Lieutenant Commander Robert Cole Basford
MIEAust CPEng NER RAN (Retd)

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🔴2020-present OTSO
2013-2020 Germany
1997-2013 Finland
1990-1997 ADF.Navy
1978-1990 ADF.Army




Royal Military College of Australia

Skills & Qualifications

Defence Force Service Medal Australian Defence Medal

Hydrogen Energy Research UNSW Courses The Institution of Engineers Australia

1. Tertiary


08.2021-09.2021 - UNSW Business School
Subjects included per Module:
Module 1: Finding your own authentic leadership style
Introduction

Aspiring leaders will have to navigate different situations and changing environments. Each of those might require different leadership styles. This provides a paradox – can leaders adapt their leadership style to new situations? This module will help you navigate the tension between developing your own leadership style and the demands of different situations.
  • Why is leadership a mission impossible?
  • Is there an ideal recipe for leadership?
  • How is authentic leadership perceived by followers?
  • Recommendations on how to find your own voice.

Module 2: Decision-making under uncertainty
Introduction

One of the key challenges for current leaders is uncertainty. COVID-19 has disrupted business in a way that many leaders were unprepared for. On the horizon loom other disruptive events such as climate and geopolitical change. This means leaders need to make short-term and long-term bets for a highly unpredictable future. This module will help you understand the potential risks and biases involved in decision-making under uncertainty.
  • What does decision-making under uncertainty mean?
  • Understanding our own biases and inclinations in making decisions.
  • Anticipating how others will make decisions.
  • Recommendations and guidelines to improve your own decision-making.

Module 3: Sustainable leadership
Introduction

Another key challenge for future leaders is that businesses are expected to take a more responsible role in society. There is a growing social, governmental, and consumer attention on the broader impact of businesses. The success of future leaders will very much depend on how they can reconcile environmental, social, and governance concerns with long-term business success. This module will help you understand how you can lead with purpose and connect your own leadership approach to creating social impact.
  • Is there a trade-off between purpose and profit?
  • How do I lead change for sustainability?
  • How do I connect my own leadership style and goal to purpose?
  • Recommendations for sustainable leadership.

Module 4: Influencing through communication
Introduction

Leadership implies influencing others. Making meaningful connections with others to bring them along towards a common purpose is crucial for future leadership. The pandemic has accelerated a shift towards digital communication. The more digital we become, the more human we’ll need to be. Future leaders will need to find a way to mirror the richness of face-to-face communication and physical encounters in a digital world. This module will help you further develop your communication and interpersonal skills.
  • How do we set the stage for effective communication?
  • How do I become aware of how others perceive me?
  • Can I develop presence that connects through both listening and commanding attention in a way that inspires others?
  • How should I adapt my verbal and non-verbal communication in a digital world? 

03.2019-11.2019 - EMERITUS Institute of Management / MIT Management Executive Education / Columbia Business School
Subjects included per Module:
Module 1: Digital Strategies for Business: Leading the Next-Generation Enterprise
01. The Five Domains of Digital Transformation - A Holistic Framework
02. From Mass Marketing to Customer Networks and New Path to Purchase
03. Five Core Behaviors of Customers in the Digital World
04. Platform overview
05. Coopetition, Dis/intermediation, and Asymmetric Competitors
06. Building Data as a Strategic Asset for Your Business
07. Big Data at Work: New Data, New Tools, and Templates of Value
08. Innovation Through Experimentation: AB Test and Minimum Viable Products
09. Translating the Lean Startup to Enterprise Scale Innovation
10. Adapting Your Value Proposition
11. Mastering Disruptive Business Models
12. Surviving Disruption: Six Incumbent Responses to a Disruptive Challenger
13. Leadership and the Customer Value Imperative

Module 2: Digital Transformation: Platform Strategies for Success
01. Platform Definitions and Overview
02. Platform Foundations
03. Design and Monetization
04. Platform Launch and Growth
05. Open Innovation
06. Strategy and Competition
07. Platform Governance

Module 3: Digital Marketing: Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics, Digital Marketing Certificate
01. The Five-Step Process of Planning and Executing Your Digital Marketing Strategy
02. Digital Marketing Overview + Access Strategy
03. Engage Strategy
04. Customize Strategy
05. Connect Strategy
06. Collaborate Strategy
07. Digital Advertising Mix - Key Channels and Principles
08. Best Practices from Brands on Social Networks
09. Lessons From Brand Failures in Social Media
10. Making Digital Matter - Metrics, ROI, and Agile Modelling
11. Organizational Challenges of Digital Marketing
12. Six Faces of the Near Future of Marketing

Module 4: Capstone Project
01. Apply Digital Strategies to a Business Challenge/Idea

