01 / Coles, 2025 - 2026
Store Risk Dashboard
ML models scoring supermarket and liquor stores for operational risk.
Data science leadership
Data Scientist Leader with a PhD in Chemical Engineering, specialising in enterprise measurement frameworks, causal inference and Bayesian modelling.
With more than six years building ML systems across retail, mining and software, Matt currently leads high-impact analytics in Coles Group's fulfilment and supply-chain domain - turning experimental design into practical decision tools.
Capabilities
Career timeline
A reverse-chronological path from research and process engineering to data-science leadership.
Apr 2024 - Present
Coles Group Australia Brisbane, Qld.
Feb 2023 - Apr 2024
Maltem Australia Remote
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Damstra Technology Brisbane, Qld.
Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
Interlate Milton, Qld.
Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
Coronado Coal Blackwater, Qld.
Sep 2010 - Jul 2017
Ravensworth, Glencore Glencore, NSW.
Mar 2006 - Oct 2010
Rio Tinto Emerald, Qld.
Aug 2003 - May 2005
University of Wyoming Wyoming, USA
Aug 2001 - Jul 2003
Harvard Medical School USA
Current Coles work
01 / Coles, 2025 - 2026
ML models scoring supermarket and liquor stores for operational risk.
02 / Coles, 2025
User acceptance testing and pipeline development and orchestration on Azure ML with ControlM.
03 / Coles, 2024 - 2025
Automated diagnosis of forecast errors across 20k+ SKUs.
04 / Coles, 2023 - 2025
ETL and attribution modelling system measuring the relative contribution of identified waste drivers across 800+ stores.
Qualifications & training