: Nightly vehicle routing and scheduling for East Coast Australia deliveries.
  • NBN: Extension of formulation and optimisation of the layout of cable and location of hubs
  • Ausenco: Optimisation of the earthworks and tracklaying schedule for the railway between Alpha Coal Mine and Abbot Point

Contact

  • chris.forbes@biarri.com

David Philpot

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling, Design and Development
  • PhD

Education

  • Ph.D. (Artificial Intelligence), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, 1997
  • B.Eng Hon (Electronics), The University of Melbourne, Australia, 1993
  • B.Sc (Physics, Applied Mathematics), Monash University, 1991

Professional Background

From 2002 until 2011, David worked for Opcom, an Operations Research company founded in Brisbane by two mathematics professors. Opcom was subsequently acquired by Carmen Systems, a Swedish company, which was in turn bought by Jeppesen, a subsidiary of Boeing.
During this period he worked in a variety positions including: consulting, software development, technical team lead, and R&D Development Manager. Most of this time was spent on OPCrew/RMS-R product which is a rail crew scheduling and rostering optimisation and day of operation decision support tool. He also spent some time on the PlanOp product which is a logistics optimisation tool for air, truck and crew scheduling.

Publication

  • Philpot, D., "Growing Modular Ensembles of Neural Networks", Ph.D. Thesis, Swinburne University of Technology, 1998.
  • Philpot, D., Hendtlass, T. (1998) Ensembles of Networks for Analogue Problems. Methodology and Tools in Knowledge-Based Systems. Vol. 1. p625-631. ISBN 3-540-64582-9. http://www.springer.de
  • Philpot, D., Hendtlass, T. (1997) Ensembles of Networks for Digital Problems. Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms. p31-34. ISBN 3-211-83087-1. http://www.springer.at
  • Philpot, D., Hendtlass, T. (1996) A Cascade of Neural Networks for Complex Classification. Proceedings of IEA-96-AIE, p791.

Contact

  • david.philpot@biarri.com

Ellie Foxcroft

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)

Education

  • B.Sc. (Mathematics), University of Queensland, 2010
  • B.Sc. Hons (Mathematics), University of Queensland, 2011 (current)

Professional Background

  • Pure and applied Operations Research
  • Data Analysis

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Schweppes: Nightly vehicle routing and scheduling for East Coast Australia deliveries.

Contact

  • ellie.foxcroft@biarri.com

Giles David Adams

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning

Education

  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) in Operations Research, University of Melbourne, 2011

Professional Background

  • Applied Operations Research
  • Applied Probability
  • Statistics

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Schweppes: Nightly vehicle routing and scheduling for East Coast Australia deliveries.

Contact

  • giles.adams@biarri.com

Joe Forbes

Co-Founder/Director

  • Sales and Business Consulting
  • MBA

Joe has been involved with optimisation companies for the last nine years primarily managing delivery, sales and marketing functions, a role he sees as being the ‘translator’ between mathematicians and business people.

Education

  • MBA from the University of Western Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of New South Wales
  • Member of AIIA, ASOR and INFORMS

Professional background

  • Joe has held roles at Opcom, Carmen Systems and Boeing
  • Prior to becoming involved in corporate mathematics, Joe worked as a management consultant in Australia, Asia, the UK and the US.
  • He has also worked as a transport manager with the United Nations and was an officer in the Australian Army.

Contact

  • joe.forbes@biarri.com

Jonathon White

Senior Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling, Design and Development
  • Bachelor IT and Mathematics (Honours)

Jonathon develops optimisation models and software. He has a strong algorithmic expertise.

Education

  • B.Sc.Hons. 1st class (Mathematics), University of Queensland
  • B.InfTech. (Scientific Computing), University of Queensland

Professional background

  • Software Engineer
  • Pure and applied Operations Research. Specific techniques include:
    • Linear and Integer Programming
    • Column Generation and Column Generation acceleration techniques
    • Dynamic Programming
    • Techniques for solving large Integer Programming formulations
  • Visualisation. Specific techniques include:
    • Keyhole Mark-up Language (KML)
    • Open Graphics Library (OpenGL)

Relevant Professional experience

  • Origin Energy. The project involved developing a model used to optimise the logistics network, for a Coal Seam Gas project in Queensland. The analysis included, warehouse/laydown sizing and positioning, vehicle routing, and materials/parts distribution.
  • GrainCorp. The project involved developing a model used to optimise the transportation of grain between farms and ports, in a multi-modal network.
  • Transmax. Developed a model to optimise on-ramp / traffic-light metering, capable of minimising the congestion on motorways.
  • Maersk. Assisted in the development of a network design optimiser, capable of minimising vessel transportation costs for a worldwide network.
  • Defence Science and Technology Organisation. The project involved the analysis and development of a helicopter flight-scheduling model used in the planning of amphibious operations.
  • Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation. The project involved scientific visualisation and analysis of large data sets, including network visualisation.

