ABM Technologies Pty. Ltd. is an Australian company providing consulting services to Government and Private Sector clients since 1998. In 2001 ABM Technologies moved into the United States and created a US company (Pilbara Group Inc) in 2002 to service all our US, Canadian and Mexican clients.
Pilbara Group and ABM Technologies Australia specialize in the development of enterprise-wide, cost, performance and predictive models.
Both companies provide full turn-key solutions and have extensive experience with Activity Based Costing, Outsourcing Assessments, Planning and Budgeting and Predictive modeling to meet the challenges of:
- Controlling spending
- Creating budgets quickly and efficiently
- Delivering decision-quality information quickly and accurately
Pilbara Group and ABM Technologies also have a cost-effective cost and performance modeling software (ace) which is a fully capable, web-based modeling and reporting solution. This solution is also available on-demand (ace on-demand) that allows access to the full functionality of ace all for a low monthly fee.
The companies have staff in Virginia, Florida, Washington DC, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.
ace is Pilbara Group’s business modeling software. It enables the development of cost, performance and revenue models for all types of organizations. It is particularly useful for:
- Activity-Based Costing
- Assisting with outsourcing decisions
- Identifying the relationship between cost and performance
- Benchmarking costs and/or performance across an organization
- Performance-Based Budgeting
- Identifying profit per product/service
ace on demand is a service offered by Pilbara Group designed to provide organizations with access to the ace software without having to purchase and maintain servers or install the software in the organization. The software is hosted by Pilbara Group and available through a standard web browser.
Benefits :
- Only pay for what you need
- No capital budget to approve
- 100% web enabled
- Flexible leasing options
- Easily scalable
- Cost Effective
Senior Management
Mr Lea Patterson - President / Director
Lea, a computer engineer and former Naval Officer, heads our US operations. Lea has been with the company since its inception. His understanding of the complexities of costing and performance management and data integration and costing is second to none.
Mr Andrew Faulkner - Senior Software Architect / Consulting Manager
Andrew is a senior programmer and the principal architect of our software ‘ace’. Andrew excels at data configuration and modeling and has been involved in a number of major projects, including the provision of ongoing technical support to our current US and Australian Operations.
Mr Anthony Pember - CEO Pilbara Group Inc.
Anthony is a science graduate who is lead consultant on a number of projects in the US and Australia. Anthony has considerable experience in the integration of data and predictive modeling. Anthony brings to his clients a remarkable capacity to present huge amounts of complex data in useful, manageable 'snapshots'.
Mr Michael Skopal - Director
Michael, a former Royal Australian Navy officer, has been with the company since its inception. Michael is an expert in analysis and has a proven capacity to bring our capabilities to the resolution of pressing commercial problems including customer profitability and the preparation of tender bids.
Mr Kevin McKenzie - Regional Manager, Washington DC
Kevin is our Washington DC Regional Manager, lead consultant for the US Coast Guard Strategic Cost and Performance initiative, and our resident adjunct University Professor. Kevin has extensive experience in cost and performance modeling and system development. Backed by an MBA, he merges his academic and practical knowledge to produces results in several key areas of business intelligence. He keeps his ideas fresh by participating in forward thinking professional associations.
Mr Michael Gerding - Regional Manager, Florida
Michael has a degree in Accounting and is the lead consultant for the Navy-wide Mission Essential Tasks Costing Model. In addition, Michael oversees the Activity Based Costing Model for Commander Navy Region Southeast. Michael is also designated as a Certified Internal Auditor and has extensive experience in determining and implementing business process improvements.