Thirty years of work have taken me through Engineering, Major Capital Projects, Military Service, and Specialised Operations. I built my foundation as a chartered Mechanical Engineer and Project Leader, delivering complex Oil & Gas Assets, Infrastructure, Petro-Chemical Complexes, Water Systems, and Asset Management Programs across Australia, Middle East, and Asia. Along the way, I worked with some of the world's largest oil and gas operators, including Shell, Chevron, Woodside, OilSearch, ENI, and IGC Petrochem, leading teams through Commissioning, Reliability Improvements, Shutdowns, and long-term Integrity planning and management.

In parallel to my engineering career, I served in Tier-1 Special Operations, providing discreet support to government entities through Special Services Global and Beta Epsilon. That work demanded precision, judgement, and the ability to operate in environments where there was no margin for error.

Today, I bring both paths together as Global Operations Director at Covert Kinetics. The company extends years of experience in sensitive missions and high-stakes project environments, now focused on Investigative Intelligence, OSINT, HUMINT, and Specialised Operational Support for organisations and leadership teams across borders.My skill set is a blend of Technical Depth and Operational Awareness. Asset Integrity, Cyber Exposure, Project Delivery, Data analytics, Risk Identification, Behavioural Assessment, and Strategic Decision Spport all sit at the centre of the work I do. 

The goal is always the same, whether for a national project or a confidential investigation: uncover risks before they surface and strengthen the systems that protect people, assets, and investments.I connect with those who value insight, clarity, and confidentiality, especially in environments where informed decisions matter most.

Waseem Rehman

Published author, ghostwriter, novelist, poet, comma maximalist. I teach you powerful rhetorical tricks to improve your writing and get paid online.

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James Carran

Be proud of rejection.

Rejection means you actually tried.

Most people don't get that far.

Craftsman Writer. Published author, ghostwriter, novelist, poet, comma maximalist. I teach you powerful rhetorical tricks to improve your writing and get paid online.

The job of a ghostwriter:

Put the client's message in the client's words.

But better than they could.

Amazon screwed my son's birthday order.

That was four months ago...

...and I've ordered one single thing from them since.

Before?

It would have been at least ten or twenty.

Trust takes time to build, but it's easy to destroy.

Writing well makes you:

- richer
- smarter
- more efficient
- more persuasive
- more employable

Invest in your writing.

Great writers are great observers

You can't write well until you learn to see things for how they are.

How I write:

1. Stare out the window for 50 minutes
2. Write like a madman for 10 minutes
3. Repeat

Tens of thousands of ancestors
One sperm out of millions
One short life

And you're just scrolling social media?

The writer's urge to change the world without even leaving your house

The best way to learn writing is

*drumroll*

Write.

Stop looking for shortcuts.

Learn:

- Focus
- Writing
- Persuasion
- Psychology
- Sales

And you will be unstoppable

Noone with the life you want is boasting about it on social media.

Procrastination is the most expensive vice

Writing well is about thinking well.

The words are secondary.

It's better to write for 20 minutes every day than 8 hours every few months.

Next time you feel discouraged remember Stephen King was rejected 30 times before he sold a book

Boring people read tweets

Brilliant people read books

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky while he was homeless and couldn't afford to eat.

But you still think you've got "too much else going on" to write?

If you had an unlimited supply of one thing, what would it be?

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