Councils – Leanconstruction ANZ

Councils National Board

Lean Construction Australia and New Zealand is structured around a National Board, supporting 6 regional councils in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.

All LCANZ Council members are bound by the Lean Construction ANZ Constitution, and LCANZ State and Country Committees Roles and Responsibilities

Ken is a Mechanical Engineer, and has been working in Construction for the past 19 years. His current position is Principal Methods, Lean and Innovation at EIC Activities, the CIMIC groups Engineering and Innovation company. Ken has been involved in supporting the lean community in Australia for the past 5 years.

Vicente is an academic at The University of Auckland and a passionate advocate for Lean Construction and Digital Technologies. He has been a member of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) since 2004 and a prolific author in Lean Construction. He has also played different roles in the IGLC annual series conferences such as editor and scientific chair.

Christina is a Managing Partner of the Lean Construction Advisory, a Brisbane based consultancy which bring efficiency, productivity and LEAN methodology to the construction industry.

Christina has over twelve years’ experience as a consultant in the field of Organisational Development as a successful coach, facilitator, trainer, and change agent.

Abra is the Executive Director of Sales for Jacobs Engineering. With more than 20 years experience in engineering previously with Aurecon and AECOM.

Tim is an accomplished continuous improvement, business transformation and engagement specialist having supported dozens of organisations throughout North America and Australia to achieve their sustainable growth strategies while leveraging Lean thinking, principles and methods for over 20 years.

An ASQ ® Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Lean Design Practitioner and Dale Carnegie graduate, Tim has also founded several companies focusing on Advanced Operating Models, Future Readiness and Innovation using a customer & person-centric approach.

Michael is a consultant who has specialised in assisting project teams achieve high performance outcomes. Building on more than thirty years of engineering and construction experience he has developed and applied an approach based on an agile business optimisation, built on the right organisation structure, trusting relationships and efficient work flow methods. Prior to joining Evans & Peck Michael was a relationship contract specialist with John Holland where he provided strategic advice to the organisation and its alliance teams in relation to the securing and delivering major infrastructure projects.

Mike is a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer with over 30 years experience leading major construction and infrastructure projects in Australia and Internationally.

In 2011 Mike founded and is Managing Director of Project Leadership Pty. Ltd., a consultancy providing leadership in all aspects of project delivery with clients across all industry sectors.

Mike is a strong advocate of lean construction principles and integrated project delivery and facilitates workshops and university lectures in this space.

Mike is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Queensland LCANZ Council

LCANZ Queensland Council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at QUT Gardens Point.

Contact our state chair for future details if you would like to attend.

Christina is a Managing Partner of the Lean Construction Advisory, a Brisbane based consultancy which bring efficiency, productivity and LEAN methodology to the construction industry.

Christina has over twelve years’ experience as a consultant in the field of Organisational Development as a successful coach, facilitator, trainer, and change agent.

With over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, Jon is a passionate advocate for change, driven by a desire to ensure that every level of the industry is sustainable, resilient to boom and bust cycles and able to deliver the infrastructure society needs in a collaborative and efficient manner.

Jon is the CEO of the Queensland Master Contractors Association, and also a partner in Lean Construction Advisory.

Robin is currently a Professor of Virtual Design & Construction and the Discipline Leader, Construction and Project Management within the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Following a career in the Military, Brian got involved in IT when through the .com boom, he worked with a number of great businesses at the vanguard of different movements including internet banking with Halifax and Smile Bank as well as a period working in the US with Genuity, the company that developed the ArpaNet, the precursor to the Internet.

In 2008 I became Asia Pacific MD at Exor Corporation and joined Bentley Systems by acquisition in 2010. Based in Australia, I am responsible for delivering the Bentley Software and Services that allow the professionals that design, build, operate and maintain the regions infrastructure to be better, faster, safer and more cost effective.

Andrew is the Director Engagement and Taskforce for the Queensland State Goverments, Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning.

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An experienced Infrastructure executive, Harry has developed Business Units and accelerated growth and improved performance for large scale Construction companies providing design, project management, manufacturing, construction and maintenance services. Harry has held senior leadership positions within International Top Tier Construction Companies.

Harry is currently serving as the Executive Director at Constructionarium Australia.

NSW LCANZ Council

Marton is a co-founder of LCI in Australia and chair between 2011 and 2016. He is a lean coach @marosszekyassociates and an engineering durability consultant@BCRC. Former professor at UNSW, co- co-author of Total Construction Management—Lean Quality in Construction Project Delivery.

