Experience

LANTERN CORPORATION

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2005 - Present

• Business Consulting

  • 2010 - Present

  I been so lucky to consult for so many different businesses over the years. This work has involved providing support creating various financial systems, navigating legal issues, launching new products, expanding operations internationally, designing marketing strategies, improving operations and setting up HR systems and practices. I’ve done this in a variety of industries such as Aviation, Health, IT, Law, Franchises, Mortgage Broking, e-Commerce, Film & TV, Web Agencies and Engineering Firms. Show less

• Coaching

  • 2003 - Present

  Without seeking it out, coaching has organically been a consistent theme of my paid and volunteer work since 2003. Over this time I’ve had the privilege of coaching more than 100 people. This has included coaching entrepreneurs and business leaders, coaching non-profit volunteers, and coaching individuals often navigating or coming out of complex backgrounds. This work often involves supporting people with brainstorming, goal setting, goal attainment, self-awareness, self-expression, communication skills, lifestyle design, and connecting individuals with people and resources relevant to their goals. Show less



Optometry Australia

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead, National Data Program

  • 2019 - Present

  Optometry Australia contracted Lantern to explore the feasibility and logistics of creating a National Data Program that integrated with Optometry clinics throughout Australia. I had the privilege of leading this project which involved discussing various legal considerations, interviewing a range of practice owners, leading a team of data scientists and developers to create data collection tools and various AI algorithms to analyse complex health questions, and creating a national dashboard that visualised the current state of optometry health across Australia live. Show less



World Health Organization

• Bangladesh
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead: Gender & Equity Dashboard

  • 2020 - Present

  The simple sex-type you are born with can play a surprising role in an individuals health outcomes. Whilst the data shows men are more likely to die from causes such as HIV, Suicide or Unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), these blanket global stats hide national differences. For example it's women not men who are more likely to die from HIV in Papua New Guinea, Suicide in China, and Unsafe WASH in the Republic of Korea. To help individual countries better understand their Gender Health Equity differences, as well as provide resources to shift theses dynamics, I worked with the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office to create a Gender & Equity Dashboard. This platform was broken into ?? parts1. Current state reports to help leaders better understand their country.2. Data visualisation for over 45 health indicators desegregated by sex-type to provide an easy visual overview of differences experienced by their country. 3. A basket of good practices highlighting great work already being done in the region.4. Practical tools and resources to help country leaders more easily make practical and tangible improvements.The tool was essentially designed to help provide country leaders with information and resources to empower them to better lead their country as they saw best. Show less

• Project Lead: Health Law Platform

  • 2017 - 2021

  Each country is governed by a collection of laws. Whether modern, customary or blend of both. When these laws are poorly designed, or the law making process is poorly navigated, a domino effect occurs causing broader society to miss out. With Bills often only passed every ten years on a particular topic, ensuring legislation is navigated well can impact an entire generation.To help resource countries to create better laws, I worked with the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office to develop a Health Law Tool. Over a number of years we worked to distill a principle-based framework to legislation design and development. The program went through a number of tests and reviews with country leaders, health experts, and law forums - it is now being run as a beta program through the Western Pacific Region with a plan for it to be reviewed in 2022.Special shoutout to Luke Elich for birthing the concept and being so much fun to work with in the early stages of the project. To Dr. Genevieve Howse for contributing to the concept early on also. And to Professor Vivian Lin for funding and championing the concept as well as providing valuable early-stage inputs! Show less

• Project Lead: AMR Pledge Website

  • 2017 - 2018

  Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a significant health security issue facing the globe. Referred to in the common vernacular as Superbugs, AMR describes the process where currently treatable diseases become resistant to medication. To encourage awareness around this important issue Antibiotic Awareness Week runs every November. As part of this campaign we partnered with WHO to launch the AMR Pledge platform. This is a website dedicated to collecting pledges from individuals across the 37 countries and territories of the Western Pacific Region. WHO hope to use this site in conjunction with additional activities to accumulate 1 million pledges over a number of years. The site is accessible in a number of languages and we built it in a way that enables WHO to upload additional languages over time as they desire. The site also has unique coding to enable it to work in China. Not only does it integrate with Chinese social media platforms but we created custom mapping technology that allows the site to position a pledges geographic location even when behind The Great Firewall of China. If you’re checking it out, why not take the pledge yourself while you’re there! Show less

• Project Lead: WHO Data Review

  • 2016 - 2018

  One of the requirements for all member countries of the UN is to invariably provide the organisation with data for a variety of indicators. The dynamic this causes, along with what UN agencies do with this data, is complex and fascinating. In 2016 I was commissioned by WHO to review their approach to data in one of their 6 big regional offices that oversaw 37 countries and territories. The project analysed how the organisation:- Talked with countries about data- Received data from countries- Validated the data they received- Imported data- Warehoused and managed data- Analysed data- Visualised, shared, published and made data available in different waysEssentially, the project was to report on the entire relationship towards, and life cycle of, data throughout the organisation. Over a number of months I interviewed staff and external stakeholders as well as spent weeks with my team from Lantern looking through their hardware and software configurations and processes. I analysed their staffing capabilities and capacity and reflected my findings across various externally and internally imposed goals and mandates stated by the organisation.These findings were put into a large report along with an executive summary which Cabinet could use to discuss.Following this, I was asked to advise on options and implications for next steps. Again coordinating with a variety of stakeholders, I sought to develop advice that would be both reliable and achievable. I developed this advice also keeping in mind the broader UN data ecosystem. To ensure this fit, I talked with country offices, regional WHO technical units and WHO HQ, as well as key internal departments such as IT and CommunicationsIt was a fun project to work on and provided a unique opportunity to see how WHO deals with data at a variety of levels. The project reinforced to me how important data is in development and how much opportunity there is out there to leverage existing datasets to help countries. Show less

• Project Lead: People-Centred Care

  • 2017 - 2017

  People-Centred Care is an important health systems concept that tries to put 'people' at the centre of healthcare. Whilst this may seem like a basic idea, it’s actually quite complex. This is because health practitioners and facilities often have incentives that put other needs at the centre of processes instead of the needs of the patient or their family. Whilst sometimes this has to do with power, most of this is often in the name of good ideals such as efficiency, cost savings or maximising limited resources.Yet People-Centred Care is able to increase health outcomes whilst at the same time saving time and cost, it does this over the course of a patients health journey and can feel counterintuitive when viewed through the lens of a single appointment or interaction which is often why it's difficult to get medical professionals onboard with the concept. To help promote this important concept, I worked with WHO technical staff in the Western Pacific Regional Office and WHO Headquarters in Geneva to develop a video that would help with their goals. The video has had strong success both online and offline. In the year it launched, it was the second most played and shared video across all the World Health Organizations social media channels. It was played in a number of prominent global events and has since been translated into additional languages, most recent German in 2021. Although a number of years old, it still get re-posted and re-used each year for a range of purposes. Show less

• Project Lead: Universal Health Coverage

  • 2014 - 2016

  From 2014-2016 I had the privilege of leading a range of activities to help the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region internally and externally understand and increase buy-in to the concept of UHC. Through this work I:- Produced a video animation that internally provided a centralised understanding of what UHC was and externally sought to promote UHC adoption- Undertook perceptual change activities to shift the perception WHO staff had of UHC internally to a more consistent understanding- Created a UHC Engagement Strategy framework resulting in an annually recurring UHC TAG- Edited the 'Accountability' chapter of the Regional Action Framework, ‘Universal Health Coverage: Moving Towards Better Health’ document.- Launched an online platform making the regional action framework more easily accessible and interactive.- Designed branding and print collateral for UHC promotion and communications throughout the region.These projects were such a blast and a special shout-out to Professor Vivian Lin for getting me involved, and the DHS Division for all being such a great team to work with! Show less



