Meet the HTS Team
The Founders
From left to right.
Kian Bullock: Specialises in solving complex problems and achieving project objectives through effective team management, particularly in remote and international locations. His career is built on a 10-year foundation in the Australian Regular Army in the Royal Australian Engineers, including deployment to Aceh. After the Army, he managed large-scale infrastructure projects in the UK before returning to Australia. He then transitioned from client-side project management to remote construction, successfully delivering projects including mining camps in WA and Australian Government infrastructure on Naoero (formerly Nauru).
Blake Thackrah: Specialises in project management and quality assurance for remote infrastructure and commercial projects. His career is built on a strong foundation as a qualified plumber and senior plumbing supervisor with extensive international experience. As a Project Manager, he holds overall responsibility for the delivery of major water and piping works, managing budgets, manpower, and trade integration. He provides critical technical support to sub-contractors and liaises with engineers during the design process. Blake leads most of HTS's projects in WA.
Daniel Hunt: Specialises in delivering difficult electrical and construction projects in remote locations, managing the entire lifecycle from concept to user handover. His career is built on a 10-year foundation in the Australian Navy as an Electrical Technician on operational deployments. He then progressed through the mining construction industry, advancing from Electrical Supervisor to Construction and Project Manager. This led him to manage complex assignments in challenging environments across Australia and overseas for the resource sector.
Executive Leadership Team
Managing Director
Cris Rielly
Has over 18 years of service experience and 14 years at the senior management level with a track record of success in leading multi-branch, regional and international operations through periods of significant change and growth. Prior to joining HTS, worked as General Manager for Fortune 100 company Honeywell Australia and Wilson Security, Australia's largest provider of manned security solutions.
General Manager
Jim Kemp
Brings over 30 years of resource and infrastructure sector experience to HTS Constructions. A registered builder and AICD Graduate, Jim has directed major mining hub developments, defence facilities and large-scale hydrogen energy projects across Australia. His extensive executive background ensures absolute operational certainty across complex, remote environments.
Business Services Manager
Jessica Kane
Jess Kane is HTS Constructions' Business Services Manager, providing strategic and operational leadership across the business's core support functions — spanning project support, marketing, IT, commercial, contracts and organisational compliance. A trusted advisor to the leadership team, she shapes the governance frameworks and systems that underpin HTS's operations, building the scalable capability that drives organisational performance and delivery excellence. Jess brings more than a decade of senior executive, commercial and site administration experience gained on major construction, infrastructure and resources projects across Queensland, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea, including large-scale LNG developments.
People & Culture Manager
Cindy Gil-Mora
As Head of People and Culture, brings more than 13 years of enterprise HR leadership to HTS Constructions. Specialises in building scalable people infrastructure, managing industrial compliance, and mitigating workforce risk across multi-site organisations. Strategic acumen ensures the business attracts and retains high-performing talent to support rapid operational growth.
HSE Manager
Ryan Glossop
Brings 15 years of health and safety experience to his role at HTS Constructions. Career spans industries, from mining at the Sino Iron Project to corporate HSE roles at NBN and working at the Kemerton Lithium Processing Plant. At HTS, focused on maturing the company's health and safety practices, helping them achieve accreditation and take on larger projects. Values collaboration and communication, ensuring long-term company success.
Financial Controller
Tim Kirk
Career has spanned various sectors since becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2009, including mining, gas and facilities management. Joined HTS in October 2023 after successfully managing the $20B Shell's Gladstone Gas Plant project. Since joining HTS, has been instrumental in driving financial growth, helping HTS transition from a small construction company to a Tier 2 contractor, with a focus on financial compliance and empowering staff.
Business Development
Business Development Manager
Steven Tomoana
Career has spanned Defence, the Pacific and Construction sectors, bringing a strong network across government, Defence and Pacific donor organisations. Also a Veteran and ex-Army Officer. Joined HTS in October 2025 after a number of years operating across a wide range of Pacific donor construction projects in transportation, energy, infrastructure and Defence. Prior to that, had a long career in the Defence industry, in both consulting and prime contractor business development roles. Since joining HTS, responsible for building and growing the company's pipeline of opportunities across all five HTS verticals: Mining, Defence, Government, Agriculture and Remote Infrastructure.
Estimator
Carlos Araujo
Carlos is an Estimator with 12 years of national and international experience in cost estimating, quantity surveying, and commercial construction delivery. A specialist in first-principles estimating and take-offs across civil, structural, and commercial packages valued up to $26M AUD, Carlos combines strong technical fundamentals with a track record of digitising estimating workflows through Python automation. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Project Management.
Project Leads
Project Manager
Dan Stokell
Project Director
Jackson Cail
Project Manager
Rafael Da Silva
Project Manager
Steven Curnow
Project Manager