Facilitator
Iain Sanders
Iain Sanders's Training:
I have a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours Degree in Applied Physical Science and Data Acquisition.
I have a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Building Design.
I have a Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) in Energy Resource Management and Fuzzy Logic Controls.
I have worked as a data, systems and process analyst, project and programme manager, business mentor and coach.
I am a former member of both the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA) and the International Council of Systems Engineers (INCOSE). As a result, I am familiar with the tools and methodologies found in the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK version 3), and the Systems Engineering Handbook (fourth edition), including the Systems / Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
I also have experience with using Lean Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma methodologies for process and product improvement and redesign, process mapping, and Benefits Realization Management.
I have experience using various software tools while completing different projects and assignments, including (but not limited to): MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPivot), MS Project, MS Visio, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Lavastorm, RapidMiner, Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM) for Prince2 and PMI, Agile Project Management, The One Page Project Manager, PD-TRAK’s Stage-Gate Product Development process, Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovator, and Ideation’s Innovation Workbench.
Over the years I have also gained extensive experience writing reports and proposals, preparing business plans, and planning projects; facilitating workshops and seminars; and, making presentations and giving scientific papers at conferences.
I have also acquired on-the-job training through courses and work experience in the following areas:
Business Intelligence:
Developed long-term business intelligence strategy and vision for managing the
decision-making process with other stakeholders, to deliver tools and technologies
that enhance the depth, breadth, speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of decision-
support capabilities.
Predictive Analytics:
Conducted full review and consolidation of existing reporting capability with
stakeholders from board level and the executive management team to field account
managers and other customer-facing business units, to develop reporting capabilities
and metrics alignment, and help drive improvements (including financial auditing and
consolidation of accounts).
Performance Valuation and Management :
Conducted detailed review and benchmarking study of information systems and
direct marketing core competencies working with IT, Administration, Finance,
Operations, Marketing and Sales through the breadth and depth of activities
supporting the sales process.
Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment:
Extensive experience liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations in order to address market barriers restricting business development. Part of my work involved initiating projects amongst industrial and government stakeholders through workshops etc., to address technical, political, financial, social and environmental issues.
Technology Planning:
Involved for a number of years identifying product commercialisation skills issues
within a commercial R&D environment, and their relevance to commercial and
educational training.
Valuation of Business Assets & Technologies :
Development and utilization of descriptive and predictive data valuation models and other tools to guide decision making at all levels of the company to create a value creation mindset based on processes that focus on the key value drivers:
• Quantitative valuation of technology projects with discounted cashflow models for R&D investments and IP commercialization.
• Measurement and management of key R&D metrics to optimize the strategic innovation management process.
• Development and management of the stage-gate idea capture and product development process for various projects in different industries.
• Statistical analysis for estimating and minimizing project and project portfolio risk from various stakeholder perspectives, including: financial, technological, environmental and regulatory.
• Business process mapping, benchmarking, redesign, improvement and management for optimizing workflow and information flow for sustained value creation.
Technology Innovation:
Introduced rapid product commercialisation techniques to senior executives, chief executives and board directors. Familiar with defining suitable Key Performance Indicators and other evaluation measures, benchmarks and metrics to assess new product development and innovation effectiveness.
Market Valuation:
Evaluated market opportunities to facilitate the affordable and reliable adoption of
distributed sustainable energy (DSE) resources in New Zealand, through:
• project facilitation – project management demonstrating DSE benefits;
• network collaboration – strategic partnering enabling stakeholder benefits to be realized; and,
• business innovation – developing business models facilitating DSE technology adoption by energy retailers, generators, and network distribution companies.
• The following Supply-side and Demand-side Distributed and Renewable Energy Resources were investigated in depth:
o Standalone, micro-grid and grid-connected (network embedded) applications for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, community coops, and energy utilities including: electricity wholesalers, retailers, and distribution and transmission network companies.
o Technology risk assessments and commercial feasibility of: solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydro, biomass, natural gas and other fossil fuels, wave, diesel-, petrol-, and Stirling-engines, hydrogen fuel cells, energy storage and conversion systems (e.g. electrolysers), cogeneration (including hybrid, dual-fuel and CHP systems), energy efficient building design, demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation measures and technologies, and pricing mechanisms.
o Technology risk assessments and commercial feasibility of integrated distributed energy systems, including: hybrid systems, combined energy supply-demand optimization (e.g. Integrated Resource Planning and its variations), combined heat and energy production, storage and distribution.
o Evaluation of market regulations and government policies influencing sustainable energy supply and demand management at a local, national and international (APEC and EU) level.
o Evaluation and development of alternative business models and pricing structures / mechanisms to facilitate the accelerated adoption of marginally competitive technologies, including: net-metering, dual kW-kWh meters, Time-of-Use smart meters, network upgrade deferral (infrastructure support, asset management and substitution), risk management and mitigation strategies, greenhouse gas alleviation, customer loyalty programs and incentives schemes, revolving loans and revolving funds.
Strategic Planning:
Responsible for setting corporate, industrial and governmental objectives for
product, process and service value-creation, change management / facilitation, and
improving the business environment by building effective strategic alliances.
Experience with setting corporate strategy within an R&D context for new technology
investments, and setting industrial and governmental priorities through workshop
facilitation.
Business Development:
Experience with developing business cases for investing in various kinds of projects
involving: 1. establishing the current position, 2. assessing the business environment,
3. identifying critical success factors, 4. setting strategic decision, 5. establishing clear
objectives, 6. developing marketing strategy, 7. outlining businesses processes, 8.
determining business capability, 9. securing finance and resources, and 10.
implementing, monitoring and reviewing the plan established.
Project Management:
Responsible for project justification, approval and review; project planning; project
tracking; project reporting; and, project change control. Experience with managing
energy supply and demand projects, managing R&D programs, international
collaboratives with APEC member state governments, technology transfer
facilitation, electricity market assessments.
Workshop Planning:
Planned workshops for R&D strategic planning, electricity market policy
development, strategic planning for executives, and technology innovation
management for value-added product, process, and service development.
Workshop Facilitation:
Organised and run workshops on behalf of government, research organisations,
commercial enterprises and technical experts. Utilised thinking tools and created
environments that supported consensus-building and the delivery of tangible
outcomes.
Workshop Reporting:
Provided in-depth analysis and reporting of the decision-making process with
workshop delegates, dissemination of results and follow-up with appropriate
organisations and individuals to action workshop outputs.
I have written many research papers and given many presentations at business and science conferences. A list of some of these is available on request.
I am also proactively learning about new technologies to incorporate in my skill-set, including (but not limited to): the Internet of Things (IoT), Next Generation Infrastructures (NGIs), Smart Grids, Cities and Homes, Mobile Apps, Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies.
I have a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Building Design.
I have a Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) in Energy Resource Management and Fuzzy Logic Controls.
I have worked as a data, systems and process analyst, project and programme manager, business mentor and coach.
I am a former member of both the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA) and the International Council of Systems Engineers (INCOSE). As a result, I am familiar with the tools and methodologies found in the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK version 3), and the Systems Engineering Handbook (fourth edition), including the Systems / Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
I also have experience with using Lean Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma methodologies for process and product improvement and redesign, process mapping, and Benefits Realization Management.
I have experience using various software tools while completing different projects and assignments, including (but not limited to): MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPivot), MS Project, MS Visio, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Lavastorm, RapidMiner, Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM) for Prince2 and PMI, Agile Project Management, The One Page Project Manager, PD-TRAK’s Stage-Gate Product Development process, Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovator, and Ideation’s Innovation Workbench.
Over the years I have also gained extensive experience writing reports and proposals, preparing business plans, and planning projects; facilitating workshops and seminars; and, making presentations and giving scientific papers at conferences.
I have also acquired on-the-job training through courses and work experience in the following areas:
Business Intelligence:
Developed long-term business intelligence strategy and vision for managing the
decision-making process with other stakeholders, to deliver tools and technologies
that enhance the depth, breadth, speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of decision-
support capabilities.
Predictive Analytics:
Conducted full review and consolidation of existing reporting capability with
stakeholders from board level and the executive management team to field account
managers and other customer-facing business units, to develop reporting capabilities
and metrics alignment, and help drive improvements (including financial auditing and
consolidation of accounts).
Performance Valuation and Management :
Conducted detailed review and benchmarking study of information systems and
direct marketing core competencies working with IT, Administration, Finance,
Operations, Marketing and Sales through the breadth and depth of activities
supporting the sales process.
Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment:
Extensive experience liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations in order to address market barriers restricting business development. Part of my work involved initiating projects amongst industrial and government stakeholders through workshops etc., to address technical, political, financial, social and environmental issues.
Technology Planning:
Involved for a number of years identifying product commercialisation skills issues
within a commercial R&D environment, and their relevance to commercial and
educational training.
Valuation of Business Assets & Technologies :
Development and utilization of descriptive and predictive data valuation models and other tools to guide decision making at all levels of the company to create a value creation mindset based on processes that focus on the key value drivers:
• Quantitative valuation of technology projects with discounted cashflow models for R&D investments and IP commercialization.
• Measurement and management of key R&D metrics to optimize the strategic innovation management process.
• Development and management of the stage-gate idea capture and product development process for various projects in different industries.
• Statistical analysis for estimating and minimizing project and project portfolio risk from various stakeholder perspectives, including: financial, technological, environmental and regulatory.
• Business process mapping, benchmarking, redesign, improvement and management for optimizing workflow and information flow for sustained value creation.
Technology Innovation:
Introduced rapid product commercialisation techniques to senior executives, chief executives and board directors. Familiar with defining suitable Key Performance Indicators and other evaluation measures, benchmarks and metrics to assess new product development and innovation effectiveness.
Market Valuation:
Evaluated market opportunities to facilitate the affordable and reliable adoption of
distributed sustainable energy (DSE) resources in New Zealand, through:
• project facilitation – project management demonstrating DSE benefits;
• network collaboration – strategic partnering enabling stakeholder benefits to be realized; and,
• business innovation – developing business models facilitating DSE technology adoption by energy retailers, generators, and network distribution companies.
• The following Supply-side and Demand-side Distributed and Renewable Energy Resources were investigated in depth:
o Standalone, micro-grid and grid-connected (network embedded) applications for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, community coops, and energy utilities including: electricity wholesalers, retailers, and distribution and transmission network companies.
o Technology risk assessments and commercial feasibility of: solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydro, biomass, natural gas and other fossil fuels, wave, diesel-, petrol-, and Stirling-engines, hydrogen fuel cells, energy storage and conversion systems (e.g. electrolysers), cogeneration (including hybrid, dual-fuel and CHP systems), energy efficient building design, demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation measures and technologies, and pricing mechanisms.
o Technology risk assessments and commercial feasibility of integrated distributed energy systems, including: hybrid systems, combined energy supply-demand optimization (e.g. Integrated Resource Planning and its variations), combined heat and energy production, storage and distribution.
o Evaluation of market regulations and government policies influencing sustainable energy supply and demand management at a local, national and international (APEC and EU) level.
o Evaluation and development of alternative business models and pricing structures / mechanisms to facilitate the accelerated adoption of marginally competitive technologies, including: net-metering, dual kW-kWh meters, Time-of-Use smart meters, network upgrade deferral (infrastructure support, asset management and substitution), risk management and mitigation strategies, greenhouse gas alleviation, customer loyalty programs and incentives schemes, revolving loans and revolving funds.
Strategic Planning:
Responsible for setting corporate, industrial and governmental objectives for
product, process and service value-creation, change management / facilitation, and
improving the business environment by building effective strategic alliances.
Experience with setting corporate strategy within an R&D context for new technology
investments, and setting industrial and governmental priorities through workshop
facilitation.
Business Development:
Experience with developing business cases for investing in various kinds of projects
involving: 1. establishing the current position, 2. assessing the business environment,
3. identifying critical success factors, 4. setting strategic decision, 5. establishing clear
objectives, 6. developing marketing strategy, 7. outlining businesses processes, 8.
determining business capability, 9. securing finance and resources, and 10.
implementing, monitoring and reviewing the plan established.
Project Management:
Responsible for project justification, approval and review; project planning; project
tracking; project reporting; and, project change control. Experience with managing
energy supply and demand projects, managing R&D programs, international
collaboratives with APEC member state governments, technology transfer
facilitation, electricity market assessments.
Workshop Planning:
Planned workshops for R&D strategic planning, electricity market policy
development, strategic planning for executives, and technology innovation
management for value-added product, process, and service development.
Workshop Facilitation:
Organised and run workshops on behalf of government, research organisations,
commercial enterprises and technical experts. Utilised thinking tools and created
environments that supported consensus-building and the delivery of tangible
outcomes.
Workshop Reporting:
Provided in-depth analysis and reporting of the decision-making process with
workshop delegates, dissemination of results and follow-up with appropriate
organisations and individuals to action workshop outputs.
I have written many research papers and given many presentations at business and science conferences. A list of some of these is available on request.
I am also proactively learning about new technologies to incorporate in my skill-set, including (but not limited to): the Internet of Things (IoT), Next Generation Infrastructures (NGIs), Smart Grids, Cities and Homes, Mobile Apps, Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies.
Iain Sanders's Experience:
22 years as a Research and Development, business analysis and innovation as a project and program manager.
My experience includes working in the following industrial sectors: renewable energy and conservation, agriculture, electricity wholesale and retail, healthcare, IT, insurance, hi-tech start-ups, micro-enterprise, building and construction, oil and gas, and manufacturing.
Some of my roles relevant to my experience as a facilitator include:
Hi-Tech Start-up Business Mentor, Canterbury Development Corporation:
• Assisting a local Virtual Reality hardware and software developer commercialize his medical imaging product.
Innovation Training Director, Ideation International:
• End-to-end systematic mapping of the Ideation Inventive Problem Solving process (I-TRIZ) for training purposes.
Business Intelligence Manager, PGG Wrightson (PGW) Limited:
• Responsible for managing Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DW) delivery and support across the organization, including the procurement, development, integration and maintenance of BI and DW tools.
EQC - Earthquake Commission:
• Fit-for-purpose IT-enabled process integration for information and quality assurance, financial auditing, enterprise risk management and compliance.
Meridian Energy:
• Fitness for Purpose Revenue Leakage Management – Lean Six Sigma methodology applied to billing accuracy audit of Electricity Retail operations: resulting in $3.4m in savings identified and delivered.
• Fitness for Purpose Revenue Leakage Management – Design for Six Sigma, MS Project Management, SPARX Enterprise Architect for BPMN, UML2 modelling and documenting, and MDA Lavastorm for database management applied to billing accuracy management.
• Gentrack-to-Velocity Customer Data Migration – Data quality evaluation and management for data migration with MDA Lavastorm ETL (Extract-Transform-Load).
• Automation of Manual Reconciliation of Electricity Network Costs – Spreadsheet methodology replaced with large data-set processing ETL solution: resulting in complete removal of processing errors and reconciliation of inaccuracies, improving productivity by at least 25%.
• General Ledger Audit and Reconciliation with Payment-Billing Accounts – Detailed analysis of unreconciled accounts in two finance systems: resulting in optimum problem resolution.
• Audit and Reconciliation of Electricity Customer Data Migration – Data quality evaluation and management of very large customer data sets with ETL analysis, modelling and data mining techniques, resulting in data migration issues resolved, and data quality targets achieved.
• Electricity Retail and Wholesale Scorecards and Dashboards – Design and development of corporate dashboards from scorecards and data gathering from various stakeholders in different teams and business divisions, resulting in significant improvements in performance monitoring and management attained.
• Business Model Innovation for Customer Loyalty and Energy Efficiency – Predictive analytics and data mining techniques utilized to create a customer energy management performance dashboard: resulting in improved customer segmentation and profitability by managing energy consumption behaviour more effectively.
• Improvement of Corporate Finance Model Resolution and Accuracy – Segmentation of retail customer profiles expanded to accommodate wholesale (network distribution) customers: resulting in significant improvement in predictive modelling capabilities to accurately forecast and manage costs and revenues over 5 years.
• Network Reconciliation Model Migration and Forecasting – Migration of network costing, reconciliation and forecasting to a SAS modelling environment with SAS Enterprise Guide and SPARX Enterprise Architect.
Consulting and Contracting, Industrial Research:
• New Zealand Electricity Distribution and Transmission Network Model Development Manager – Responsible for managing the development of a regional and national energy scenario simulation and forecasting tool.