The Boys'​ Brigade

• Course Director

  • 2016 - Present

  Team Leadership and Personal Development are week-long leadership courses run once a year for teenage boys around Australia. Originally created by a man called Richard Yap in the 70's, the courses focus on equipping youth with skills useful for living a fulfilling and meaningful life. Although accepting boys from a variety or schools and organisations, the courses are managed by Boys Brigade Victoria and are recognised as a requirement to achieving the Queens Badge (an award recognised and presented by The Crown) I was asked by Boys Brigade Victoria to take over managing the two courses in 2016. I had attended the courses in 2003 and 2004 and been a volunteer leader for the courses since 2010 so was already familiar with the curriculum. Whilst I felt the courses were solid, I felt I could deliver on a number of improvements. So far I have: - Overhauled the courses approach to risk management and safety - Introduced a monitoring and evaluating system - Introduced a CQI process where each year we remove 10% of the curriculum and replace it with something new - Started re-writing the second year curriculum to give it better focus - Set up a scholarship program to ensure that money is not a barrier to access - Established an alumni program for those who completed both years - Created a website and added a staff role to capture video and photography to create a stronger atmosphere within the course as well as help promote the course - Changed the courses staffing structure to better facilitate the training of new leaders - Set up stronger backend infrastructure around file and task management My strategic areas of focus over the next few years are to - Improve the PD curriculum - Establish a stronger system to make the CQI process more effortless - Find a more sustainable recruitment process for finding quality PD staff - Integrate course improvements with a larger leadership development think tank - And expand the network of organisations feeding boys into the program Show less



Lowitja Institute

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead: Knowledge Exchange

  • 2013 - 2014

  The Lowitja Institute is the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research body in Australia and once a year they run a significant annual conference. In 2013 the topic for the conference was Knowledge Exchange. As they prepared the sessions, they found themselves struggling to effectively communicate what Knowledge Exchange was and wasn't. Contracting this challenge out to an external firm had also yielded poor results. Penelope Smith contacted me to see if I might be able to support. We decided to create a video that would provide a unified explanation and understanding of Knowledge Exchange that could underpin the conference. To do this I spent time understanding how the organisation saw Knowledge Exchange, comparing this to academic literature, exploring how this differed to various Knowledge Management concepts in other sectors and then seeking to simply and imaginatively capture all of this into a brief video. The result was a cost effective video that received resounding support at the conference and followed with many academics sharing the clip on YouTube and asking permission to use it for various purposes in their work. Show less



Daniels Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Project Lead: SteriHealth Marketing

  • 2011 - 2012

  Over a 2 year contracted I supported the ASX listed SteriHealth in a number of ways. The first was to create software that integrated with the supply department of every hospital in Australia. This software allowed hospitals to more proactively manage medical waste, order SteriHealth products, and enabled Daniels to increase sales whilst also streamline waste transport logistics and inventory. In addition to this I produced two videos: 1. An overview of SteriHealth's business 2. An overview of their approach to waste management Finally I helped launch their new CliniSmart product supporting with brochures, photography and video. Special shout-out to Carol Labbad for being super fun to work with. Show less



Bunim Murray Productions

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Editing, Motion Graphics & Colour Grading

  • 2008 - 2012

  This included working on a variety of TV shows, special events and commercials for large brands. This included working on a variety of TV shows, special events and commercials for large brands.



Oxfam

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Lead: WASH Documentary

  • 2011 - 2011

  Produced a documentary in rural Cambodia designed to profile the work of Oxfam whilst at the same time activating and engaging rural Khmer villages to be more involved, and take more ownership of WASH projects. The project was profiled throughout the world at various UN and non-profit conferences. A local version was produced in Central Khmer which also received wide distribution throughout the country. Produced a documentary in rural Cambodia designed to profile the work of Oxfam whilst at the same time activating and engaging rural Khmer villages to be more involved, and take more ownership of WASH projects. The project was profiled throughout the world at various UN and non-profit conferences. A local version was produced in Central Khmer which also received wide distribution throughout the country.



Melbourne Polytechnic

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Manager + Tutoring

  • 2007 - 2008

  Around 2005 NMIT (now Melbourne Polytechnic) invested significant money to create a live broadcast studio. It used this studio to train students on industry standard equipment, as well as hire the studio to production companies to broadcast a number of shows. I was brought in to oversee the production of a football TV show, make improvements to the studio, and manage NMIT production crew. I also ran occasional tut's (emergency relief) to train students in post-production - mainly editing and animation classes. Show less