Contact

  • jonathon.white@biarri.com

Julia Ogris

Product Engineer

  • Software Engineering
  • Master of Science (Computer Science)
  • Masters (International Business Administration)

Julia dreams in code.

Education

  • 2004 | Master of Computer Science (Honours); Vienna University of Technology; Thesis: Software Pipelining in a DSP C-Compiler
  • 2007 | Master of International Business Administration; Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; Thesis: Coltan and the Congo Conflict

Relevant Professional experience

  • 2009 | Wesley College, Oxford University Press: Consultant; business analysis. (Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2007 | Space-Time Research: Director of Innovation; data visualisation, data modelling and web development; product and team lead. (Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2004 | On Demand Microelectronics AG: Software Engineer; development of VLIW processor simulators. (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2003 | Infineon Technologies AG: Software Engineer; development of C compiler optimisations. (Vienna, Austria)

Contact

  • julia.ogris@biarri.com

Lois Smallwood

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Physics)

Education

  • Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (2006)
  • B.Sc. Hons, Mathematics and Physics, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (2002)

professional background

  • Mathematical modelling of physical systems
  • Derivation of complex equations
  • Data analysis and interpretation

Relevant professional experience

  • Physicist at MAPS Technology: research and development team member
    • Mathematical modelling of magnetic field experiments
    • Data analysis and interpretation
    • Development of software for calibration of apparatus
  • PhD student: derivation of complex equations for modelling systems of particles at very low temperatures. Comparison with collaborators’ experimental results and subsequent publication of findings
  • Researcher at Tokyo University: mathematical modelling of physical systems, comparison with experimental data

Contact

  • lois.smallwood@biarri.com

Loki Davison

Computer Scientist

  • Design and Development
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)

Education

  • Monash University | Bachelor Of Computer Science (Honours)
    Thesis: Synthesis Of Electronic and Ethnic Drums
  • University of Ulm | Diplom Informatik (Exchange)
    Awarded Baden-Württemberg Scholarship by the German Ministryof Scienceand Research
    Language of tuition: German.
  • Monash University | Bachelor Of Computer Science
    Awarded Meritand Equity Scholarship
    Studied natural languages for all free electives

Relevant professional experience

  • 2008 | Senior Computer Scientist - TaguchiMail
  • 2006 | Computer Scientist - IntrepidTravel
  • 2005 | Computer Scientist - HostExchange
  • 2003 | System Administrator/Programmer - Advancen
  • 2002 | System Consultant - Christian Blind Mission International
  • 2001 | System Administrator/Programmer - Northeast Telecommunications Co-operative

Contact

  • loki.davison@biarri.com

Michael Forbes

Optimisation Expert

  • Consulting
  • PhD

Michael graduated with an Honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Queensland in 1985. He joined the startup Operations Research company of Opcom in January 1987. He was the primary driver of the company’s technical development while also working on his PhD in Mathematics (Operations Research). Michael became a full partner in Opcom in 1997, continuing to lead the growth of the company as Technical Director up to and during its acquisition by Carmen Systems in 2005, and the acquisition of Carmen by Jeppesen (a subsidiary of Boeing) in 2006.

As Chief Technical Officer of Jeppesen Rail & Logistics sector until February 2009, Michael had overall responsibility for the specification and design of Jeppesen’s major Rail and Logistics systems. Michael has more than twenty years experience in developing and commercializing information systems at Jeppesen, Carmen and Opcom.

Michael was project manager or team leader for the initial development of all of Jeppesen’s Rail and Logistics systems. Michael was also responsible for Jeppesen's research and development work, particularly in the areas of supply chain logistics, crew scheduling and vehicle scheduling.

In 2007 Michael was appointed to a 3 year term as Adjunct Professor of the Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland.

Since February 2009 Michael has worked 3 days a week in a catholic church youth organization, while lecturing part-time in Information Technology at the Queensland University of Technology and in Mathematics at the University of Queensland.

