Dr Kenneth Preiss is Chairman of Corporate Outcomes Group.
Dr Kenneth Preiss holds a degree in Clinical and Organizational Psychology from Flinders University, South Australia, along with a Master of Commerce (Research) and Doctor of Philosophy (Thesis on Innovation) from The University of Melbourne. Born into an entrepreneurial (well-drilling and pump manufacturing) family, he has created and operated many business ventures whilst also holding positions in the corporate world formerly as Director HR Consulting at Coopers & Lybrand W.D.Scott (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Australia). He specializes in innovation and entrepreneurship and business/corporate strategy creation, development and implementation.
Kenneth has consulted to corporations like Siemens (Singapore), Boeing Corp (Melbourne), Henkel (Sydney) Ausdrill (Chile) and ADCO (UAE). He has also conducted Action Planning programs for the Indonesian–Australia Specialized Training Project - Phase II - Intellectual Rights. In addition, he has presented direct-to-air television programs on business strategy development/ implementation, new venture creation and growth, as well as, Management Action Planning.
Kenneth has lectured in organizational behavior, marketing, market research, new product strategy, innovation creation and diffusion, corporate and business strategy development and implementation, as well as, new venture creation, growth and exit at the following business schools: Hochschule Bremen Germany, The University of Melbourne, Victoria University of Technology (Melbourne), Western Sydney University, Central Queensland University, University of Technology (Sydney), Northeastern University, Boston USA and as Professor of Strategy and Director MBA program at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne). At Northeastern, he was an NU panel judge of the coaching team for the Beanpot inter-university case competition and also an occasional panel judge for the Northeastern University $US60,000 entrepreneurial venture competition.
Most recently Kenneth held the position of Visiting Professor at Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA. Corporate responsibilities include being Chairman of the Corporate Outcomes Group based in Melbourne Australia and is currently expanding the services of COG into the USA.
Kenneth has been ranked 18th in the world in individual productivity in the creation of intellectual capital in the Knowledge Management domain. He is also an award-winning research author. He is a member of the Academy of Management and is a recipient of the Academy of Management (Entrepreneurship Division) Award in recognition of outstanding service to the Academy for International Liaison.
Bachelor of Arts, Clinical and Organizational Psychology, Flinders University, South Australia.(BA) Master of Commerce, University of Melbourne. (MComm) Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne. (PhD)
Chief Corporate Advisor
Founder, Corporate Outcomes Group
Adrian was involved in the accounting/consulting profession from 1967 to 2008, as a Chartered Accountant. He achieved senior status as a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and CPA Australia almost 30 years ago.
Adrian’s career spanned taxation and audit, insolvency as a registered liquidator, management consulting, company directorships and company secretary. He has been general business advisor to clients in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America and in Asia. A large part of his career was spent in corporate advisory services; capital raising, ASX/ASIC related matters, prospectuses, offer documents, due diligence, corporate governance and the structuring of transactions.
Adrian gained his initial tertiary qualifications at the University of Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He has continued his academic studies throughout his career, and continues to do so.
Adrian has been managing partner/director/CEO of the various practices he has established, acquired or merged. He has also undertaken many interim management assignments as CEO, CFO, general manager and company secretary. He continues to advise to Boards of Directors of public and private companies.
This extensive experience, gained over 40 years in Australia and overseas – London, New York, Cleveland, Asia and New Zealand – has involved a wide range of industries and diverse assignments.
Adrian is ideally qualified for his current role as Chief Corporate Advisor for Corporate Outcomes Group and for clients, as well as interim leadership positions. Also, many insolvency assignments involved “managing on” responsibilities. He is the consuemate general business advisor or personal coach to emerging SMEs, entrepreneurs, start-up and established businesses - public, unlisted public, private, not-for-profit or Government.
Adrian served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Military Forces in Australia and overseas including command, staff and training roles. He attended the Army Staff College and Joint Warfare College and was awarded the Reserve Forces Decoration. He also won the first Peter Stuckey Mitchell Trust Award for, "Officers possessing qualities of leadership, self-reliance, initiative, academic ability and motivation".
Either working alone, as part of your team, or with the Corporate Outcomes Group team, Adrian is a “can-do, will-do” individual who has not only the depth, maturity, experience and focus to make it happen for clients, but he has actually "been there and done it" many times over.
Reserve Forces Decoration (RFD) Bachelor of Commere, University of Queensland (B. Com) Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants, Australia (FCPA) Associate in Accountancy, University of Queensland (AAUQ) Member of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia (MIMC) Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) Registered Tax Agent for 31 years Accredited Member of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board Ltd
Fellow of the Institute, Chartered Accountants in Australia (FCA), until retiring/resigning in December 2008 Registered Company Liquidator for 24 years, until retiring/resigning in January 2008 Registered Company Auditer for 24 years, until retiring/resigning in April 2007
IT, eBusiness strategy and architecture
Darryl Carlton built one of the largest Java software companies in the world with a development centre in Malaysia and Denver (USA) and offices in Singapore, China and Australia. He pioneered the concept of the ASP business model, and delivering ERP as web-based service.
