Mark SPESSOT

• ARN: 1032282
• Increased client base by identifying new business opportunities and cultivating strong relationships with key decisionmakers.
• Flight Experience 3000+ hrs operationally on various aircraft platforms.

Licensed in,

• RePL Sub 7Kg Class Category Multirotor
• RePL Sub 25Kg Class Category Multirotor
• RePL Sub 150 Kg Class Category Single Rotor
• RePL Sub 7Kg Power-Lift Class Category VTOL
• AROC

• EPA - Remote Applicator Pilot / Lic: 5087730
• DAF - Pilot Chemical Rating Licence / Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Lic: A240379
• VIC - Pilot (Chemical Rating) Licence / Lic: 154

• Managed daily operations XAG Australia organization, orchestrating forward-thinking strategies to accomplish profit and expansion goals.
• Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue and effectively targeting new markets.
• Improved operational efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
• Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
• Investigated and resolved departmental non-conformances.
• Spearheaded department training for appraisals of new components.
• Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practice.
• Provided exceptional customer service to customers, increasing customer loyalty 80%
• Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
• Pilot Experience / Flight Hours 1400+

Career Highlight/s

• National Fire Ant Eradication Program (QLD)

Jan 2023 Initiated and facilitated project (2 years in development) with Sam McLean NRIFAEP introducing the first trial of UAV technologies to the program.

Currently the program is in the 'Operation Phase 1' and will move to 'Operational Phase 2' mid-late 2025.

• Jan 2023 appointed to Chief Remote Pilot role.
• March 2022 brokered partnership between XAG Australia and FPV Australia to greatly improve external stakeholder and internal staff training.

Senior Remote pilot

• Leadership
• Sub 150kg Class / Yamaha Rmax / Fazer R Gm / Fazer R G2 Autopilot Systems
• Project assessment and planning / Management
• Customer relations liaison
• Chemical Certification

Career Highlight/s

• Norfolk Island, NSW / CSIRO Argentine Ant Eradication Program.

Successfully performed the largest aerial treatment application (by a UAV) for Argentine ant eradication in the world to date.

• Townsville, QLD / 'Yellow Crazy Ant' Eradication Program
• Pemberton WA / Biological Services Australia - Predatory Mite Program

Successfully performed Australian first treating avocado trees with predatory mites.

• +1400 Hrs operational flight experience

• Highest rating current affairs program in Australian Television history
• Highly creative
• Senior editor managing team of 6 editor/s
• Highly self motivated individual with capacity to make in dependant decisions
• Critical creative thinking ensuring optimum results for individual production requirements/ and or team requirements
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
• Streamlined post-production workflow for increased efficiency and faster project completion times.
• Collaborated with directors and producers to ensure a cohesive vision throughout the editing process.
• Reduced turnaround time on projects by effectively managing multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.

• Apprentice Editor / Assistant Editor
• Film Off-line Senior Editor
• Documentary / Drama Disciplines
• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
• Deadline orientated workflows
• Attention to detail
• Increased audience engagement by expertly crafting compelling visual narratives using both linear and non-linear editing techniques.
• Synchronized sound, dialogue, music, and special effects to create dynamic audiovisual experiences in films.
• Optimized the pacing of scenes through precise cutting and trimming of footage according to directorial guidance.
• Worked closely with sound designers, colorists, and visual effects artists to ensure seamless integration of various post-production elements.