Experience

Te Manatū Waka - Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)

• New Zealand
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Nov 2022 - Present

• • Jun 2021 - Nov 2022



Ruhr University Bochum

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2019

  Teaching Fellow; Instructing courses in English for the ‘International Masters in Cognitive Science’ interdisciplinary program. Advising PhD, Masters students and interns. Designing, running and analyzing experiments, as well as contributing to behavioral design in collaborative projects. Collaborating and communicating with colleagues from other universities. Teaching Fellow; Instructing courses in English for the ‘International Masters in Cognitive Science’ interdisciplinary program. Advising PhD, Masters students and interns. Designing, running and analyzing experiments, as well as contributing to behavioral design in collaborative projects. Collaborating and communicating with colleagues from other universities.



Social & Educational Program Evaluation Consulting

• Consultant

  • 1998 - 2018

  Contractor; specializing in assessment of programs for children. Qualitative and quantitative program evaluation and assessment. Methodology, practice and organization. Data collection for all age groups using multiple methods, including focus groups, individual and group interviews, telephone questionnaires, attitudinal and content surveys, observation and internal self-assessment and open-ended assessment. Data input and validation, coordination, database structure and data analysis.Training others in evaluative and assessment techniques and practices; test instrument methodology and effectiveness. Independent project management of long and short term program studies, as well as national, state and local team evaluation.Work with internal and external assessment for multiple multi-ethnic, educational, non-profit and social programs. Show less



University of Newcastle

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

  Designing, running and analyzing field experiments with wild populations of invasive Common Myna. Designing, running and analyzing field experiments with wild populations of invasive Common Myna.



Victoria University of Wellington

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Jan 2009 - Feb 2013

  Animal Cognition, Theory of Mind, Cognitive Ethology, Comparative Psychology Animal Cognition, Theory of Mind, Cognitive Ethology, Comparative Psychology



Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

  Assisting research teams at both the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in preparing and executing experimental brain and behavioral research in infant and adult humans. Assisting research teams at both the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in preparing and executing experimental brain and behavioral research in infant and adult humans.



Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

• Germany
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

  Research in developmental and comparative psychology. Project work conducted with 12 month old infants in pre-linguistic gesture and absent reference pointing. Research in developmental and comparative psychology. Project work conducted with 12 month old infants in pre-linguistic gesture and absent reference pointing.



T-Systems International

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Specialist

  • Nov 2004 - May 2007

  Composition, layout and distribution of internal and external communications for the North America region. Organization of company-wide communications initiatives and events as well as employee, sales and management related press releases. Management of North America Sales Operations, including pipeline quality assurance, training, system modification and repair, reporting and coordination of multiple systems interface and migration. Composition, layout and distribution of internal and external communications for the North America region. Organization of company-wide communications initiatives and events as well as employee, sales and management related press releases. Management of North America Sales Operations, including pipeline quality assurance, training, system modification and repair, reporting and coordination of multiple systems interface and migration.