He has advised the Victorian State Government on IT strategy matters. He was course convenor and senior lecturer at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, where he developed and lead the IT program.
Darryl specialises in business and technology transformation. His experience includes strategic alignment of IT with the business, enterprise architecture, software development and delivery. He has worked in Asia and the USA for over ten years and has extensive local and international experience
Darryl has a track record in designing and building innovative IT solutions. In many cases these have provided first mover advantage or a strategic breakthrough for his clients. He is very highly regarded for his strategic thinking and for transforming vision into reality
Darryl has been responsible for projects ranging in value from small, fast and quick tasks to innovative development projects costing millions to tens of millions of dollars. He has also been responsible for complex strategy and architecture projects for organisations with IT budgets exceeding $1 billion.
Darryl is Senior Lecturer in eBusiness & Internet Business Models at Swinburne’s AGSE.
G.Dip Computing & Information Systems
Chief Research Advisor
Information and knowledge management
Accredited Corporate Advisor
Maria Morén’s experience and knowledge within the field of librarianship and information management is very diverse. She is Swedish, and her studies were finalised with a Masters Degree with research being conducted in Namibia and Africa, for which she received distinction.
Part of her degree involved accounting. She worked as a researcher at a financial training company in London, supplying and streamlining financial and business data for courses targeted at high-end fund managers. This gave her much exposure to the world of finance and very large corporations.
For a change of pace, she worked as a school librarian at the Swedish School in London. Recent Australian assignments have involved an online advertising company, conducting internet related research and mapping of behavioural patterns of internet users; research and contract administration to a software development and distribution company; and conducting internet research for Corporate Outcomes Group.
After this, Maria's interests returned to the area of corporate finance and governance. Working closely with members of our corporate advisory team, she very quickly re-honed her early accounting abilities and became accredited with the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.
Maria is currently involved in a number of capital raising assignments for emerging Australian SME's and was part of our team who successfully raised capital during the global financial crisis. Maria recently became a director.
Masters in Library and Information Science, Umeå University, Sweden Accredited member of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board Ltd
Director, Business Mentor
Roger Levy is a professional manager, engineer and consultant specialising in enterprise development via evidence-based decision making, staff development and productivity improvement.
Roger has long and successful experience in the successful introduction of new structures, people, concepts, policies and procedures into organizations gaining buy-in and acceptance from all parties. He is skilled in business establishment, process improvement, quality assurance, performance review and team building.
Over the last 30 years he has successfully carried out many projects for clients ranging from team establishment, Business Intelligence systems, market analysis & planning, operational productivity investigations, major project management, quality assurance and revenue/risk assurance. He has worked with, or consulted to, a wide range of enterprises including BHP, MIM, BP, ANZ, Fairfax, AAMI, Logica, Crisis Support Services, Uecomm, Universities of Queensland, Melbourne, Latrobe & Deakin and the Victorian State Government.
Roger has been CEO, GM and Director of a number of organisations in the IT&T industries including being one of the founders of the first super-computer bureau in Australia. His corporate experience includes Group General Manager, Telstra; General Manager – Business Development for the Oceania Region, NEC; General Manager, Exicom Communications Systems; CEO, Labtam and National Manager – Government and Consultancy, Logica.
His overseas experience includes Japan, Korea, New Zealand and the UK.
Bachelor of Engineering (H1) University of Melbourne Master of Engineering Science, University of Melbourne International Managers Course, International Business Management, Institute of International Studies (Tokyo) Senior Executives Course, Mt Eliza Business School Trained Executive Mentor
Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors (FACICD) Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) Member, Risk Management Institution of Australasia Member, Global Revenue Assurance Professionals Association
Director, Strategic Management
Dr. Walter Dolan is one of Australia’s leading expert finance professionals, with a visionary ability to plan for and steer a company towards sustained financial success. Having acted as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on four occasions, twice in a multinational company environment - Warner-Lambert Inc. in Sydney and Rockwell Corporation in Melbourne (both of which were headquartered in the USA), Walter is well-versed in the complex strategic planning that is required at the highest levels of financial management.
Walter has a strong foundation in cost and management accounting, particularly in the manufacturing industries, having previously worked with Warner Lambert Inc. and the Rockwell Corporation, along with a role as CFO with Industrial Psychologists, Chandler and McLeod.
