Jason Rudge, CMPA Associate Committee Chairperson
Jason started his career in the Construction Materials industry in 1997 working for Readymix and Pioneer Concrete UK, in various roles.
In 2005 he returned to Australia to continue working within the Construction Materials industry in both Concrete and Quarries up until 2012.
2012 saw Jason move into a role within William Adams focussing on Continuous Improvement in the quarry sector and into his current position as Major Accounts Manager – Quarry & Aggregates which he has held for around 7 years.
With a true passion for the industry and a strong focus on operational improvement, Jason enjoys assisting customers to focus on improving their business for the short, medium and long term.
Website: https://www.williamadams.com.au/
Email: jasonrudge@wadams.com.au
Phone: 03 9566 0666
Mark Thompson, CMPA Associate Committee Vice Chairperson 
Mark is the Managing Director of Oli Vibrators Pty Ltd (Aust) and has over 20 years of experience in the engineering game. Starting his working life as an Aircraft Fitter, he has held many roles from Service Manager dealing with mixed gases, decompression chambers to mainstream marketing for approx. 11 years through to Industrial Sales & Service.
Working as the National Sales Manager with the global materials handling company WAM Australia from 2004-2009, Mark worked closely with the extractive industries throughout Australia and the Pacific Rim offering an array of affordable solutions to a variety of material handling, dust suppression and vibration technology issues. In 2008 as part of a global initiative, the Italian based Oli Group approached Mark to form Oli Vibrators (Aust)
Oli Australia was formed in 2009 with Mark at the helm, together with his trusty team of experts, the company formed a network of resellers and distributors around Australia and New Zealand and he and his team was soon to be recognised as the go to people in the field of vibration. Mark prides himself on being in the envious position of having formed many relationships throughout the world with both large and the very small industries and as the supplier of trusted quality vibratory motors and Flowaids such as Oli & Visam.
Mark says we can be working with confectionery in the morning and crushed Basalt in the afternoon, no job is too small or too big.
Mark is a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute has been an Associate Member and sponsor of the CMPA since 2004 and an active member of the CMPA Associate Committee for many years’ his expertise in vibration technology together with his can do attitude has enabled him to work with many industry associations, infrastructure projects and authorities.
Website: https://www.olivibra.com/au/
Email: mark@olivibrators.com.au
Phone: 03 9764 9988
Michael Ewing, CMPA Associate Committee
Michael is the General Manager of Amsted Global Solutions and supplies crushing consumables to the mining, aggregate and quarrying sectors throughout Australia.
Michael graduated from RMIT with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering and has spent the last 20 years working in a variety of Engineering, Business Improvement and Management roles throughout Australia within the manufacturing, mining and construction industries.
More recently Michael worked with Infrabuild Construction Solutions as the Victorian Regional Operations Manager supporting construction of Victorian Major Infrastructure Projects.
He has worked in a variety of environments and settings but the one aspect that has remained a constant is his focus on the customer through solutions and continual improvement.
Website: https://www.amstedglobal.com.au/
Email: mewing@amstedglobal.com
Phone: 03 9338 0200
Tej Panesar, CMPA Associate Committee 
Tej Panesar, is the owner of the TSP Group of Companies and supplies Wear Parts to the Quarry Industry. A Mechanical Engineer with a diploma in Finance and over 40 years of Industry experience ranging from After Sales Customer Support, Product sourcing and Supply, Business acquisition and Operational Transition, Business Process Re-engineering , business culture change management, Asset maintenance management and Project Management of Operations and IT systems including PRONTO and SAP.
Having Established TSP Group as a Technically Superior Products supplier, Tej focusses on offering Wear Resistant Products and Solutions and drives the business of High-Quality Products backed up with amongst the best Product Support services the Industry has even seen.
“Where There is Wear, We are There” is the theme behind working closely with customers to understand their operations and wear issues, Tej does root-cause-analysis for improving product designs that enhance the life of Wear Components and so many of his products so designed are Industry-Firsts.
Tej works closely with the CMPA Members and Associates to ensure value addition to the overall good of the Association, Industry and the people involved in supporting the community.
Website: https://www.tspgroup.com.au/
Email: tej@tspgroup.com.au
Phone: 0421 380 700 / 1800 TSP 123
Chris Prowse, CMPA Associate Committee
Chris is the Principal Consultant of CK Prowse & Associates and utilises his broad experience in the extractive and mineral industries, which has been accumulated as a qualified geologist since 1981.
The consultancy primarily operates in Victoria and South Australia providing advice and technical services in all facets of exploration, assessment, operations and planning issues for extractive industry sites.
Chris is responsible for the management and delivery of investigations, assessments and statutory approvals for a range of sand and hard rock projects including advising and presenting expert advice.
Website: https://www.ckpa.com.au/
Email: admin@ckpa.com.au
Phone: 03 9429 2433
Mark Quinn, CMPA Associate Committee
Mark joined the Construction Materials Industry in 2011 when he made the move to Australia joining Lincom Group after previously working as an Electrician in his native Ireland.
In 2013 Mark moved from Queensland to Victoria to take on his current role as Lincom Group Area Sales Manager VIC/SA. He enjoys supplying and supporting customers with solutions & equipment to grow their business daily.
Lincom Group is a leading provider of material processing equipment & services for the construction, infrastructure, forestry, recycling, quarrying & mining industries. With operations throughout Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & the Pacific Islands. The Australian owned family business has been providing industry leading solutions for over 25 years.
Website: https://www.lincom.com.au/
Email: markq@lincom.com.au
Phone: 03 5335 5088
