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ABOUT / 002

Background & approach.

My career began in customer-facing sales and banking before moving into applied data science, industrial analytics, enterprise AI, and production machine learning. I now work on fraud and scams at CBA.

Across these roles, I’ve worked with domain specialists to understand operational problems and deliver systems people use in their day-to-day work.

Work history

Jun 2026–present

Senior Analyst — Advanced Analytics (Fraud)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Working on fraud and scam detection, balancing customer protection with customer experience and the operational impact of controls.

Work & outcomes

  • Tactical detection & BAU

    Managing day-to-day analytical work to develop, refine, and maintain fraud and scam detection rules in live systems. Responding to emerging threats while balancing customer protection, customer friction, and operational workload.

  • Fraud trends & detection strategy

    Investigating fraud and scam trends across a broad range of data sources to identify gaps in existing controls and develop more effective detection strategies. Connecting analytical findings with the wider risk and business context to guide priorities.

  • Machine learning for detection

    Building classical machine learning models to strengthen rule-based detection. Translating model outputs into signals that improve how rules identify suspicious activity, supported by reproducible training, evaluation, and experiment tracking.

Skills

  • Fraud & scam detection
  • Detection strategy
  • Fraud trend analysis
  • Classical machine learning
  • Analytics engineering
  • Stakeholder engagement

Tech stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Amazon SageMaker
  • MLflow
  • Power BI

Dec 2025–2026

Machine Learning Engineer — Contractor, AI Delivery

Fortescue

Lead development and sustainment of a production ML product spanning 15 models across three mine sites, with responsibility for performance, engineering quality, and operational reliability.

Work & outcomes

  • Production ownership

    Sustained a fleet of five models per site, investigated production issues, and worked with subject-matter experts to keep model behaviour aligned with the physical processes being modelled.

  • Model performance & improvement

    Reviewed and improved model performance across the fleet, aligning modelling approaches with operational knowledge and strengthening confidence in production outputs.

  • MLOps & continuity

    Strengthened the engineering practices supporting model training, deployment, and monitoring. Established a roadmap for ongoing sustainment and MLOps improvements to support reliable delivery and technical continuity.

Skills

  • Production ML ownership
  • Model validation
  • MLOps
  • CI/CD
  • Operational troubleshooting
  • SME collaboration
  • Technical planning

Tech stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Amazon SageMaker
  • Snowflake
  • AWS S3
  • AWS Lambda
  • GitHub Actions
  • Kedro

Oct 2023–Dec 2025

Data Scientist — Generative AI / AI & ML

Newcrest → Newmont

Global AI & ML / Digital

Built enterprise AI applications and automation across legal case management, HR, organisation design, and compliance. The work extended from retrieval and application architecture through authentication, deployment, and business adoption.

Work & outcomes

  • Enterprise AI assistant

    Developed a legal case-management assistant with hybrid vector and keyword retrieval, specialised employee-name search, and routing, query rewriting, retrieval, and response-generation components. Implemented an API layer, authentication, and structured logging.

  • HR & organisation design

    Built job-design tooling supporting more than 3,000 roles. A role-profile generation workflow reduced processing time from roughly an hour to approximately 30 seconds per role, with structured Excel, Word, and PDF outputs.

  • Workflow integration

    Connected AI-generated outputs into existing Microsoft workflows using Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, and Power BI, supporting repeatable processing and enterprise use.

  • Review & compliance

    Developed NLP risk-detection and agentic retrieval workflows. AI-assisted review work reduced review effort by more than 80%, while compliance automation reduced turnaround time by approximately 95%.

  • Technical influence

    Contributed to responsible AI governance, workshops, mentoring, and onboarding. Worked with stakeholders to question proposed solutions and define approaches that addressed the underlying business need.

Skills

  • AI solution architecture
  • Hybrid retrieval & RAG
  • Agentic workflows
  • API development
  • Responsible AI
  • Technical mentoring
  • Stakeholder alignment

Tech stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • FastAPI
  • Databricks
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Azure AI Search
  • Azure App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Blob / Table Storage
  • Docker
  • Microsoft Power Platform
  • SharePoint
  • Power BI

Jan 2022–Oct 2023

Data Scientist — Global IT Digital

Newcrest Mining

Applied modelling and statistical analysis to equipment reliability, mineral processing, and safety, working closely with engineers and operational teams.

Work & outcomes

  • Predictive maintenance

    Developed analytics and models to identify equipment problems and improvement opportunities. This work identified more than $3 million in potential savings.

  • Process soft sensors

    Worked on mineral processing empirical models, including collaboration with JKMRC at the University of Queensland, and on crusher-gap estimation. Used process data to infer physical variables that were difficult to measure continuously.

  • Production constraints

    Developed ore-tonnes prediction and crusher bottleneck analytics, using Theory of Constraints to help operations understand where production was being limited.

  • Safety analysis

    Analysed safety data for patterns and risk factors to inform management decisions on mitigation and training.

Skills

  • Industrial machine learning
  • Time-series analysis
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Soft sensors
  • Statistical modelling
  • Process optimisation
  • Operational dashboards

Tech stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • pandas
  • NumPy
  • scikit-learn
  • Power BI

2021–early 2022

Early Careers Data Science

Fortescue · CAPS Australia

Built a foundation in applied data science across business and industrial environments, combining analytical work with practical tools, automation, and stakeholder engagement.

Work & outcomes

  • Applied analytics

    Used data analysis, predictive modelling, and forecasting to support business decisions. Developed an understanding of data quality, interpretation, and the operational context behind analytical results.

  • Tools & automation

    Built business applications and automated reporting workflows, translating requirements into practical tools that reduced manual effort and supported everyday operations.

  • Business & operational understanding

    Worked with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand their needs, communicate findings, and connect analytical work with how decisions are made in practice.

Skills

  • Predictive modelling
  • KPI forecasting
  • Workflow automation
  • Requirements gathering
  • Application delivery
  • Technical data organisation
  • Stakeholder engagement

Tech stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • pandas
  • Microsoft Power Apps
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Power BI

2019–2020

Customer Connect Representative

Bank of Queensland

Supported banking customers in a high-volume contact environment, resolving account and product issues within regulatory and compliance requirements.

Work & outcomes

  • Customer outcomes

    Achieved multiple months of 100% customer satisfaction while handling complex and sensitive customer issues.

  • Regulated advice

    Accredited to provide general financial-product advice. Built a working understanding of banking products, customer needs, risk, and compliance boundaries.

Skills

  • Customer issue resolution
  • Financial-product knowledge
  • Risk & compliance awareness
  • Sensitive communication
  • High-volume service delivery

Tools & environment

  • Banking account & customer-service systems
  • Customer-service platforms