Joe Thorne

Accomplished Utilities Industry Professional with a distinguished history of providing informed strategic advice to leading companies worldwide. A veteran of management consulting firms, such as Accenture, IBM, PwC, and Deloitte, with a proven track record of successfully delivering the best practices to engage with evolving market models. Excels in leveraging fundamental industry drivers using innovative processes and cutting-edge technology to address global market disruption.

• Performed roles for Landis+Gyr as Strategy Lead for Queensland Utilities, Global Lead for Smarter Water, and ANZ Regulatory Lead, gaining insights into grid edge challenges across technology and service provisions.
• Led the QLD and NT utilities sales and delivery services business for both IBM and Accenture.
• Led the services component of an end-to-end team within Oracle Corporation’s JPAC Energy and Water Business Unit, overseeing the entire grid edge and network operation solution before moving to the Global Industry Strategy Team.
• Co-founded Tukio Intelligent Infrastructure, a pioneering 'new energy' start-up driven by a vision to revolutionise grid management in response to the rise of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and grid-scale renewable power.
• Accomplished leader of large teams.

Accomplished Utilities Industry Professional with a distinguished history of providing informed strategic advice to leading companies worldwide. A veteran of management consulting firms, such as Accenture, IBM, PwC, and Deloitte, with a proven track record of successfully delivering the best practices to engage with evolving market models. Excels in leveraging fundamental industry drivers using innovative processes and cutting-edge technology to address global market disruption.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Achieved multiple Utilities Strategic Transactions, totalling $1B+ of Total Contract Value (TCV):

1. Major Energy Retailer: Front and back office, IT outsourcing, and a billing system replacement (~$750M).
2. Electricity Billing System: Delivered billing system and associated managed services (~$50M).
3. Metering Supply Contract: Secured a metering supply contract with a major distribution company in Australia worth an estimated $600M over a ten-year contract.

• Broad delivery domain experience spanning IT Strategy to ERP to Asset Management to Billing to Grid Edge Optimisation/Aggregation and Strategic Projects, at times leading teams of 100+ people to drive meaningful change. Recognised as a specialist in rectifying distressed projects.
• Led thought leadership engagements at Oracle Corporation, providing policymakers, operators, and utilitycompanies with insights to navigate the evolving electricity economy and essential business frameworks and tools.
• Directed a new initiative to enter the smart water meter market from concept tocomplete product and market introduction as Global Water Lead at Landis+Gyr, bringing a new leading-edge smart water meter to market.
• Coordinated Accenture’s successful re-entry into the local Queensland market as Utilities Lead, which generated substantial company revenue.
• Promoted to Queensland Utilities Lead at IBM for excelling as a Management Consultant and fostering senior client relationships with executive project oversight, relocating from Melbourne to Queensland.

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Mount Eliza Business School/UQ
• Graduate Diploma Business Administration | Monash University
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Chemistry | Monash University
• Several Higher Education Accounting Courses | University of South Australia (UNSA)