Hort Innovation Australia
Delytics project managed the three-year strategic levy investment project Table Grapes Supply Chain Quality 2017-2020 (TG17002), which was part of the Hort Innovation Table Grape Fund. They were excellent at maintaining a relationship with us as a funding body and demonstrated strong stakeholder engagement. Their very adaptive and inclusive approach resulted in a quality outcome, and helped industry pivot their thinking. Their work certainly made a difference and was very well received.
Dr Anthony Kachenko
General Manager, Data and Extension
Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd
AgResearch Ltd
Mark Loeffen added huge value to a large meat research project I led. It was a very complex multi-disciplinary project with lots of moving parts, involving both very applied and theoretical scientists The significant technical expertise, project management support and coaching Mark provided over the full five years of the project helped us deliver our project objectives. Mark is very experienced in managing R&D projects and is very good at bringing in a cross-pollination of ideas between sectors. Working with Mark helped me grow my skills as a programme leader and develop robust systems and work plans to meet the needs of stakeholders and ensure good on-time delivery within budget. Mark is really good to work with. He is a good communicator, very responsive and engaged, and proactive in keeping things moving. He’s got a good way of bringing people together for common goals and is well able to navigate the tension that sometimes arises between the objectives of the academic collaborators and those more interested in commercial outcomes. It was a very valuable investment having Mark involved in this project. He has saved us time and money and helped us develop new meat quality measurement technology that has been successfully commercially trialled in a meat plant.
Cameron Craigie PhD
Strategy Lead – Next Generation Consumer Products
Lincoln Research Centre
AgResearch Ltd
Christchurch, New Zealand
AgResearch Ltd
Mark delivered customised R&D Project Management training courses at AgResearch over a period of almost eight years across four campus locations. Over 150 AgResearch staff attended these courses in order to improve their skills in managing science research projects.
Mark’s experience in managing science-related projects has provided him with a unique and credible understanding of the challenges presented by science research and development projects. I have found Mark to be good to work with, very cooperative, and open to trying new and different approaches to training.
Comments from the course participants include:
- This course covered a wide range of very important topics
- Really enjoyed the course. It was a nice balance of good information backed with real experience examples
- [the course] gave me a renewed sense of purpose in my work and a new clarity to projects and working in the AgResearch environment
Yvette Keys
Organisational Talent and Development Manager
Lincoln Research Centre
AgResearch Ltd
Christchurch, New Zealand