STM assignments are directed by its principals, with additional consulting and support resources provided according to the specific requirements of each project. STM principals include the following:

Alastair James - Director of STM, Sydney
Peter Hitchiner - Senior Associate with STM, Sydney

 

Alastair James Alastair James is Sydney director of STM. He has a degree in economics and computer science, and over twenty years consulting experience in the telecommunications and IT industry. He has ongoing involvement in Australian industry matters through participation in Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) committees, the Advanced Networking Forum Australia (ANFA), and AIIA public policy forums. Alastair has experience of projects in a wide range of strategy, planning, business and industry development, marketing and policy areas for public and private sector clients. His experience covers a wide spectrum of telecommunications and information technologies including voice and data communications, private networking, Internet and electronic commerce.

Peter Hitchiner Peter Hitchiner is a senior associate with STM. He has a BSc (Hons) - Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, and over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has particular skills in strategic and business planning of public carrier and private telecommunications systems, project and contract management, communications networks planning and design, broadband optical fibre and other cabling systems, switching systems, fixed and mobile radio systems and satellite systems. Peter's recent experience has included planning and implementation roles in major infrastructure projects. Peter has also recently undertaken assignments for government clients in aspects related to infrastructure and to mobile telecommunications systems. Peter is experienced in a wide range of technical, commercial, project management and regulatory issues related to telecommunications for both private as well as public networks. Peter has developed an extensive network in the supplier, consulting, project management, legal, corporate, government and user communities. This enables Peter to keep abreast of technical and user requirement issues as they evolve.