Staff profiles

I am Kris, an Asset Class Lifecycle Manager in the new Asset Lifecycle Planning team in Information Management and Technology (IM&T). As an Asset Class Manager, I am accountable for the delivery of the Asset Class Management Plans for an IM&T managed Asset Class.

I joined Airservices in February 2011 as an Engineering Specialist in the Technology and Asset Services team within the Planning and Integration business group. In June 2012, I became the Technical Authority (TA) for the Tower Technology Services domain which included systems such as INTAS, TSAD and Control Tower Simulators. I was part of the project team that delivered new integrated and automated tower technology solution (INTAS) under the National Towers Program to Broome, Rockhampton, Adelaide and Melbourne towers. Being the first female TA in the organisation was a personal achievement for me and being part of commissioning new tower technology in Broome tower as the TA was a milestone in my career journey. Since then I was also part of the INTAS Tranche-II project which introduced INTAS to Gold Coast, Cairns and Perth towers.

I also had the opportunity to be part of a team that delivered multiple upgrades to INTAS including Safety Logic Alerting improvements, GBAS integration, Airfield Lighting and ILS integration, inclusion of Metron and improvements to Surveillance fusion.

I have always had a fascination with the Aviation industry. After gaining experience across the Defence sector (Radar and AP-P3 Orion) in Adelaide, I had the opportunity to work on Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) when I first moved to Melbourne. After nearly ten years of experience in the aviation sector, Airservices was a natural progression for me to further my Air Traffic Management experience. I’ve also been engaged in Airservices diversity initiatives including, “The Future Through Collaboration” (TFTC) program, which is a cross industry Defence mentoring program aimed at improving issues facing diversity in the industry.

I commenced my career with Airservices in 2010, and have been fortunate enough to undertake roles in the reporting and analyst disciplines across the business. I am currently a part of the Support Services team in Service Integration and Planning, which falls under the Information Management and Data Services (IM&DS) portfolio.

The IM&DS portfolio serves as a collaborative information service provider, and I am working with a brilliant team towards achieving our goal to seamlessly transition towards a new operating model, in alignment with industry best practice. My role is to report on the run and maintain performance of systems and vendors to provide our Management team with a current-state overview of Support Services’ IT performance. My current responsibilities compliment the soft skills I am in the process of developing further as a part of my post-graduate studies. I look forward to embracing the opportunities Airservices creates as the landscape continues to transform.