About
The JRA Team
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Jeff Roorda
Mike Allan
John Howard
Darren Shepherd
Allen Mapstone
Stephen Walker
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JEFF ROORDA
Executive
Director
Phone - 0404 478 421
E-Mail - jeff.JRA@bigpond.com
With an academic and professional background in surveying and civil engineering, Jeff has worked in asset and facilities management for over 20 years with a strong background in information technology and project management.
Jeff holds an Honors Degree in Civil Engineering
Jeff’s experience relevant to this project is currently involved in:
• Training in Asset Management for Local Government Across Australia for CPA’s, ALGA, IPWEA for the past 15 years in all Australian States and Territories
• Primary training and development resource for CPA’s asset management training for the past 12 years.
• Lecturer at Post Graduate Level at a number of Australian Universities for the past 10 years.
• Involvement in developing the training and implementation for the International Infrastructure Management Manual
• Mentor, Facilitator and Trainer for over 50 Councils over the past 15 years including:
i. City of Blacktown (NSW)
ii. Canterbury Council (NSW)
iii. City of Sydney (NSW)
iv. City of Playford (SA)
v. Mornington Peninsula (VIC)
vi. City of Melbourne (VIC)
vii. Rockhampton City (QLD)
viii. Pine Rivers Shire (QLD)
• Strategic policy formulation for whole of Government including:
i. Victorian Infrastructure Study (State Government and Victorian Local Government)
ii. South Australian Infrastructure Study
iii. NSW Local Government Inquiry
iv. Tasmanian Auditor Generals Inquiry into Local Government Asset Management
v. Australian National Local Roads Data System with ALGA and the Commonwealth Government.
vi. Victorian Auditor Generals Inquiry into Local Government Asset Management Funding
ALGA (Australian Local Government Association) Policy formulation projects working with Commonwealth Government Agencies for the past 15 years, including In Disability Discrimination Act impacts on Asset Management, Roads to Recovery, National Roads Data System, National Transport Policy impacts on Local Government
MIKE ALLAN
Director -
Technology & Communications
Phone - 0418 214 915
E-Mail - mike.JRA@bigpond.com
Mike has more than 25 years experience in information technology and communication systems implementation and project management and is a founding director of Jeff Roorda and Associates. Mike’s background is in system integration / data warehousing and data communication Networking strategies, architecture, design and planning. This has been predominantly in Wide Area Networks (WAN’s), Local Area Networks (LAN’s), and PC support and integration at strategic and operational level.
Mike leads the data capture team, who are all full time long term employees of JRA and have had extensive training and experience in multiple GIS platforms, Plan and map interpretation and field analysis techniques. Mike has developed a quality control system to ensure consistent results for both field capture and office digitisation.
Mike is currently involved in projects throughout Australia working on the following:
• Establishing processes for data transfer and audit trail in the interfaces between stand-alone asset databases and corporate systems. This includes the supply of remote computing and communications tools for data capture and update. It also includes the development of knowledge management tools for reporting enterprise performance against targets.
• The implementation of the core asset data manual and the processes for data transfer and update recommended in the management plan.
• The implementation of simple and economical data collection and maintenance techniques for textural and spatial asset information. This includes installation and tailoring of PC based tools to carry out this work and the training of selected staff to carry out ongoing improvements and modifications.
• Documenting and implementing information retrieval and reporting processes for corporate decision support as well as operational decision support within individual business units.
• Advising on network and software issues
• Implementing corporate decision support systems through the integration of various data sets into a corporate data warehouse integrated with GIS systems.
• Process modeling existing systems and processes to ensure data integrity is established and maintained for core data necessary for enterprise decision support.
• Establishing and maintaining Internet and intranet sites including the national ALGIN national local government site, the AUSTROADS National Performance Indicators, Victorian Asset Knowledge Base.
• GIS and Data Warehousing integration using SQL, Oracle, Oracle Spatial and a range of GIS platforms including MapInfo, ArcView/ArcInfo/SDE, Latitude, Maestro.
