Successful manufacturing companies are not always the smartest or the most innovative – but they are always better at execution.

Leading companies tackle disruptive change head on. They actively redeﬁne their purpose and reshape the organisation's capabilities to meet the changing priorities of a rapidly shifting market environment.

These are the types of companies we work with – those that have big ambition and those that have a big problem to solve.

Advanced Focus brings a strategic focus to manufacturing and industrialisation to add value to global value chains via operations, products and services enabled by the successful adoption of i4.0 technologies.

Our experience and capabilities are a good fit for large corporate industrialisation and innovative hi-tech scale-ups. And we can also help guide government industrialisation policy and program development.

A grey haired man wearing a blue and white checked shirt smiles at the camera.

“I believe in using facts and data to communicate complex system change and benefits simply. I have a bias for action, working with my clients to develop strategies for growth and business improvement. This also includes helping support the organisational changes often needed to execute strategic operational plans.”

Mark Fusco

Strategic leader | Trusted advisor | Principal

Mark’s experience spans 30+ years in manufacturing engineering, in a number of senior executive and board roles. He holds a Masters in Manufacturing Management and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He has managed a large manufacturing engineering teams for multinational operations and his own company. He has also helped grow and scale many companies that make things, particularly in the automotive, energy, and defence industries across Australia, Africa and Europe.

Since founding Advanced Focus in 2005, he has worked with some of Australia’s leading companies including Matrix Composites and Engineering, ASC, REDARC and BAE Systems, to name just a few.

Helping companies grow, scale and compete globally.

Successful manufacturing companies are not always the smartest or the most innovative – but they are always better at execution.

Mark Fusco