Michael Stolz

Experience

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  Royal Australian Air Force

  Jan 1986 - Aug 1997

  Engineering Officer

  Served a number of postings, including Officer in Charge of B707 Maintenance, aid de camp to the Minister for Defence (Kim Beazley MP), industry secondment to the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory (AMRL), and program lead for commercialisation to industry of elements of the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU). Promoted to Squadron Leader in 1992.

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  SMS

  Oct 1997 - Mar 2000

  Management Consultant

  Provided management consulting and project management professional services to a range of clients in the Brisbane market, including Brisbane City Council, Ergon Energy, Dept Transport & Main Roads, and Boeing.

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  I2S Group

  Mar 2000 - Apr 2006

  Senior Project Management Consultant

  Provided project management consultancy services to the energy industry, establishing and managing several merger and divestment projects for Ergon Energy and Energex.

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  Management Effect

  May 2006 - Aug 2007

  State Manager Queensland

  Responsible for leading and growing the management consultancy team in Queensland

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  Synexus Pty Ltd

  Oct 2007 - now

  Founding Director and Principal Consultant

  Synexus provides professional management, project management, and business improvement consulting services. Business contracts sold to CSG in 2010.

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  Lutheran Church of Australia Queensland District

  Jun 2008 - Dec 2018

  Non-Executive Director, State Board

  LCAQD has a strong portfolio of educational and community care institutions.

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  Port of Townsville

  May 2009 - Dec 2011

  Non Executive Director, Govt Owned Corporation

  Member, Business Development Sub-Committee

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  FUJIFILM CSG Limited

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2011

  Queensland State Manager, CSG Professional Services

  Responsible for establishing and developing professional services capability for CSG in Queensland

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  Lutheran Church of Australia

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2018

  Non-Executive Director, National Board

  LCANZ has a portfolio of community service organisations. >$1.5 billion assets, 1 tertiary institution, 85 primary & secondary schools, 52 early childhood centres, 25 aged care providers, youth, disability, and community care programs, overseas aid programs.

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  PwC Australia

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Principal, Consulting

  Developed business and led advisory services delivery for a number of clients in the Energy Utilities and Mining Consulting Practice.

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  Cubic Transportation Systems

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2022

  Capture lead for NZ national ticketing system outsourcing contract valued at over $500M. Accountable for leading the global team responsible for delivery of the contactless payments solution to the state of Queensland. A 4 year program valued >$200M. Responsible for execution of business development strategy in the region with existing and new customers. Capture lead of Next Generation Ticketing Solution, a $371M 10 year contract with the State of Queensland. Managed Cubic PMO, and the program of work for TransLink. Led the development, and project managed the implementation, of first international deployment of NextBus real time information solution into Brisbane.

  • Key Accounts Director - New Zealand

    Jan 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Program Director, Queensland Smart Ticketing Program

    Jun 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Business Development Director, Asia Pacific

    Feb 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Senior Program Delivery Manager

    Jun 2013 - Feb 2015
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  Australian Lutheran World Service

  Apr 2020 - May 2022

  Non-Executive Director, NGO

  ALWS is a leading Australian overseas aid and development agency providing up to $8M of aid annually to the developing world.

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  Australian Lutheran World Service

  Sept 2022 - now

  Executive Director

  ALWS is the international humanitarian aid and development agency for the LCANZ with an annual operating budget of over $10M supporting development projects in 12 countries, as well as emergency relief and prolonged humanitarian crises response projects. ALWS is also a leader in community engagement, raising awareness and inspiring students and community members to action.

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  Australian Council for International Development

  Oct 2024 - now

  Non-Executive Director

  ACFID is the peak body for Australian NGOs involved in international development and humanitarian action.