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Doug Stevens

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Director, The Business Farm Pty Ltd

Professional General Manager (Technology based companies)

Doug is an experienced General Manager and Projects Director of Technology based businesses. His general management roles have included international business development, operations management and business start-ups. Project direction to stimulate and develop business transformation via the vehicle of technological change is a recent role. His systems experience is broadly based and includes Defence communications and weapons systems, both electrical/electronic and heavy mechanical, commercial radio and satellite networks, and modern commercial television station systems.

Role

For The Business Farm Doug specialises in providing independent analyses of client business operations, and associated processes that depend to a significant extent upon the use of technology. These analyses, combined with a consideration of relevant strategic options, can act as contributing elements to broader Business Farm client commitments or be provided as a stand-alone service.

Qualifications

Doug is a Masters Degree graduate of the University of New South Wales in Engineering Science and is an alumnus of the Melbourne University Business School (Mount Eliza). He is a Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Previous Positions

  • Transmission Manager Television New Zealand Limited
  • International Business Development Manager TVNZ Satellite Services Ltd
  • International Business Development Manager Broadcast Communications Ltd
  • Start-up Managing Director Stanilite Electronics (NZ) Ltd
  • Start-up General Manager Stanilite Electronics (W.A.) Pty Ltd
  • Fleet Weapons Electrical Officer – Royal Australian Navy

Achievements

  • Started Stanilite Electronics in Western Australia and led the team that successfully completed the first commercial communications systems refit and modernisation of a naval destroyer in that state.
  • Started Stanilite Electronics in New Zealand and won the contracts to design, prototype, and manufacture and successfully deliver six communications sub-systems for the ANZAC Class of frigates.
  • Grew the Stanilite emergency lighting business in New Zealand from a $100k business to a $1mil business.
  • Introduced (analogue) cellular telephone services to some Pacific Nations.
  • Directed the infrastructure rollout of the Teamtalk (NZ) MPT 1327 trunked mobile radio network.
  • Sold MPT1327 network solutions for Indonesia (Jakarta-Bali-Lombok) and for the eastern states of Brazil.
  • Led the team that developed, introduced and operated the technology solution for commercial digital television in New Zealand - Freeview New Zealand http://www.freeviewnz.tv/images/uploads/pdfs/The_establishment_of_Freeview_NZ.pdf
  • As a senior manager of Television New Zealand directed the project to design and contract the implementation of its modern media asset managed transmission system.

 

Contact: Telephone +61 43 256 4163

doug.stevens@thebusinessfarm.com.au