Experience

Upstart HQ

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director & Co Founder

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Upstart is a training and education provider, creating and delivering a range of experiential learning opportunities. With a focus on students and their educators, Upstart equips young people with the future-facing skills, know-how, connections, and entrepreneurial mindsets required in the changing employment landscape. Our mission at Upstart is to inspire, educate and amplify today's innovators and tomorrow's changemakers. Upstart is a training and education provider, creating and delivering a range of experiential learning opportunities. With a focus on students and their educators, Upstart equips young people with the future-facing skills, know-how, connections, and entrepreneurial mindsets required in the changing employment landscape. Our mission at Upstart is to inspire, educate and amplify today's innovators and tomorrow's changemakers.



Achieve Consulting Group

• Mental Health Care

• Principal Consultant

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  As an adaptable, analytical, and collaborative consultant I have over 20 years of demonstrated strategic and operational leadership experience gained in Australia and overseas within the Mining & Resources, Education, Advanced Manufacturing, Retail, Clean Tech, Not For Profit and public sectors. I am a high performing values based leader and business partner with a proven track record of leveraging from collaborative stakeholder partnerships to deliver strategic and operational outcomes. With a passion for community development and building entrepreneurial capacity, I am the co-founder and director of Upstart - a training and education provider, delivering entrepreneurial thinking skills education and business startup experiential learning opportunities. Show less



National Disability Insurance Agency

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Asst Director - Governance

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  I was also Board Secretariat during this time, responsible for the provision of high quality corporate governance support to the Board and its Chair and responsible for the smooth and efficient administration of the Board and its various sub-committees. I was also Board Secretariat during this time, responsible for the provision of high quality corporate governance support to the Board and its Chair and responsible for the smooth and efficient administration of the Board and its various sub-committees.



AusIndustry

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Facilitator - Entrepreneur Development

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2015

  - Industry supply chain mapping and analysis - Partnering/strategic alliance building brokering - Supply chain facilitation - Industry supply chain mapping and analysis - Partnering/strategic alliance building brokering - Supply chain facilitation



Enterprise Connect

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Innovation Facilitator

  • May 2012 - Jun 2013

  -Regional industry network mapping and analysis -Identify opportunities to assist in building competitiveness in regions -Promote and support strategic collaborations to drive innovation and entrepreneurship -Regional industry network mapping and analysis -Identify opportunities to assist in building competitiveness in regions -Promote and support strategic collaborations to drive innovation and entrepreneurship


Innovative Regions Centre, Dept Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
• Deputy Director

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

Dept Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
• Project Officer

  • Sep 2009 - May 2011

Rescom Finance and Property
• Principal

  • Mar 2004 - Aug 2009