years of experience
About
Innova is an independent Australian owned engineering and professional advisory services company with over 25 years of proven local and global experience backed by a team of multi-disciplined professionals and executives providing trusted advice and solutions to governments, operators and industry.
Our engineering and consulting business is focused on providing support and solutions that leverage positive whole of life outcomes for our clients.
Who we are
Innova Communications Australasia
At Innova, we focus on building trusted client relationships, and take pride in delivering engineering excellence and professional services in the Telecommunications, Transport, Defence and Public Safety Markets.
The Innova Company Fabric
Established in 1998 and Melbourne based, Innova has over 25 years of extensive knowledge, understanding and proven experience in the professional advisory services industry. Augmenting our local focus, the team brings global expertise from both the public and private sector.
Innova has a wide-range of expertise covering technical and engineering management, governance, risk and safety management, cyber security, commercial management, asset management, project management, quality assurance, audit and compliance with its personnel successfully tailoring solutions across the project lifecycle.
We focus on client’s real problems, providing whole of life standards-based advice, maintaining objectivity which allow clients to avoid becoming captured by long term dependency on single suppliers or proprietary technologies. Innova brings robust systems thinking to complex inter-disciplinary integration projects under a structured systems engineering, security and safety assurance process in accordance with proven standards.
Innova has a reputation to work in partnership with clients to maximise knowledge and collective capability.
Founded on fearless, honest, independent, and ethical engineering principles, Innova has been entrusted to manage and deliver complex whole of life transport, infrastructure and operational control systems transformation projects successfully achieving safe, sustainable and value for money service outcomes. Innovation is a key focus, not just in the technology systems, but the use of the systems and the operation and management of the network and the services provided, ensuring confidence in INNOVAting for tomorrow.
Innova is built on a team spirit and an equal opportunity culture which embraces and fosters ethical behaviour, innovation, creativity, challenge, peer reviews and engineering excellence. Open, honest and transparent communications is the fabric of Innova which has cultivated trusted and lasting relationships with all our clients.
Who We are
Innova brings together highly skilled, independent and diverse specialist subject matter experts to support technical, engineering and commercial solutions in the Transport, Telecommunications, ICT and Emergency Services sectors.
Our team has had significant experience in strategic planning, designing, delivering, managing and providing specialist advice for critical projects locally and globally.
Our multi-disciplinary subject matter experts bring broad and deep technical, systems and operational experience and capability to projects. Our approach is based on comprehensive integrated systems engineering thinking and underpinned by a risk management and quality assurance approach that is shared across the organisation.
Innova resources are unique having multi-sector industry knowledge that enable Innova to not only have technical specialisation, but a matrix of available resources with industry specialisation that can be leveraged to maximise efficiencies by clients. The accumulated wisdom and experience of our consultants, contemporaneously delivering services to a range of private and government environments, provides deep perspectives and understanding that are not readily available in the market.
Our expert advice and services across the lifecycle of projects include:
Telecommunications
Specialised independent telecommunications services from business case and concept development through to complex mission critical transition planning and operations
Project Management and Delivery
Full Project management and delivery support including installation, testing and commissioning services
Risk & Operational Safety Management
Structured risk management and safety framework supported by credible expertise in stakeholder management, user consultation and operations
Systems Engineering & assurance
Life Cycle Requirements Management, verification and validation and safety assurance
Our Values
Our values underpin the way we work. They guide us in achieving our goals of delivering successful project outcomes through smart thinking and engineering capabilities, and providing future-focused, connected and sustainable infrastructure solutions.
Safety
Innova has an absolute commitment to safety in all of our services and is proud to have highly experienced specialists that provide safety advice internationally and in Australia.
Quality
Our services are underpinned by a foundation of quality, and this is reflected in our staff, who are well versed in ISO 9001 standard, and deliver our services using a systematic approach and international best practice.
Integrity
Our consultants are carefully selected for their professionalism, honesty and transparency. As industry experts, they are held accountable and ready to have the “tough” conversations to make informed, fact- based decisions and recommend appropriate action.
Commitment
Innova invests in a sustainable and long-term relationship with its clients and achieves asset portfolio performance, asset management maturity and return on investment outcomes through all its engagements.
Culture
We appreciate the different types of organisational cultures and stakeholder needs. Our experience with our diverse client base has taught us how to adapt to each clients’ unique requirements and engage effectively for a successful cultural fit. We believe in fairness and gender equality enshrined in our culture.
Innovation
Innova is committed to continual improvement, advancing technology, transport development & integration, and sustainable transport solutions with a goal to deliver value for money and technical excellence.
Meet the Team
Contact Us to find out more about our full list of team members, associates and partners.
Rudy Tadros
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications and Systems Engineering
Barry Hedley
Principal Advisor
Risk, Safety and
Operations
Paul Harris
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications and Operational Systems
David Collier
Principal Advisor
Technology and Business Services
Stephen Hawksworth
Principal Advisor
Chief Technology Officer
John Peoples
Principal Advisor
Leadership and Governance
Gino Moliterno
Principal Advisor
Mechanical, Electrical, Power and Constructability
Peter Dohle
Principal Advisor
Operational Control Systems
Nicholas Phillips
Principal Advisor
Asset Management and
RAM Specialist
John Hinds
Principal Advisor
Systems and Safety
Assurance
Richard Gommers
Principal Advisor
Project Director and
Delivery
Ben Chang
Principal Advisor
Project Director and
Delivery
Sergio Stefani
Principal Advisor
ICT and Operational
Control Systems Engineer
Leonid Karlinksiy
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications
Wireless Radio Engineer
John Knowles
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications and Design Engineering
Arif Islam
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications and Control Systems Engineer
Ruzky Zubair
Principal Advisor
Senior Network Transmission
and Security Engineer
Craig Brookes
Principal Advisor
IT and OT Cyber Security
John Kessner
Principal Advisor
Risk Management,
Verification and Validation
Nick Lim
Principal Advisor
Senior Fire Services Engineer
Shankar Arjunan
Principal Advisor
Senior Enterprise Security Architect
Jason Gummersal
Principal Advisor
Legal Executive and
Contract Management
Andrei Smolnikov
Principal Advisor
Telecommunications Mobile
Core Network Specialist
Sharon Colson
Principal Advisor
Senior Program Specialist and Delivery Management
Dr Garry Marling
Principal Advisor
HSEQ Specialist, Auditor, Risk, Systems and Safety Assurance
Tom Barnfield
Principal Advisor
Project and Delivery
Executive
Steve Perks
Principal Advisor
Rail Systems, Signalling
and Integration
David Arnold
Principal Advisor
Robin Barlass
Principal Advisor
Asset Management,
Rail Construction, Operations and Maintenance, Change Management
Brendon Woods
Principal Consultant
Telecommunications,
Wireless and EME