Our Partner
ALMTech facilitates the development, calibration, accreditation & commercialisation of objective carcase measurement technologies … we design & undertake experiments in direct collaboration with industry end-users, providing them with first-hand experience of the technologies being tested & encouraging future adoption
Management
ALMTech’s Management Structure
Steering Committee
Chairperson Richard Apps (MLA)
Chief Investigator Graham Gardner
Operations Manager Jayaseelan Marimuthu
Business Manager Laura King
Business Support Officer Anna Soroczynski
APL Representative Vaibhav Gole
AMPC Representative Matt O’Bryan
Producer Representatives David Hill, Michael Craig, Steve Martin
JBS Representative Mark Inglis, Graham Treffone
Woolworths Representative Julie Kelly
WAMMCO Representative Rob Davidson
Progress Review, Intellectual Property & Commercialisation Committee
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Independent Chairperson Alan Bell
Independent Technical Expert John Thompson
MLA Representative George Waldthausen
AMPC Representative Stuart Shaw
APL Representative Heather Channon
ALMTech Management Team
Executive Committee
ALMTech Management Team
Chief Investigator Graham Gardner
Operations Manager Jayaseelan Marimuthu
Business Manager Laura King
Business Support Officer Anna Soroczynski
ALMTech Program Leaders
Program 1 Leader Graham Gardner
Program 2 Leaders Sarah Stewart / Pete McGilchrist
Program 3 Leader Dean Gutzke
Program 4 Leader Daniel Brown
Program 5 Leader Wayne Pitchford
Industry Calibration Working Group
MLA Representative Richard Apps
Chief Investigator Graham Gardner
Operations Manager Jayaseelan Marimuthu
ALMTech Program Leaders
Other industry representatives (as required)
The Executive Committee reviews project progress monthly.
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The Progress Review, Intellectual Property & Commercialisation Committee (PRIPCC), which includes two independent members (Chair and technical expert), meets quarterly to provide the Steering Committee with scrutiny and feedback on ALMTech’s five research programs.
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The Steering Committee consists of representatives from all key stakeholders plus three independent producers.
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The Industry Calibration Working Group (ICWG) meets as-needed to discuss calibration standards for new LMY and EQ measurement technologies, as formalised in an evolving ICWG Traits Manual.
Professor Emeritus Alan Bell, ALMTech PRIPCC Chair, Ex-Chair Animal Science Cornell University, Ex-Chief CSIRO Livestock Industries, UNE Distinguished Alumni Award Winner
ALMTech PRIPCC Chair
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Michael Craig, ALMTech Steering Committee Member,
Livestock Producer, Nuffield Scholar, Board Director of Sheep Producers Australia
ALMTech Steering Committee Member