2019 Helsinki University of Technology Course Certificate
Course included:
01. Identify autonomy and adaptivity as key concepts of AI
02. Distinguish between realistic and unrealistic AI (science fiction vs. real life)
03. Express the basic philosophical problems related to AI including the implications of the Turing test and Chinese room thought experiment
04. Formulate a real-world problem as a search problem
05. Formulate a simple game (such as tic-tac-toe) as a game tree
06. Use the minimax principle to find optimal moves in a limited-size game tree
07. Express probabilities in terms of natural frequencies
08. Apply the Bayes rule to infer risks in simple scenarios
09. Explain the base-rate fallacy and avoid it by applying Bayesian reasoning
10. Explain why machine learning techniques are used
11. Distinguish between unsupervised and supervised machine learning scenarios
12. Explain the principles of three supervised classification methods: the nearest neighbor method, linear regression, and logistic regression
13. Explain what a neural network is and where they are being successfully used
14. Understand the technical methods that underpin neural networks
15. Understand the difficulty in predicting the future and be able to better evaluate the claims made about AI
16. Identify some of the major societal implications of AI including algorithmic bias, AI-generated content, privacy, and work

01-1995-10.1997 - UNSW Faculty of Commerce, Kensington, NSW
Subjects included:
01. Statistics for Business
02. Business Information Systems
03. Data Management
04. Information Systems Project Management
05. Information Systems Design
06. Information and Decision Technology
07. Decision Support Systems
08. Knowledge Based Information Systems
09. Business Data Communications
10. Strategic Management: Systems and Processes
11. Information Systems Security

1988 - Curtin University of Technology, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Bentley, WA
Naval Architecture Advanced Course included:
01. Hull form parameters, quadrature
02. Small angle transverse stability
03. Large angle stability
04. Frictional resistance, dimensional analysis
05. Wavemaking and trim resistance
06. Towing tanks: analysis and application of tank data
07. Theory of aero / hydrofoils
08. Foils in a marine environment
09. Balance of control surfaces, high speed foils
10. Ocean waves: statistical description, encounter frequency, energy spectra
11. Motion of boats in calm water
12. Motion of boats in waves
1989 - Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, NSW
Naval Architecture Course included:
01. Technical Communications I
02. Technical Communications II
03. Mathematics I
04. Mathematics II
05. Tutorial Mathematics
06. Naval Architecture I
07. Introductory Mechanics
08. Mechanics and Strength of Materials I
09. Mechanics and Strength of Materials II
10. Ship Construction I
11. Ship Drawing I
12. Ship Construction and Drawing II
13. Engineering Drawing I

01.1978-12.1982 - UNSW Faculty of Military Studies, Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon, ACT
Subjects included:
01. Chemistry
02. Physics I
03. Engineering I
04. Mathematics IA
05. Mathematics IB
06. Geography A
07. Mechanical Engineering I
08. Electrical Technology
09. Engineering II
10. Mathematics IIA
11. Computer Science IIC
12. Geography B
13. Mechanical Engineering II
14. Mathematics IIIB
15. Economics A
16. Military Studies Schedule 'M' - 1981
17. Mechanical Engineering III
18. Project & Thesis
19. Management Science
20. English B
21. Practical Experience (B&W Group, NSW)

01.1978-12.1982 - Graduate #2888 Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon, ACT
Leadership Training
The Royal Military College at Duntroon prepares selected candidates for careers in the Army by promoting leadership and integrity, by inspiring high ideals and the pursuit of excellence, and by inculcating a sense of duty, loyalty and service to the nation.

2. Defence & Information Technology Courses / Certificates


2023-24 - Certificates:

🔴 240405 QinetiQ Business Ethics: The Way We Work Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Data Protection Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Environment Health Safety Awareness Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Fire Safety Awareness Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Inclusion Diversity & Belonging Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Manual Handling Awareness Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Protecting our Business with Trade Compliance Course
🔴 240405 QinetiQ Security Awareness Course
🔴 230920 Defence Overview SAP S4HANA
🔴 230920 Defence Introduction to Interoperability Guidance
🔴 230919 Defence Integrated Logistic Support Overview Course
🔴 230918 Defence Configuration Management
🔴 230913 Defence Introduction to Product Management in CASG
🔴 230911 Defence Requirements Engineering
🔴 230911 Defence Risk Management in CASG
🔴 230908 Defence Systems Engineering in Defence Capability Life Cycle
🔴 230830 Defence Introduction to Navy Capability Development
🔴 230830 Defence Capability Program Management Intermediate Course
🔴 230830 Defence Capability Program Management Basic Course
🔴 230828 Defence Engineering Planning
🔴 230828 Defence GWEO Safety and Security Awareness
🔴 230712 Defence Navigating US Export Controls
🔴 230711 Defence Work Health and Safety

