About Me

Work Experience

I served as an engineering officer in the RAAF for 28 years. For about half of that time I worked in headquarters (ie, the government Department of Defence) in Canberra, in a variety of planning-related positions.

During a sabbatical, I was associated with ANU’s Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (now absorbed into The Fenner School of Environment and Society).

Since January 2008, I have been a full-time fiction writer.

Education

I have the following tertiary qualifications:

PhD (thesis: dealing with uncertainty in long-range planning)
Masters Degree in Information Science
Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Aeronautical)
Diploma of Government (Management)

I have completed two writing courses via the ACT Writers Centre.

Publications

Monographs:

Preparedness and the maintenance function. 400pp. Available here.

Where are they when you need them? Support arrangements for deployed air power. 262pp. Available here.

Preparedness and the maintenance function

Papers:

The application of risk management methods to the employment of civilians in an area of operations. Available here.
Horses for courses: a framework for evaluating capability options across multiple contexts. Available here. An abbreviated version of this paper was presented at the 11th Australian International Aerospace Conference, 2005.
Network centric warfare and the ADF health system (with PA White). Available here.

Other:

Dealing with uncertain futures in defence strategic planning (PhD thesis, 344pp). Available here.
Numerous articles for Air Force News.
A number of RAAF Pathfinder bulletins.