Phil Crosby is CSIRO's Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) Business Strategist and major project consultant, with responsibilities including long range planning, risk reviews, new program studies, industry engagement, and oversight of CASS's Project Review Board. Phil is also Assistant Director: Western Australia with responsibility for CASS's .executive level interactions with State Government, WA astronomy institutes, and industry.Phil trained as an electronics and communications engineer with ICL and British Telecom, before joining Mt Newman Mining (WA) as field engineer, and prior to operating his own electronics business in Sydney. He moved into agribusiness in regional NSW whilst completing a business degree in Armidale. In 1989 Phil returned to Sydney as Director/General Manager of MACE, an environmental instrument manufacturer. In 1994, he joined NATA in the field of technical management standards, quickly becoming NSW/ACT State Manager, then National Operations Manager. In 1997 he jointly managed the transition of NATA's certification arm into a commercial entity, and became Business & Strategy Manager responsible for international growth and personally established offices in Korea, India, Chile, and Turkey. Phil also led several major studies, including an environment impact assessment of Antarctic stations. During 2005, Phil took an embedded role in Boeing Australia as Manager, Industrial Participation Strategy, and completed further studies in strategic planning. Phil joined the Leadership Team of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility in Marsfield, Sydney in February 2007.Between 2009 and 2011, he accepted a secondment to the SKA Program Development Office in the University of Manchester (UK), responsible for development and implementation of industry engagement plans, and support of SKA procurement strategies. His PhD is related to improving success in high-technology mega-projects.

High-technology mega-projects