Richard Asch
General Manager Cyber Security at Mineral Resources Limited
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolRichard Asch is a seasoned cyber security leader with 12 years’ experience building resilient security programs across asset-intensive and critical-infrastructure sectors in Australia and North America. As General Manager Cyber Security at Mineral Resources and former Head of Cyber Security at Western Power, he has led global teams to pragmatically manage IT and OT risk while enabling digital transformation in mining, utilities, oil & gas and telecoms. He combines hands-on technical understanding—born of an earlier senior software engineering background—with strategic risk advisory skills honed at Rio Tinto and EY, including delivering NERC-CIP-aligned programs across hundreds of generation sites. Known for translating complex security requirements into measurable business value, he blends operational pragmatism with a focus on sustainable capability building. Based in Perth, he also brings financial-application development experience from his developer days, a less obvious asset that helps bridge engineering and executive perspectives.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting (GradDipCA), Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting (GradDipCA) at Chartered Accountants Australia and New ZealandSignature Leadership Program, Signature Leadership Program at Leadership WABachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
RichardPAsch/PIMS
Mar 2014 - Jun 2018
Contributions:622 commits, 433 pushes in 4 years 3 months
RichardPAsch/PIMS3
Oct 2018 - May 2022
Major revision of PIMS2 using Angular, etc
Contributions:6 PRs, 803 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 7 months
angular
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