Dr John K LeeComplex Systems Solutions
John Lee is an award-winning Engineer and Project Manager of Complex systems formulation, design, and implementation. John’s peak skills have been developed from decades of hands-on professional activity in diverse workplace scenarios, combined with comprehensive academic and professional qualifications encompassing the fields of Engineering, Business, Marketing, Science, Ethics, Environment, Education and Project Management, including a Doctor of Philosophy in Education. An aspect of John’s peak skills is that his experience and qualifications has equipped him with the ability to analyse and solve unprecedented problems from first principles, providing multi-faceted solutions across several fields of endeavour including that of Engineering, the Environment and Social Research. John currently operates in Far North Queensland and in Brisbane. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTThe majority of John’s professional career has been involved with projects which are either directly or indirectly associated with an improved efficiency of use of earth’s material resources. Telecommunications and mobile phone implementations have directly resulted in reduced fossil fuel consumption. Solar panel electricity generation and passive cooling of equipment shelters was utilised by John in the 1980’s for provision of remote communications to the Jackson Oil Fields. Solar arrays continue to be utilised for contemporary projects. Radio and Telecommunications projects in Vanuatu in the Pacific are significant contributors to reduction in consumption of expensive fossil fuel.
John’s Doctoral research identified Wins in the Environmental action against Acid Rain, Hole in the Ozone Layer, and Crown of Thorns starfish. Additionally, John’s research has identified seven narratives which potentially lead to convergence in the environmental debate, by which disparate parties may reconcile differences in their view-points so that effective joint action may be achieved. As a Complex Systems advisor within Footprint Energy, John has achieved on-the- ground familiarisation with the subtleties and drivers of major renewable energy projects within Queensland, from Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland, Collinsville, Eungella, Pioneer-Burdekin, Central Queensland, Gladstone, and Borumba in South-East Queensland. |
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QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (James Cook University) 1971. |
Graduate Diploma of Business (University of New England) 1989. |
Master of Business (Marketing) (Charles Sturt University) 1993. |
Project Management Professional (PMP) (PMI-PMBOK) (2001-2018) |
Prince2 Practitioner 2009. |
Agile Project Management Short Course (2015- Charles Sturt University) |
Scrum vs Lean: Agile Project Management Short Course (2015- Charles Sturt University) |
Digital Marketing Short Course (2015- Charles Sturt University) |
Introduction to Complexity Certificate Course (2017 – Sante Fe Institute)Value |
Doctor of Philosophy in Education 2024 (University of Newcastle). |
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PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY AWARDS
Oct. 1995 |
Winner- Engineering Excellence Award in the “Innovation” Category. Awarded by the Sydney Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the D-RADIO Project. John Lee was the Project Manager of the D-RADIO Project. |
April 1996 |
Winner- National Engineering Excellence Award. Awarded by the Institution of Engineers, Australia to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the D-RADIO Project. John Lee was the Project Manager of the D-RADIO Project. |
Oct. 1997 |
Winner- Australian Design Award by Standards Australia. Awarded by Standards Australia to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the Virtual Console (a subsystem of the D-RADIO Project). John Lee was the Project Manager. |
Oct. 1997 |
Winner of a Special Award by the Powerhouse Museum (Sydney) to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the Virtual Console of the D-RADIO system, for its contribution to technology history. John Lee was the Project Manager of the D-RADIO Project. |
Oct. 1999 |
The TSK Project for the ADAC – German Automobile Club, via Catalyst Design Group - Industrial Designers for Oztrak Group Pty Ltd, was awarded the Winner in the annual Victorian Design Awards hosted by the Design Institute of Australia. (John Lee was the Project Manager for the TSK Project). |
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- Institution of Engineers
- Project Management Institute
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- National Space Society of Australia
- Defence Security: File Reference DSN 85/894 – Secret Level 28 Aug 1985.
BACKGROUND
Growing up in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, John Lee’s interaction with the natural environment commenced in his early primary school years with the experience of direct exposure to tropical cyclones, marine box jellyfish stingers, venomous taipan snakes, majestic cassowaries, enchanting tree kangaroos, personable fruit bats, enigmatic spoon-bills and graceful pelicans.
John’s Civil Engineering studies at JCU Townsville included Thesis research regarding a Hydraulic Model Study of the Ross River Estuary. This formal study was balanced by extra-curricular activities including at various times, as President of the University Hall Students Association, a Member of the Students Union Council, participant in Intervarsity Table Tennis and Intervarsity Water Skiing, and member of the JCU Dive Club in its founding year.
John has continued his recreational scuba-diving activities throughout the decades, with dive experiences in the north, central and southern Great Barrier Reef, in Fiji and New Caledonia in the Pacific, in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
John is the honorary Principal of 'Care of the Outer Space Environment' initiative - https://www.careouterspace.org/.
John’s Civil Engineering studies at JCU Townsville included Thesis research regarding a Hydraulic Model Study of the Ross River Estuary. This formal study was balanced by extra-curricular activities including at various times, as President of the University Hall Students Association, a Member of the Students Union Council, participant in Intervarsity Table Tennis and Intervarsity Water Skiing, and member of the JCU Dive Club in its founding year.
John has continued his recreational scuba-diving activities throughout the decades, with dive experiences in the north, central and southern Great Barrier Reef, in Fiji and New Caledonia in the Pacific, in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
John is the honorary Principal of 'Care of the Outer Space Environment' initiative - https://www.careouterspace.org/.
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
- John Lee has contracted as a Telecommunications professional for two years in Saudi Arabia in the Middle East which involved working with Saudi nationals, Dutch and Swedish colleagues, Korean and Finnish subcontractors, and third-country nationals from Pakistan and Yemen.
- Similarly, John Lee has provided consultancy services for two years in Nigeria in West Africa which involved liaising with Nigerian clients, United States and Brazilian telecommunications contractors, and other West African personnel.
- Additionally, John Lee has completed a 10-month Australian Aid project in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, liaising with the Vanuatu Government client, USA Manufacturers, and local builders in enhancing the resilience of the Radio Vanuatu broadcasting network.
- John Lee has been based in Munich, Germany and in Ballarat, Australia in the design, manufacture, successful test, and implementation of a motor vehicle Telematic system (hands-free operation and precise vehicle break-down location) kit for use by members of the German Automobile Club (ADAC).