Throughout his accounting career, Walter has been engaged in high-level compliance work, management accounting, forward planning, and financial analysis, equipping him with an impressive depth and breath of knowledge.
Walter has lectured in various educational institutions on aspects of accounting and business management and was also responsible for designing and presenting the course, ‘Accountancy concepts, planning and control’ for the postgraduate program, Master of Engineering Management at The University of Melbourne.
In between other assignments, Walter has been engaged by both large and small corporates on a consultancy basis to provide; company appraisals, corporate planning - including SWOT analysis, feasibility studies, quality control and direction on executive review and selection. He has also consulted on company mergers, advised on how to improve profitability, reduce debt and improve a company’s accounting and reporting systems.
Walter is the author of ’33 Ways to Improve your Business’, a practical guidebook on becoming a better manager. His book is currently being used by educational institutions and individuals around Australia to boost the profitability and efficiency of organisations, both large and small.
Dr Walter Dolan is a chartered accountant, CPA, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom, has completed a Master's degree in Education and recently completed a PhD in Business Innovation.
Associate, Investor Relations and Financial Communications
David has worked in the financial and investment markets for more than 25 years. He has been a consultant in the area of investor relations and communications for the last decade.
David has extensive experience in investment markets and prior to his investor relations involvement, was a founding partner, Director and Head of Research for a mid-tier stockbroking/investment group. Prior to this David was the Associate Director of a leading stockbroking/investment group.
David is a member of the Kaplan taskforce on industrial company valuation. He has also acted as an independent expert for the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC).
He is also Chairman of a private health company and Finance Director and Deputy Chairman of a community organisation.
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons), University of Melbourne Master of Arts (Eco), University of Melbourne Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Member of the Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA).
Accounting
Paula Hay is a Chartered Accountant. After gaining a commerce degree, she has worked in large, medium and small accounting practices, including a secondment to a large USA firm. She has practised in the areas of accounting, related taxation, audit, systems and has had some exposure to insolvency services. Paula’s primary expertise today is in accounting systems and software, and compliance accounting.
She heads up the Corporate Outcomes Back-office Accounting service, and advises on corporate governance matters.
B Com, University of Melbourne. Member of the Institute, Chartered Accountants in Australia (CA)
eBusiness and integrated web marketing
Software lifecycle management
System architecture and development management
Anne Kilmartin is a “make-it happen” person with extensive ICT experience involving software life cycle planning, development, installation and maintenance. Born in NSW and educated in Brisbane, Anne moved to Victoria to work for major corporations.
Prior to joining Corporate Outcomes Group, Anne Kilmartin successfully operated as an independent IT consultant for 15 years. She has extensive experience in all aspects of IT consultancy and development. She has worked as a Systems Analyst, Project Leader, Analyst Programmer and Business Analyst whilst providing services such as:
• Reviews of existing corporate IT systems • Assessments of corporations various needs • Designs and programming of software in order to take the corporation to successfully achieve its goals
Her experience has been gained in retail, banking, membership, technical, administration and financial services, but all relating to software systems. To mention some, her previous major clients include the Victoria Police, ANZ Bank Ltd and Standard & Poors, Kraft Foods, the Coles-Myer group and VisyBoard. This illustrate her diversity.
Anne’s first task when joining enCAPSulate was to change the focus from a consultancy-based model to the development of commercial software. This encompassed:
• Instituting version control • Considerable redevelopment of the existing product in order to consolidate a multitude of different client versions to a single configurable version • Formalising the development and testing processes • Developing client handover materials • Formalising the testing and installation process
Career Highlights
Yarra Valley Water Developing organisational standards for Software Development Life Cycle for end user development.
Kraft Foods Developing an automated interface between HR and payroll systems as part of a global rollout of SAP across Phillip Morris.
NCR Managed the Applications Services Department, handling conversion projects for CUB and BHP.
Training, development, technical and user documentation
Communications
eBusiness services
Maree Jackson has a vast experience within the field of Training and Development. She as worked in various industries and organisations for the past 20 years, with special focus on the IT + T industry. Her consultancy services have been utilised by local and international companies such as HP and KMPG, as well as local government bodies and entities around Australia.
As an Education Manager for a software house, Maree headed up the educational training programs for clients, including development and preparation of training material, as well as business analysis and training and testing management. These skills, as well as other more company specific ones, she maintained and furthered when she went on to manage the technical writing process at Hewlett Packard, and later on leading the instructional designer team at KPMG.
More recently she has solely run the training and development team for a software company primarily working with local government. Whilst working closely with the design and programming team, she conducted and developed both course materials as well as facilitating the onsite training at clients located all over Australia, as well as virtual over-the-web training.