He is currently working in Australia, India and the US coaching design and construction groups in the practice of lean. He is the industry engagement lead for the Centre for Smart Modern Construction (c4SMC) at Western Sydney University.

Victoria/Tasmania LCANZ Council

South Australia LCANZ Council

Mike is a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer with over 30 years experience leading major construction and infrastructure projects in Australia and Internationally.

In 2011 Mike founded and is Managing Director of Project Leadership Pty. Ltd., a consultancy providing leadership in all aspects of project delivery with clients across all industry sectors.

Mike is a strong advocate of lean construction principles and integrated project delivery and facilitates workshops and university lectures in this space.

Mike is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Davidson began his career in theoretical particle physics, working on the modelling and analysis of heavy ion collision experimental data. After working for several years he changed direction and, after qualifying in engineering management, worked in the area of quality management systems as a trainer, auditor and program manager.

Following a move to Adelaide at the end of 1999, he joined Motorola as a metrics and measurement specialist, rising to the position of Principal Staff Engineer and Master Black Belt.

He has since worked at UniSA in the field of Systems Engineering, including contributing to a requirements analysis project for the new RAH, and as an independent consultant across multiple sectors including defence, resources and finance in systems engineering and business improvement. He is currently a Senior Consultant at Frazer-Nash Consultancy, a leading engineering consulting company specialising in systems engineering and technology strategy.

More than 30 years of transforming commercial functions, supply and category management, schedule/cost/scope/ change/document control, contractual claims & dispute resolution on mining, industrial, rail and information communication technology(ICT) Projects; and
most recently Andrew completed a commercial innovation and leadership role on $1 Bill Sidra Medical Research Centre (a 400 Room Digital Hospital Project in Doha, Qatar) – chosen by ENR of USA as the World’s Best Health Mega-Project in 2018

Vince Cosmai has been working in the Modular Construction Industry since 2003. After spending 13 years with two Northern based manufacturers’ Vince along with his partner, Dino Gallina formed Oneconstruct in 2016. Recognised Nationally as “Best Off-site Construction Building in Australia” the Company provides to the market with unique and bespoke Modular solutions.

Vince hopes to bring to the SA Board his learnings and experiences with Manufacturing in a prefabricated format. With the need in society to build faster, safer and or course leaner, the Modular Construction Industry is uniquely placed to capitalise on increasing need for satisfying the current and future market conditions.

West Australia LCANZ Council

Abra is the Executive Director of Sales for Jacobs Engineering. With more than 20 years experience in engineering previously with Aurecon and AECOM.

New Zealand LCANZ Council

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Mani has taken up several construction-related positions since his graduation in 1998. He performed a wide range of roles in industry before his return to academia in 2012. His involvement in the Lean Construction community started upon this return. Since then, he has served the International Group of Lean Construction as a researcher, reviewer, member of the editorial team, and session chair. He currently works as an academic at the Auckland University of Technology with a specific focus on four research areas, including building construction management and project planning; building science and techniques; digital and interaction design; and design innovation.

Stephanie is a consultant with Intent Group, a consultancy with the goal of improving productivity across New Zealand. Stephanie is experienced in facilitating improvement and innovation to help businesses achieve their transformation objectives. She is a trained Toyota Kata practitioner with experience establishing a sustainable culture continuous improvement in Construction and has led multi-site transformation programmes.

Abra is the Executive Director of Sales for Jacobs Engineering. With more than 20 years experience in engineering previously with Aurecon and AECOM.

Councils National Board

Ken Panitz

Dr Vicente González

Christina Levinson

Abra DeKlerk

Tim Odokeychuk

Michael Ward

Mike Ford

Queensland LCANZ Council

Christina Levinson

Jon Davies

Robin Drogemuller

Brian Middleton

Andrew Curthoys

Harry Hartman

Ken Panitz

Kent Kieseker

Chris Lunson

Ren Niemann

NSW LCANZ Council

Michael Ward

Marton Marosszeky

Mick Jackson

David Foley

David Whatmough

Ali Eghbajoo

Victoria/Tasmania LCANZ Council

Tim Odokeychuk

South Australia LCANZ Council

Mike Ford

Neil Davidson

Andrew Ng

Vince Cosmai

Jian Zuo

David Morris

West Australia LCANZ Council

Abra DeKlerk

New Zealand LCANZ Council

Dr Vicente González

Ian Walsh

Mani Poshdar

Stephanie Pretorius

Kennett Sinclair

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