How I work and why it matters
We are a specialist project management consultancy built on a simple principle: deep expertise, applied directly. The person you speak to is the person who does the work.
Dean Kubie
Founder & Principal Consultant
13+ years embedded on Australia's most complex capital programs — infrastructure, transport, energy, and resources. Every engagement I take on is led by me, personally, from first conversation through to close-out.
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Most consulting firms sell expertise and deliver something else. The partner who wins the work disappears. The client gets a report. The program gets a problem.
I built KPS to work differently. Every engagement is led by me — from the first conversation through to close-out. That's not a selling point. It's a structural commitment that shapes how I take on work and how many engagements I run at once.
100% senior-led delivery. You speak to the practitioner who does the work — from the first call through to close-out.
I've spent 13+ years embedded in some of Australia's most complex capital programs — infrastructure, transport, energy, resources, government. I've seen what happens when governance frameworks are built for presentations rather than pressure. When commercial positions erode because no one is watching the contractual interface. When programs stall because the right escalation pathway doesn't exist.
That experience is what I bring to every engagement. Not a methodology. Not a framework. Judgment — built from being in the room when things go wrong and knowing how to get them right.
$10B+ in capital programs supported across infrastructure, transport, resources, energy, and government.
Judgment can't be templated
I embed into your team — I don't advise from outside it
I attend your meetings. I understand your constraints. I operate as a trusted extension of your team — not as an external consultant who appears for workshops and disappears between them.
This matters because the problems that derail complex programs rarely announce themselves in formal reporting. They surface in the conversations that happen before the meeting starts. Being embedded means I see them early — and I have the authority and experience to act on them before they become critical path issues.
Rapid mobilisation. I can typically be operational within days — not weeks. I've done this enough times to know what matters in the first 48 hours.
"The programs I'm most proud of are the ones where the client's team came out the other side with stronger capability than when we started. That's the outcome I'm working toward — not dependency on me."
— Dean Kubie, Founder
Complex capital programs have their own language — procurement frameworks, contract structures, stakeholder dynamics, regulatory environments. The sectors I work in have spent decades developing that language. I speak it fluently.
Infrastructure, transport, resources, energy, government, construction. These aren't industries I've studied — they're environments I've worked inside, at the senior level, on programs that couldn't afford to get it wrong.
Australia-wide. I work across all states and territories, embedded on-site or remotely depending on what the program needs.
Sector knowledge is earned, not researched
I'll tell you if I'm not the right fit
I run a small number of engagements at any one time. That's a deliberate choice — it's the only way to maintain the quality of involvement that makes the work valuable. When I'm at capacity, I say so.
The first conversation is 30 minutes. I'll ask direct questions about your program, your timeline, and what you actually need. If I can help, I'll tell you how. If I can't — or if someone else would serve you better — I'll tell you that too.
No deck, no proposal, no commitment on the first call. Just a direct conversation about where your program is and whether I can be useful.
The first call is always free
If what you've read here resonates, the next step is a 30-minute conversation. No deck, no proposal, no commitment on either side. Just a direct discussion about your program and whether I can help.