2024-1Q - Latest Certificates:

2022/23 - Certificates:

🔴 231221 Advanced Microsoft Project
🔴 231215 Excel for Engineering Professionals
🔴 231212 Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence
🔴 231211 Computer Forensics
🔴 231208 IT Security Foundations Network Security
🔴 231208 Cybersecurity with Cloud Computing
🔴 231207 Introduction to Identity and Access Management
🔴 231206 IT Security Foundations Operating System Security
🔴 231206 Security Frameworks Fundamentals
🔴 231205 IT Security Foundations Core Concepts
🔴 231205 Cybersecurity Foundations Security Architecture
🔴 231205 Computer Science Principles The Internet
🔴 231204 Computer Science Principles Digital Information
🔴 231201 Cybersecurity Foundations
🔴 231129 Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
🔴 231129 QinetiQ Test and Evaluation Fundamentals
🔴 231129 QinetiQ Safety Engineering Essentials Part2
🔴 231128 QinetiQ Safety Engineering Essentials Part1
🔴 231128 Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy
🔴 231128 Integrating Generative AI into the Creative Process
🔴 231127 Engineering Drawings for Manufacturing
🔴 231127 AutoCAD 3D Modeling for Mechanical Designs
🔴 231123 Advanced Visio Working with Data
🔴 231123 PowerPoint Data Visualization HighImpact Charts and Graphs
🔴 231116 Improving Insights with OpenAIs Advanced Data Analysis
🔴 231114 Securing the IoT Security Risks
🔴 231110 Security Testing Essential Training
🔴 231108 Cybersecurity Fundamentals
🔴 231107 SSL-TLS for Beginners Securing Network Communications
🔴 230904 Generative AI for Business Leaders
🔴 230822 Design Foundations Prototyping and Manufacturing
🔴 230131 Effective Listening
🔴 230111 Share Point Site Customization
🔴 230110 NumPy Essential Training Foundations of NumPy
🔴 221221 HTML and CSS Linking
🔴 221220 Crafting Meaningful HTML
🔴 221219 Project Management Foundations
🔴 221219 Program Management Foundations
🔴 221219 Agile Software Development Scrum for Developers 2018
🔴 221216 Visual Studio Code for Python Developers
🔴 221215 Using Python with Excel
🔴 221215 Reverse Engineering Foundations Product Design
🔴 221215 Python for Algorithmic Thinking ProblemSolving Skills
🔴 221215 Characteristics of a Great Scrum Master
🔴 221215 Agile Software Development Kanban for Developers
🔴 221214 Transitioning into Machine Learning Engineering
🔴 221214 The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management
🔴 221214 Configuration Manager Maintain Inventory and Operating Systems

2021 otso.com.au is coded with Visual Studio Code and deployed to AWS Cloud via AWS Amplify for Content Delivery Network hosting, and uses AWS Route 53 for Domain hosting.
2020 AWS Training and Certification Certificate
Topics included:
01. Accelerate Modern Applications: Trends in modern applications and insights to drive change and speed up innovation.
02. Empowering Builders | New Architecture Patterns: Transitioning from monolithic towards new architecture patterns via concepts retain, retire, relocate, re-host, repurchase, re-platform, and refactor.
03. Empowering Builders | Modern Applications Development: Design, build, and deploy modern applications.
04. Digital Innovation to Rapid Prototyping: Rapid application prototyping.
2020 AWS Training and Certification Certificate
Topics included:
01. Cloud security fundamentals
02. How to deploy your first web application
03. From Idea to Minimum Viable Product
04. Getting started with DevOps on AWS
05. Give unlimited scale storage to your application with Amazon S3 and File Gateway
06. Fit for purpose operating systems
07. Remote work and learning solutions on AWS
08. Build and deliver personalized customer engagement experience
09. Nine ways to optimize your costs in the cloud
10. Startups: How to begin your cloud journey with AWS
11. Tools for building your Minimum Viable Product on AWS
2020 AWS Training and Certification Certificate
Topics included:
01. Cloud security fundamentals that you can apply to anything you build on AWS
02. Practical tips that will help every builder to reduce and save costs on AWS
03. Securing and accelerating your mobile application development process
04. Using Amazon Pinpoint to personalize customer engagement experience
05. Introduction to DevOps and how you can build a CI/CD pipeline to release faster and more reliable features to end users

2020 - EMERITUS Institute of Management / Data Camp
Course included:
Module 1: Introduction to Python
Module 2: Intermediate Python for Data Science
Module 3: Python Data Science Toolbox
Module 4: Pandas Foundations
Module 5: Manipulating Dataframes with Pandas
Module 6: Introduction to Data Visualization With Python
Module 7: Cleaning Data in Python
Module 8: Statistical Thinking in Python

2019 Berlin, Instructor Dr.Jeff Sutherland (SCRUM founder)
Course included:
01. How to facilitate cross team collaboration and release planning with tens, hundreds or thousands of people
02. How to create and prioritize a transformation Backlog to overcome impediments to scaling
03. How to measure and improve key Scrum metrics at an Enterprise level
04. How to deliver 5 times as much work without adding new teams
05. Finally the Scrum@Scale course teaches the responsibilities of the Product Owner, individual Scrum teams, and enterprise leadership in a variety of large-scale contexts.