Qualifications

  • 1992 Ph.D.(Mathematics), The University of Queensland
  • 1985 B.Sc. Hons, The University of Queensland
  • 1985 University Medal

Professional Experience

  • Developed innovative mathematical optimisation algorithms, which cover vehicle routing and scheduling, large scale network flows, crew scheduling, crew rostering, and supply chain logistics.
  • Queensland Transport, Australia: Development of IPTIS (Integrated Public Transport Information System)
  • New Zealand Post: Development of PlanOp (Postal Logistics Analysis) system
  • State Rail Authority, Australia: Development of RMS-R crew scheduling software
  • United Kingdom: Development of IPTIS UK and related software
  • Royal Mail, United Kingdom: Deployment of PlanOp
  • SNCF, France: Supervised modification and development of Jeppesen’s RMS R crew scheduling and rostering algorithms to be appropriate for SNCF

Academic and Professional Service

  • Industry supervisor for PhD candidate, Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 2005 – 2009
  • Industry supervisor of Honours candidate, Depart of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 2008
  • The University of Queensland, Information Technology Industry Advisory Board, 2004 – 2006
  • Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of IT, Industry Affiliate Program Advisor, 2004
  • SEA Mentor, 2000
  • Various guest lectures at The University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology 2000 – 2008

Publications

  • Hollis, B., Forbes, M., Douglas, B. 2006. Vehicle Routing and Crew Scheduling for Metropolitan Mail Distribution at Australia Post, European Journal of Operational Research 1(173) 133-150.
  • Hollis, B., Forbes, M., Douglas, B. Simultaneous Vehicle and Crew Scheduling with Time Windows, currently under review at the Journal of Scheduling
  • Al-Amin, M.D., Forbes, M.A., Noble, D.H. (1999) "Production of locomotive rosters for a multi-class single-locomotive problem", Journal of Operational Research, pp 50, 1004-1010.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N., Kilby, P.J. and Watts, A.M. (1994) "BUDI - A Software System for bus dispatching", Journal of the Operational Research Society, pp 45, 497-508.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1994) "Network optimization applied to reclamation works in coal mining", Journal of the Operational Research Society, pp 45, 143-150.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1994) "An exact algorithm for multiple depot bus scheduling", European Journal of Operational Research, pp 72, 115-124.
  • Holt, J.N., Watts, A.M., Davissen, J.B. and Forbes, M.A. (1993) "Stochastic vehicle routing problems", Proceedings of the Australia - Japan workshop on stochastic models in engineering, technology and management, Osaki and Murthy (eds) World Scientific, Singapore, pp 172-181.
  • Holt, J.N. and Forbes, M.A. (1993) "Algorithms for solving crew scheduling problems", Proceedings of the New Zealand Operational Research Society Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, pp 209-218.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N., Kilby, P.J. and Watts, A.M. (1992) "A heuristic algorithm for the production and vehicle routing problem with deadlines", SIAM Optimization Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA (abstract).
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N., Kilby, P.J. and Watts, A.M. (1991) "A matching algorithm with applications to bus operations", Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, pp 4, 71 - 85.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1991) "Exact solution of locomotive scheduling problems", Journal of the Operational Research Society, pp 42, 825 - 831.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1990) "PLANGEN - A mine plan generating package", Proc. Computational Techniques and Applications Conference, W. Hogarth and J. Noye (eds) pp 649-655, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington D.C.
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1987) "An algorithm for dense transportation problems", SIAM Optimization Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, p A15 (abstract).
  • Forbes, M.A., Holt, J.N. and Watts, A.M. (1986) "Mathematical modelling of spoil pile reclamation in open cut mining", TIMS XXXVIII International Meeting Program, p 37 (abstract).

Contact

  • michael.forbes@biarri.com

Noon Silk

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)

Education

  • RMIT | Applied Science (Mathematics and Physics Specialty) (current)
  • RMIT | Information Technology

Professional Background

  • 2010 | Senior Software Engineer – Cosmos21+ Group
  • 2006 | Senior Programmer – AT2
  • 2002 | Software Developer – Portland House Group (Hedge Fund)

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Architect and lead developer on a mobile/web ordering platform involving sophisticated and configurable scheduling of food preparation times in order to meet customer demand.
  • Developed financial reports to determine profitability of holding or selling various stock positions, conditional on rules.
  • Developed general ledger system for double-entry of back-of-house financial management of private hedge fund with sufficient transparency for auditing.
  • Developed, assessed, and implemented secure payment authorisation system (including protocol and threat analysis) to prevent fraudulent payments being made, and ensured all payments out of the business followed strict rules. This system was externally audited.
  • Founding President of OWASP Melbourne, a web security group.
  • Regular presenter, at user groups, on security, deployment, general development topics and quantum computing.

