GAGEMENT - Key Persons


Alfred Ablaza - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Founder & CEO / Senior Consultant, Mentor and Coach
As Gagement's founder, Alfred brings his entrepreneurial leadership and extensive operational experience. Alfred Ablaza has extensive knowledge of business process improvement programs and systems developed from solid experience and service of 20 years in the food manufacturing industry while working for Nestlé. With a degree in Industrial Engineering and as a qualified LEAN Expert from the Lean Six Sigma Society of Professionals, Alfred is highly experienced with LEAN, Six Sigma & TPM tools and methodologies, Quality and Safety management strategies, and Learning & Development programs. His strong stakeholder engagement, enthusiasm and genuine interest in inspiring change at leadership and team levels makes Alfred an effective business coach and influencer with decades of corporate management experience and participation in community Board roles. Alfred is also the author of Speed-to-Results, the breakthrough book for business leaders looking to harness their resources strategically to create sustainable, long-term profitability.

Bruno Bello

Job Titles:
  • BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
Bruno has a proven local and global track record of transforming businesses towards growth, strategic

Craig Thomas

Job Titles:
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
Craig's passion is for helping organisations and individuals to develop and reach their full potential. As a business optimisation, process improvement and project management expert, he has over 3 decades of experience. Craig specialises in developing and implementing continuous improvement programs that deliver real, measurable, long-term results for our clients.

Derek Smyth

Job Titles:
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
As an experienced, hands-on leader specialising in Operational Excellence, Derek brings a passion for people development, process improvement and innovation to the Gagement team. A process-oriented problem-solver, Derek helps implement continuous improvement and change management programs with our clients through engagement, measurement and mentorship.

Judy Ablaza

Job Titles:
  • BUSINESS MANAGER

Margo Fox

Job Titles:
  • PRINCIPAL CHANGE LEAD
As an outcomes-focused change leader, Margo seeks to enhance productivity, collaboration and capability development with our client's businesses.

Mark Simpson

Job Titles:
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
Mark has a strong background in leading, managing and executing Continuous Improvement programs, with a focus on quality and operations enhancement. By strategically engaging people and implementing standardised systems and processes, Mark helps to drive improved performance and sustainable outcomes from end-to-end for our clients.

Orlando Berne

Job Titles:
  • Leader
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
Orlando is a highly experienced leader committed to driving team success through people's engagement. His proactive, results-driven personality drives his focus on encouraging change and growth for our clients. With over 15 years of experience, Orlando works with honesty, transparency and kindness, taking a hands-on approach to mentoring teams through the development and implementation of Continuous Improvement programs.

Rachel Faris-Cornwell

Job Titles:
  • PEOPLE & CULTURE SPECIALIST
As a People & Culture specialist in Human Resource Management and Workplace Health and Safety, Rachel has two decades of hands-on experience. She brings relevant and practical solutions to an organisation's people and risk management. With expertise in strategic planning and thinking on her feet, Rachel has a passion for people, best practices, and no-fuss HR/WHS management that produces positive and swift business results with risks minimised.

Sheila Siccion

Job Titles:
  • OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Tom Pizzey

Job Titles:
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST
With a career spanning more than 15 years across supply chain operations, engineering, mining, advanced manufacturing and more, Tom Pizzey is an experienced Operations Manager and Process Improvement consultant. Tom has a strong grounding in Toyota Lean and is effective with both hands-on issue management and strategic-level planning.

William Swale

Job Titles:
  • BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST