Ryan Taaffe
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer at Barking Gecko Theatre- Claim this Profile
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Nicky Hansen
Ryan is hilarious. A performer. A public speaking bombshell. He cares deeply about creative industries and works tirelessly to mentor teams, build industry capacity and keep the dreams alive. His 30 years of experience and knowledge of the mechanism of government make him an important member of the creative community in WA and nationally, and he is generous in sharing that knowledge and facilitating stronger relationships across the sector.
Natalie Maloy
Ryan is an extremely knowledgeable arts worker who tirelessly advocates for the arts as an industry and for individual arts workers. He is a terrific mentor to all in the WA Arts industry and is always happy to answer questions from anyone of at any level of their career. He has helped me many times over the years and made me feel extremely welcomed into the CircuitWest community. The Australian Arts Industry would be a different landscape without him.
Nicky Hansen
Ryan is hilarious. A performer. A public speaking bombshell. He cares deeply about creative industries and works tirelessly to mentor teams, build industry capacity and keep the dreams alive. His 30 years of experience and knowledge of the mechanism of government make him an important member of the creative community in WA and nationally, and he is generous in sharing that knowledge and facilitating stronger relationships across the sector.
Natalie Maloy
Ryan is an extremely knowledgeable arts worker who tirelessly advocates for the arts as an industry and for individual arts workers. He is a terrific mentor to all in the WA Arts industry and is always happy to answer questions from anyone of at any level of their career. He has helped me many times over the years and made me feel extremely welcomed into the CircuitWest community. The Australian Arts Industry would be a different landscape without him.
Nicky Hansen
Ryan is hilarious. A performer. A public speaking bombshell. He cares deeply about creative industries and works tirelessly to mentor teams, build industry capacity and keep the dreams alive. His 30 years of experience and knowledge of the mechanism of government make him an important member of the creative community in WA and nationally, and he is generous in sharing that knowledge and facilitating stronger relationships across the sector.
Natalie Maloy
Ryan is an extremely knowledgeable arts worker who tirelessly advocates for the arts as an industry and for individual arts workers. He is a terrific mentor to all in the WA Arts industry and is always happy to answer questions from anyone of at any level of their career. He has helped me many times over the years and made me feel extremely welcomed into the CircuitWest community. The Australian Arts Industry would be a different landscape without him.
Nicky Hansen
Ryan is hilarious. A performer. A public speaking bombshell. He cares deeply about creative industries and works tirelessly to mentor teams, build industry capacity and keep the dreams alive. His 30 years of experience and knowledge of the mechanism of government make him an important member of the creative community in WA and nationally, and he is generous in sharing that knowledge and facilitating stronger relationships across the sector.
Natalie Maloy
Ryan is an extremely knowledgeable arts worker who tirelessly advocates for the arts as an industry and for individual arts workers. He is a terrific mentor to all in the WA Arts industry and is always happy to answer questions from anyone of at any level of their career. He has helped me many times over the years and made me feel extremely welcomed into the CircuitWest community. The Australian Arts Industry would be a different landscape without him.
Experience
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Barking Gecko Theatre
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Australia
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Performing Arts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer
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Jan 2022 - Present
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Executive Director
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Jul 2015 - Jan 2022
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Executive Officer
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Jan 2013 - Jul 2015
Providing executive officer services to CircuitWest including the organisation of WA Showcase.
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General Manager
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Jul 2011 - Jul 2015
Management of the Koorliny Arts Centre including programing. Management of the Koorliny Arts Centre including programing.
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Centrelink
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Team Leader
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2008 - 2011
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Minister For Corrective Services and Small Business
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Western Australia, Australia
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Senior Policy Advisor
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2005 - 2008
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Centrelink
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Manager
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2001 - 2005
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Education
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Curtin University
Theatre/Theater