Contact

  • noon.silk@biarri.com

Paul Kennedy

Commercial Manager

Paul is the Commercial Manager at Biarri Pty. Ltd. Paul leads the development and delivery of Biarri’s Fibre Network design product. Paul has built his career enabling customers to realise the full potential of sophisticated software products.

Education

  • University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
  • University of Melbourne, Master of Arts - History of Science
  • Australian Graduate School of Management, MBA (current student)

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Prior to joining Biarri, Paul spent 13 years with Boeing or its subsidiaries. He has extensive experience in optimisation, simulation, transportation, and software product development.
  • Head of Product Management - Optimised crew resource system
    The use of mathematical optimisation enables transport organisations to more efficiently roster staff whilst meeting service levels and complying with workplace agreements. Paul was responsible for the product definition and delivery of software and services to two major Australian railways and a major port in Europe.
  • Product Manager - Air traffic control fast time simulation
    Fast time simulation is used to determine the business case for changes to air traffic infrastructure or procedure. Paul was responsible for defining the product and services used by leading airlines, airports and air traffic authorities. A key initiative was designing custom functionality to model advanced air traffic concepts.
  • Support Engineer / Analyst – Air traffic control fast time simulation
    Paul provided on-site and remote support to simulation users around the world. This included experiment design, product use, and analysis of results. A key initiative was developing metrics for airport and airspace capacity and performance.

Contact

  • paul.kennedy@biarri.com

Sebastian Bourges

Communication Design

  • Web Design and front end Development
  • Studies on Industrial Design
  • Interest in philosophy

Biography

Sebastian specialises in Industrial and Graphic Design. Since 1999 he has being working in web and interface design developing better ways of communication trough multimedia.

Education

  • National Monserrat High School , Córdoba, Argentina | 1988 – 1995
  • Industrial Design (National University of Cordoba) Thesis incomplete | 1996 – 2005
  • Philosophy (National University of Cordoba) incomplete | 1996 – 2005
  • Certificate IV in Information Technology (TAFE, Australia) | 2006
  • Graduate Diploma in Graphic Design | RMIT 2010 – in progress

Professional experience

  • 2003 La Paz, Bolivia. 3D design at the International Expotec Fair.
  • 2005 Buenos Aires, freelance Multimedia Designer.
  • 2006 Sydney, Australia. Multimedia Designer for The Feds Adverstising agency.
  • 2007 Newcastle. Futura Training. Multimedia Designer.
  • 2009 Melbourne. Sebastian joined Biarri.

Contact

  • sebastian.bourges@biarri.com

Steven Donaldson

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning

Education

  • Bachelor of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology (2010)
  • Bachelor of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology (2010)

Professional Background

  • Software Engineer
  • Applied Operations Research
  • Data Visualisation
  • Advanced Excel Modelling and Visualisation
  • Data Analysis

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Origin Energy: Optimisation of logistics network for Coal Seam Gas project in Queensland. The analysis included, warehouse/laydown sizing and positioning, vehicle routing, and materials/parts distribution.
  • Schweppes: Nightly vehicle routing and scheduling for East Coast Australia deliveries.
  • Queensland Rail: Optimisation of yield and maintenance.
  • Transmax: Optimisation of on-ramp / traffic-light metering, capable of minimising the congestion on motorways.
  • Queensland Cotton: Seasonal scheduling of transports to export locations over a transport network.

Contact

  • steven.donaldson@biarri.com

Suzanne Hutchinson

Sales support

Education

  • Bachelor of Information Technology, University of Southern Queensland

Professional Background

  • Suzanne has worked in bid management, account management and sales support roles in the IT industry for over 12 years.

Relevant Professional Experience

  • Since 2005 Suzanne’s primary focus has been in managing complex international bids for optimisation and resource management tools for Boeing and its subsidiaries.
  • Vantage Solutions, Melbourne: Bid management, account management and marketing of video conferencing solutions.
  • Accenture, London: Change control management on large IT projects including for the London Stock Exchange.
  • CITEC, Brisbane: Managing important account relationships and coordinating large IT bid efforts.

Contact

  • suzanne.hutchinson@biarri.com

Tori Wyatt

Optimisation Consultant

  • Modelling and Planning

Education

  • B.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne, 2009
  • M.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics), University of Melbourne, 2011 (current)

Professional Background

  • Pure and applied Operations Research
  • Data Analysis

Professional experience

  • Schweppes: Nightly vehicle routing and scheduling for East Coast Australia deliveries

Contact

  • tori.wyatt@biarri.com