Jason McFarlane – Senior Consultant

MBA, BSc

Jason McFarlane

Jason joined with Pracsys in July 2008 as a Consultant. His background includes local government economic development, social sector business development and operations management both in Australia and Hong Kong. Jason has a Master of Business Administration (California State University East Bay), a Bachelor of Science (UWA) and is currently studying a certificate in financial modelling.

Jason’s consulting expertise includes the preparation of economic development strategies for regions, towns and urban areas, infrastructure feasibility assessment, place activation for property development, and retail viability analysis.

Skills include:

Feasibility and Business Planning

• Detailed feasibility analysis and financial modelling
• Interviews and data collection
• Trading projections and operational plans

Strategy

• Market Research
• Qualitative and quantitative market and industry research
• Commercial benchmarking
• Stakeholder consultation
• Market and business model analysis

Economic Impact

• Demand and supply analysis
• Service ratio and demand modelling
• Property development economic impact
• Demographic analysis
• Spatial activity centre impact analysis

Economic Development

• Scoping of economic development opportunities and constraints
• Supply and value chain gap analysis
• Community consultation
• Regional employment profiling