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Practical, hands-on improvement for regional businesses, their suppliers and the programs that back them.
Practical, hands-on improvement for regional businesses, their suppliers and the programs that back them.
A steadier, more profitable business. We look across every function, find what is holding it back and fix it with you. Practical support to align, simplify and grow.
Mines, councils and major contractors want systems, safety and paperwork in place before they sign. We help you get ready, win the work and deliver it.
Running a funded program for local businesses? Proteus delivers the hands-on support on the ground. See how we work with program owners and delivery partners.
You're the only one who really knows how it all works. Profit's slipped and you cannot see exactly where. Everyone's flat out, but nothing actually moves forward. You know what needs fixing, it just never sticks. It's usually one constraint doing the damage. Not ten.
Being the only option in town pulls you into work that distracts from the core work the community needs. We help you choose what to say yes to.
The local labour pool is thin. We free up the capacity already in your team before you add more, and help you keep good people.
Freight, fuel and parts cost more out here. We help you build a clear cost baseline, so your prices are fair to the customer and fair to the business.
Lose one and it hurts. We help you identify quality buyers in a changing market.
You suspect it but cannot prove it. We help you set up the real operating cost per unit of production, and the strategy to repair, replace or rebuild.
Parts are days away and there is no backup machine. We help you get prepared with a plant strategy, so you act on maintenance before it acts on you.
Turnover looks healthy, but the cash is not there. We help you build consistent cash flow, where every invoice counts.
If they are sick, the business stops. We get it out of heads and into simple systems. The first step to getting your time back and a team that runs on its own.
Selling, handing to family or winding down, it takes years to get ready. We help you build a business someone else can run.
I started as a service technician in Adelaide in 1985. From the workshop floor I moved through mine sites, supervision, project and branch management, then into senior executive roles with global equipment suppliers, leading large teams across multiple disciplines. That covered onsite maintenance and repair contracts, technical management, and training the operations and maintenance trainers across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.
I have seen mining, construction, engineering and agribusiness from the workshop floor, the sales desk and the P&L. That is how I spot the constraints others miss. I fix them with you, not for you, so the fix lasts and no report is left gathering dust.
I am based in Crystal Brook, in the Mid North, and work with businesses from Port Pirie to the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas.



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