JOHN HOWARD
Director - Asset
Management
Phone - 0427 949 035
E-Mail - johnhoward.JRA@bigpond.com
John has qualifications in Economics, Civil Engineering, Town Planning and Management and has Senior experience in linking local government political, strategic and operational performance measurement.
John has worked at all levels up to CEO, linking local government political, strategic and operational performance measurement and has excellent knowledge of local government political, corporate planning, management, business and human resources systems and processes.
John has prepared over 50 research and industry leading papers on strategic, operational and project asset management, strategic financial planning and risk management practices and was the Chairman of the IMEA National Asset Management Committee, which published the IMEA National Asset Management Manual. He represented local governments on the Australian team for development and update of the International Infrastructure Management Manual.
John’s projects include:
• The Commonwealth’s Review of the Roads to Recovery program.
• ‘Asset Management Performance Measures’ for the Victorian local government sector for the Department of Victorian Communities.
• The ‘Step by Step’ asset management mentoring project working with Councils at a political and officer level throughout South Australia assisting them to develop advanced asset management.
• Developing strategic asset management plans with councils.
• Development of a framework for use of Australian Standard AS 4360 for Risk Management and Emergency Management Plans.
• Assisting councils through an organisational review, asset modeling and developing a ten year financial plan.
• Development of tools and templates for the LGASA’s Sustainable Asset Management initiative.
• Development of a national performance measures for the local road network.
DARREN SHEPHERD
State Manager -
QLD
Phone - 0402 166 325
E-Mail - darren.JRA@bigpond.com
Darren is an experienced Civil Engineer with a strong background in asset management. Darren is involved in the development, training and support of the LifeCycle Asset Management system and has extensive experience in assisting clients with a range of asset management issues. Darren has recently carried out all training on road and bridge asset management in QLD for LGAQ, IPWEA and QLD Main Roads
Recent projects that Darren has been involved with include:
• Infrastructure valuations and financial reporting for a range of Councils
• Development of MMS (Maintenance Management Systems) and processes for infrastructure
• Knowledge management strategic development.
• Development of asset management plans
ALLEN MAPSTONE
Project
Manager and National Director Sustainable Asset Management
Phone - 0439 347 437
E-Mail - allen.JRA@bigpond.com
Allen is an experienced Civil Engineer with extensive experience in all aspects of asset management planning and operations.
Allen has senior experience in local government engineering and asset management and is currently involved in a series of pilot projects in NSW. This includes work with the Department of Local Government and the Local Government and Shires Association Task Group examining the implementation of the recommendations of the Local Government Inquiry in NSW.
Allen has worked at all levels in a range of positions in asset management strategic and operations planning in a number of Councils and has been actively involved in linking local government political, strategic and operational performance measurement and has excellent knowledge of local government engineering, political and corporate planning,
In addition to working with a range of Councils developing a response to the recommendations of the Local Government Inquiry, Allen is currently working on Developing Asset Management Plans for Councils. Allen is also assisting in the implementation of Asset Management Planning in South Australia.
STEPHEN WALKER
State
Manager - SA
Phone - 0401 984 744
E-Mail - stevewalker.JRA@bigpond.com
Stephen is a Civil Engineer with extensive senior Local Government experience in a number of Councils and has been actively involved in the promotion of Asset Management planning through the IPWEA and National NAMS committee.
Stephen’s experience in Local Government Asset Management has included:
• The development of Asset Management Plans for footpaths, kerbing, buildings and road pavements.
• Development of pro active asset maintenance programs.
• Development of long term optimised works programs for roads, footpaths, buildings, reserves, bridges and storm water assets.
• Integration of GIS with Asset Management Systems and data collection programs.
• Development of risk management approaches to proactively maintaining infrastructure assets.
• Management of condition and extent GPS data collection on infrastructure assets including roads, kerbing, footpaths, buildings, stormwater and parks together with street trees.
• Development of least life cycle cost techniques for rehabilitation and appropriation of infrastructure.
• Asset valuation and depreciation analysis.
Together with his Asset Management experience Stephen has an advanced knowledge of local government corporate planning and the political environment.
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