Commercial Applications Pty Ltd partners with mining, energy, and infrastructure organisations to plan, deliver, and stabilise the IT and OT environments their projects depend on — from greenfield capital builds through to operational handover.
Get in touch View servicesCommercial Applications Pty Ltd was established as an independent consulting business and is today led by Sean Smith, who brings over 25 years of Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) project management and infrastructure delivery experience across the global mining, energy, and capital projects sector.
A practical blend of project management discipline and hands-on infrastructure delivery, applied to environments where reliability and operational readiness matter most.
Budgeting, scheduling, governance, and delivery oversight for technology programs embedded within major capital projects.
Design and deployment of networks, compute, communications, and site infrastructure across remote and multi-site operations.
Domain consolidation, identity platforms (AD / Entra ID / SSO), firewalls, conditional access, and MDR/XDR deployment.
Stabilising and consolidating IT environments following acquisition, across greenfield, brownfield, and legacy contexts.
Lean Six Sigma-led process design, business analysis, and reporting frameworks that align systems with operational outcomes.
Bridging OT and enterprise systems so operations, engineering, and corporate functions share consistent, reliable data.
Engagements spanning major capital project execution through to operational infrastructure stabilisation, delivered for tier-one operators and EPC contractors.
Led infrastructure stabilisation, uplift, and post-acquisition integration across multiple multi-site mining operations, including network and security uplift, VMware platform migration, and underground operational technology design for projects including Fitzroy Coal, Cowal Underground, a Tasmanian mine restart, and Clean TeQ.
Developed IS&T work packages, budgets, and schedules for project readiness, and delivered the Project Electronic Approval Tool (PEAT) — a web-based digital approval system that removed geographic bottlenecks from the procurement approval process.
Delivered enterprise-level process improvement programs including RFID-enabled materials management, workforce competency systems, and Lean/DFSS initiatives, while training and mentoring over 150 personnel.
Led IS&T delivery for signature capital projects across Australia, Oman, New Caledonia, and North America, including site communications, radio systems, business systems deployment, and disaster recovery.
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