• Application of Medical Informatics for Medical Devices – Responsible for identifying and evaluating market opportunities for new tele-rehabilitation products in labour-intensive medical practices.
Consulting, Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-operative:
• Business Intelligence Consultant and Project Manager – Identified gaps in core competency delivery for the direct marketing process and ten supporting IT systems by benchmarking against international best practice, on behalf of the executive management team and the board of directors.
Consulting, Canterbury Development Corporation:
• Business Mentoring with Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) – Business development, market evaluation and operations management for various Canterbury businesses.
• Business Mentoring with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) – Process improvement, product development and product innovation seminars, workshops and one-on-one training sessions with businesses and individuals.
Consulting, General Cable:
• Business Product-Process Management – Responsible for identifying and developing requirements, and installing a system for product development, including lean six sigma and stage-gate criteria for managing workflow efficiency, productivity, idea capture for new products, and product and process quality control.
Consulting, Canterprise, University of Canterbury:
• Market and Technology Assessment and Valuation of University IP – Responsible for strategic business planning, market assessment, technology and IP valuation, business model development and commercialisation of research.
Consulting, Meridian Energy:
• Evaluation of Viable Alternatives to Diesel Gensets for Scott Base, Antarctica – Analysis of alternative distributed and renewable energy systems completed to prioritize potentially viable options for Antarctica.
R&D Program Manager, Industrial Research:
• Program and Project Manager for $1m per Year of Publicly Funded R&D – Responsible for managing renewable distributed energy R&D, evaluating and testing the adoption of various supply-side-demand-side optimized systems.
• Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment – Responsible for liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations to address market barriers restricting renewable energy development.
• Strategic Innovation Project Manager – Responsible for testing and validating Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovation software over six months and developing an innovation knowledge management strategy.
NZ APEC Representative, New and Renewable Energy Technologies:
• New Zealand Representative to APEC on Renewable and Distributed Energy – Responsible for facilitating projects and disseminating information on renewable and distributed energy R&D commercialization.
R&D Project Manager, Industrial Research:
• Evaluated market opportunities to facilitate the affordable and reliable adoption of distributed sustainable energy (DSE) resources in New Zealand, through: project facilitation, network collaboration and innovation.
Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology, London, UK:
• United Kingdom Technology Foresight Project Manager – Responsible for developing business opportunities derived from the UK Technology Foresight Program, facilitating industrial-governmental collaboration on R&D.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tokyo, Japan:
• Energy Resource Management Modelling with Fuzzy Logic – While completing a Doctor of Engineering Degree (D.Eng.) in Japan, investigated opportunities for optimizing TEPCO’s energy supply-demand.
Broken Hill Proprietary, Melbourne, Australia:
• Commercial Feasibility Study Research – Responsible for evaluating coal-seam methane gas extraction from Queensland coal mines as an alternative energy source for operating the mines.
• Laboratory Officer and Research Assistant – Responsible for planning, conducting, analysing and reporting coal liquefaction experiments at micro-scale and bench-scale: resulting in improved yields of volatile oils from coal.
My experience includes working in the following industrial sectors: renewable energy and conservation, agriculture, electricity wholesale and retail, healthcare, IT, insurance, hi-tech start-ups, micro-enterprise, building and construction, oil and gas, and manufacturing.
Some of my roles relevant to my experience as a facilitator include:
Hi-Tech Start-up Business Mentor, Canterbury Development Corporation:
• Assisting a local Virtual Reality hardware and software developer commercialize his medical imaging product.
Innovation Training Director, Ideation International:
• End-to-end systematic mapping of the Ideation Inventive Problem Solving process (I-TRIZ) for training purposes.
Business Intelligence Manager, PGG Wrightson (PGW) Limited:
• Responsible for managing Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DW) delivery and support across the organization, including the procurement, development, integration and maintenance of BI and DW tools.
EQC - Earthquake Commission:
• Fit-for-purpose IT-enabled process integration for information and quality assurance, financial auditing, enterprise risk management and compliance.
Meridian Energy:
• Fitness for Purpose Revenue Leakage Management – Lean Six Sigma methodology applied to billing accuracy audit of Electricity Retail operations: resulting in $3.4m in savings identified and delivered.