Her change management skills are outstanding; she is a specialist in adult learning principles and styles, the development of training documentation and training programs and on-site/ remote (virtual) training. In addition, Maree assists all members of our team with design and layout processes in complex documentation and processes. .
Communications, presentation and media skills
Learning and development
Originally trained and qualified as a teacher, Lyn has transferred these attributes, skills and wide experience in education to the corporate sector. She now plays a vital role in corporate communications, particularly our Clear Writing Courses, presentation skills training, research and media related matters.
Lyn was a teacher in both the private and government systems for almost 35 years. Her experience covered three states and largely was concentrated in the areas of English, communication skills - including public speaking - debating and media. Whilst employed in the Catholic school system for 15 years in Sydney, she was head of English.
Lyn taught in single sex schools and co-educational schools. As an English teacher and a teacher-librarian, she had the opportunity to not only promote reading to the broader school population but was instrumental in selecting reading materials suitable to all students.
In addition to her teaching experience, Lyn had 14 years as the marker/assessor of the Higher School Certificate (English) in New South Wales and 10 years marking the Year 10 School Certificate in English.
Assisting executives and management to learn and further refine research skills utilising all sorts of media is an integral part of Lynette’s client assignments today. Many business people do not have the ability to gather information from a wide range of sources, to summarise that information and to present it in a convincing manner – in writing or personally. Such skills have wide application in the business sector.
Lynette places considerable emphasis and importance on reading, clear writing, listening and general communication skills. Having the ability to express one’s self clearly and succinctly and with flair and facility is most important in the overall cognitive process. This essential in business today.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland (BA) Diploma of Teaching Graduate Diploma of School Librarianship Certificate of Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL)
Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
Corporate Services
Riley brings extensive financial analysis and advisory skills to the clients. He provides expert corporate advice, particularly in the areas of capital raising, financial structuring of transactions, share and business valuations, due diligence and divestment.
Riley has successfully demonstrated his capacity for leadership and expert advice. His capabilities in the areas of internal accounting and financial control are exceptional.
Today, Riley concentrates in corporate advice, particularly acquisitions, divestments, mergers and exit strategies.
Riley commenced his career as an in-house accountant. He then moved to the Auditor General's department in Victoria conducting audit and investigation. Riley has worked extensively with large Government instrumentalities.
To diversify his experience Riley moved to public practice. He consulted in the financial aspects of logistics, property, vineyards and wineries, and investments portfolios of high net worth individuals.
Bachelor of Accounting Member of the Institute, Chartered Accountants in Australia (CA)
Commercial Finance
Experience shows that there is a huge competitive advantage in making accurate decisions quickly. Consider chess. Amateur players revere its strategic mysteries; the grandmasters say it's 99% tactics. Long term thinking is important, but championships are won by the correct reaction to surprises.
Tim is very strong at the intersection of commercial and financial management. He is an expert at helping businesses make decisions in the short to medium term. A lot of consultants support strategy and long-term planning, but there is enormous amount of potential in better everyday decision making.
Through agilty, focus and insight, a business can be prepared to take advantage of uncertainty and surprises. Focus comes from a clear understanding of business drivers, and with internal controls strong enought that management can look outside the business, not inside. Insight comes from accurate view of product and customer profitability, both short term and long term. Agility comes from managers who are cross-functional and who understand the market.
Tim's professional background is diverse. He was based in Indonesia before and during the crisis of 1997 to 1999. He saw agility and strong financial controls help his business prosper and grow when competitors were forced to leave. After a Asia Pacific role which took him to Korea, India, Taiwan and throughout ASEAN, he moved to commercially-oriented finance roles in Europe. In these roles he implemented SAP, integrated suppliers into the IT systems of Philips, worked on improving working capital and receivables, and streamlined reporting and decision making. A common thread is improving the speed and quality of information, and helping human decision makers use information and models to make better and faster decisions.
In his most senior role, he was 2IC of an FMCG business with manufacturing sites throughout Europe, and dependent on a complex global supply chain.
Employment History
Director, Finance and Control, Philips Lighting, Netherlands
Regional Business Consultants, Asia Pacific, Philips Corporate
IT and Special Projects Manager, Philips Indonesia
Project Leader and ERP Consultant, Atos-Origin, Melbourne & Sydney
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics), University of Melbourne,
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), University of Melbourne
Master of Accountancy (Distinction) Charles Sturt University
Certified in Production and Inventory Management, American Production and Inventory Control Society (CPIM)
Certified Practising Accounting, Australia (CPA)
Corporate Outcomes Group offers a diverse range of services to a broad spectrum of clientele. To effectively present the range of services and key areas of competence within the group, we have put together a Capabilities Matrix, detailing the services and specialties of our directors and consultants.
Bachelor of Arts, Clinical and Organizational Psychology, Flinders University, South Australia.(BA) 