2019 Helsinki University of Technology Course Certificate
Course included:
01. Identify autonomy and adaptivity as key concepts of AI
02. Distinguish between realistic and unrealistic AI (science fiction vs. real life)
03. Express the basic philosophical problems related to AI including the implications of the Turing test and Chinese room thought experiment
04. Formulate a real-world problem as a search problem
05. Formulate a simple game (such as tic-tac-toe) as a game tree
06. Use the minimax principle to find optimal moves in a limited-size game tree
07. Express probabilities in terms of natural frequencies
08. Apply the Bayes rule to infer risks in simple scenarios
09. Explain the base-rate fallacy and avoid it by applying Bayesian reasoning
10. Explain why machine learning techniques are used
11. Distinguish between unsupervised and supervised machine learning scenarios
12. Explain the principles of three supervised classification methods: the nearest neighbor method, linear regression, and logistic regression
13. Explain what a neural network is and where they are being successfully used
14. Understand the technical methods that underpin neural networks
15. Understand the difficulty in predicting the future and be able to better evaluate the claims made about AI
16. Identify some of the major societal implications of AI including algorithmic bias, AI-generated content, privacy, and work

2019 Stukent, Inc. Certificate
Course included:
01. Keyword Research
02. Data Analysis
03. Writing Content
04. Running A/B Ad Tests
05. Creating Landing Page Wireframes
06. Doing Basic On-Site Search Engine Optimization
07. Creating and Launching Successful Email Marketing Campaigns

2005 Helsinki School of Economics Executive Education, Certificate
Course included:
01. Business Innovation Cycle
02. IT Governance Program

1997 - Awarded by EDUCOM Australia, Sydney.

1997 - Awarded by EDUCOM Australia, Sydney.

1995 - UNSW Faculty of Commerce, Kensington, NSW

1994 - Awarded by EDUCOM Australia, Sydney.

1994 - Awarded by Integrated Business Center, Sydney.

1994 - Awarded by EDUCOM Australia, Sydney.

University Central Queensland, programming courses(2) subset of Graduate Diploma in Applied Computing

3. Other Courses / Certificates


2023 - Australian Government Department of Defence
Certificate P129166, 218717 Introduction to Records Management-ECM0001, Sydney

2021 - Australian Government Department of Health, Certificate 20210420-4346286-2673940, Sydney

2021 - Australian Employment Training Solutions, BSBWOR204, Sydney

2014 - Avrami Business Communications, Berlin

1999 - Helsinki University, Helsinki

1994 - Australian Quality Council, Sydney

1994 - Department of Defence training center, Sydney

1994 - Department of Defence Training Center, Sydney

1994 - Defence Training Centre, Sydney

1992 - Awarded whilst serving aboard HMAS BRISBANE, Destroyer Designated Guided 41.

1991 - Awarded whilst serving aboard HMAS JERVIS BAY, Sydney.

1990 - On completion of the Marine Engineering Applications Course HMAS CERBERUS, I was awarded The Institute of Marine Engineers Bicentenary Silver Medal for "outstanding performance during training as a Marine Engineering Officer in the ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY".

1990 - HMAS CERBERUS, awarded Marine Engineering Applications Course Certificate No.61.

1990 - HMAS PENGUIN, Sydney.
NBCD: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence

4. Commissions and Service Certificates


1997 - Awarded by Director General Career Management Navy
Date of Separation: 13 June 1997
Date of Entry: 15 January 1990

1991 - Whilst serving aboard HMAS BRISBANE, Destroyer Designated Guided 41, I received my Commission to be an Officer of the Royal Australian Navy by His Excellency The Governor General of Australia, The Honourable William Hayden dated 30 May 1991.

1990 - Awarded by Assistant Chief of General Staff - Personnel
Date of Separation: 14 January 1990
Date of Entry: 19 January 1978

1981 - At the Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon, I received my Commission to be an Officer of the Australian Regular Army by His Excellency The Governor General of Australia, the Right Honourable Sir Zelman Cowen dated 8 December 1981.