• Fitness for Purpose Revenue Leakage Management – Design for Six Sigma, MS Project Management, SPARX Enterprise Architect for BPMN, UML2 modelling and documenting, and MDA Lavastorm for database management applied to billing accuracy management.
• Gentrack-to-Velocity Customer Data Migration – Data quality evaluation and management for data migration with MDA Lavastorm ETL (Extract-Transform-Load).
• Automation of Manual Reconciliation of Electricity Network Costs – Spreadsheet methodology replaced with large data-set processing ETL solution: resulting in complete removal of processing errors and reconciliation of inaccuracies, improving productivity by at least 25%.
• General Ledger Audit and Reconciliation with Payment-Billing Accounts – Detailed analysis of unreconciled accounts in two finance systems: resulting in optimum problem resolution.
• Audit and Reconciliation of Electricity Customer Data Migration – Data quality evaluation and management of very large customer data sets with ETL analysis, modelling and data mining techniques, resulting in data migration issues resolved, and data quality targets achieved.
• Electricity Retail and Wholesale Scorecards and Dashboards – Design and development of corporate dashboards from scorecards and data gathering from various stakeholders in different teams and business divisions, resulting in significant improvements in performance monitoring and management attained.
• Business Model Innovation for Customer Loyalty and Energy Efficiency – Predictive analytics and data mining techniques utilized to create a customer energy management performance dashboard: resulting in improved customer segmentation and profitability by managing energy consumption behaviour more effectively.
• Improvement of Corporate Finance Model Resolution and Accuracy – Segmentation of retail customer profiles expanded to accommodate wholesale (network distribution) customers: resulting in significant improvement in predictive modelling capabilities to accurately forecast and manage costs and revenues over 5 years.
• Network Reconciliation Model Migration and Forecasting – Migration of network costing, reconciliation and forecasting to a SAS modelling environment with SAS Enterprise Guide and SPARX Enterprise Architect.
Consulting and Contracting, Industrial Research:
• New Zealand Electricity Distribution and Transmission Network Model Development Manager – Responsible for managing the development of a regional and national energy scenario simulation and forecasting tool.
• Application of Medical Informatics for Medical Devices – Responsible for identifying and evaluating market opportunities for new tele-rehabilitation products in labour-intensive medical practices.
Consulting, Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-operative:
• Business Intelligence Consultant and Project Manager – Identified gaps in core competency delivery for the direct marketing process and ten supporting IT systems by benchmarking against international best practice, on behalf of the executive management team and the board of directors.
Consulting, Canterbury Development Corporation:
• Business Mentoring with Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) – Business development, market evaluation and operations management for various Canterbury businesses.
• Business Mentoring with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) – Process improvement, product development and product innovation seminars, workshops and one-on-one training sessions with businesses and individuals.
Consulting, General Cable:
• Business Product-Process Management – Responsible for identifying and developing requirements, and installing a system for product development, including lean six sigma and stage-gate criteria for managing workflow efficiency, productivity, idea capture for new products, and product and process quality control.
Consulting, Canterprise, University of Canterbury:
• Market and Technology Assessment and Valuation of University IP – Responsible for strategic business planning, market assessment, technology and IP valuation, business model development and commercialisation of research.
Consulting, Meridian Energy:
• Evaluation of Viable Alternatives to Diesel Gensets for Scott Base, Antarctica – Analysis of alternative distributed and renewable energy systems completed to prioritize potentially viable options for Antarctica.
R&D Program Manager, Industrial Research:
• Program and Project Manager for $1m per Year of Publicly Funded R&D – Responsible for managing renewable distributed energy R&D, evaluating and testing the adoption of various supply-side-demand-side optimized systems.
• Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment – Responsible for liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations to address market barriers restricting renewable energy development.
• Strategic Innovation Project Manager – Responsible for testing and validating Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovation software over six months and developing an innovation knowledge management strategy.
NZ APEC Representative, New and Renewable Energy Technologies:
• New Zealand Representative to APEC on Renewable and Distributed Energy – Responsible for facilitating projects and disseminating information on renewable and distributed energy R&D commercialization.
R&D Project Manager, Industrial Research:
• Evaluated market opportunities to facilitate the affordable and reliable adoption of distributed sustainable energy (DSE) resources in New Zealand, through: project facilitation, network collaboration and innovation.
Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology, London, UK:
• United Kingdom Technology Foresight Project Manager – Responsible for developing business opportunities derived from the UK Technology Foresight Program, facilitating industrial-governmental collaboration on R&D.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tokyo, Japan:
• Energy Resource Management Modelling with Fuzzy Logic – While completing a Doctor of Engineering Degree (D.Eng.) in Japan, investigated opportunities for optimizing TEPCO’s energy supply-demand.
Broken Hill Proprietary, Melbourne, Australia:
• Commercial Feasibility Study Research – Responsible for evaluating coal-seam methane gas extraction from Queensland coal mines as an alternative energy source for operating the mines.
• Laboratory Officer and Research Assistant – Responsible for planning, conducting, analysing and reporting coal liquefaction experiments at micro-scale and bench-scale: resulting in improved yields of volatile oils from coal.
Iain Sanders's Experience with Online Groups:
IdeaConnection - working with other team members on: "Predicting Market Success through Emotion Detection".
Business Intelligence Manager, PGG Wrightson (PGW) Limited:
• Responsible for managing Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DW) delivery and support across the organization, including the procurement, development, integration and maintenance of BI and DW tools.
Consulting and Contracting, Industrial Research: EnergyScape Project
• New Zealand Electricity Distribution and Transmission Network Model Development Manager – Responsible for managing the development of a regional and national energy scenario simulation and forecasting tool.
Consulting, Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-operative:
• Business Intelligence Consultant and Project Manager – Identified gaps in core competency delivery for the direct marketing process and ten supporting IT systems by benchmarking against international best practice, on behalf of the executive management team and the board of directors.
Consulting, General Cable:
• Business Product-Process Management – Responsible for identifying and developing requirements, and installing a system for product development, including lean six sigma and stage-gate criteria for managing workflow efficiency, productivity, idea capture for new products, and product and process quality control.
R&D Program Manager, Industrial Research:
• Program and Project Manager for $1m per Year of Publicly Funded R&D – Responsible for managing renewable distributed energy R&D, evaluating and testing the adoption of various supply-side-demand-side optimized systems.
• Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment – Responsible for liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations to address market barriers restricting renewable energy development.
• Strategic Innovation Project Manager – Responsible for testing and validating Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovation software over six months and developing an innovation knowledge management strategy.
NZ APEC Representative, New and Renewable Energy Technologies:
• New Zealand Representative to APEC on Renewable and Distributed Energy – Responsible for facilitating projects and disseminating information on renewable and distributed energy R&D commercialization.
Business Intelligence Manager, PGG Wrightson (PGW) Limited:
• Responsible for managing Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DW) delivery and support across the organization, including the procurement, development, integration and maintenance of BI and DW tools.
Consulting and Contracting, Industrial Research: EnergyScape Project
• New Zealand Electricity Distribution and Transmission Network Model Development Manager – Responsible for managing the development of a regional and national energy scenario simulation and forecasting tool.
Consulting, Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-operative:
• Business Intelligence Consultant and Project Manager – Identified gaps in core competency delivery for the direct marketing process and ten supporting IT systems by benchmarking against international best practice, on behalf of the executive management team and the board of directors.
Consulting, General Cable:
• Business Product-Process Management – Responsible for identifying and developing requirements, and installing a system for product development, including lean six sigma and stage-gate criteria for managing workflow efficiency, productivity, idea capture for new products, and product and process quality control.
R&D Program Manager, Industrial Research:
• Program and Project Manager for $1m per Year of Publicly Funded R&D – Responsible for managing renewable distributed energy R&D, evaluating and testing the adoption of various supply-side-demand-side optimized systems.
• Technology Reliability, Risk and Economic Assessment – Responsible for liaising with different governmental and industrial organizations to address market barriers restricting renewable energy development.
• Strategic Innovation Project Manager – Responsible for testing and validating Invention Machine’s Goldfire Innovation software over six months and developing an innovation knowledge management strategy.
NZ APEC Representative, New and Renewable Energy Technologies:
• New Zealand Representative to APEC on Renewable and Distributed Energy – Responsible for facilitating projects and disseminating information on renewable and distributed energy R&D commercialization.