Business management

Board memberships

Treasurer
Community Childcare Co-operative, 1996

The leading lobbying organisation for childcare centres and clients in Australia. Responsible for corporate communications, development and implementation of corporate accounting procedures, advice to executive management, staff selection, budgeting and forecasting, staff training, new business development, implementation and support for EEO and OH&S issues.

Director (Communications)
Community Childcare Co-operative, 1995

Senior Management

Business Development Manager
Sydney Information Xchange, 1998 to present

An online publishing company specialising in the creation, development and storage of electronic information. The business is currently managing and developing a live site of more than 60,000 pages of information and photographs.

Joint Managing Director
IF Publishing Partners, 1995 to 1997

A client publishing company specialising in information dissemination to the high end of the global publishing market. The business, which employed 5 staff, developed magazines, newsletters, web sites, public installations, seminar programmes and electronic documentation systems. Clients included IDG Communications, Seybold Seminars, Agfa, Monotype, and Techflow.

Joint Studio Manager
OPPO Studios, 1993

A graphic design studio that produced all media for advertising agency IHJ Advertising as well as managing its own client base. Staff selection, management of subcontractors, budgeting and forecasting, project management, implementation and ongoing organisation, staff coaching and training in production, post production tasks and software skills, liaison with trade suppliers, new business development

Managing Director
Geandel Productions, 1986 to 1995

A client publishing company specialising in the creation and development of magazines and newsletters using DTP technology. Clients included IDG Communications, Saccasan Bailey Roy, ESSO, Volunteer Centre of NSW, Mercantile Mutual, Heywood Corporate Design, NSW Fire Brigades, and the University of Sydney.

Strategic Alliance Partnerships

Brodeur Worldwide, Australia, 2000 to 2004
Strategic marketing and public relations company specialising in the IT&T markets.

CPR Computing Solutions, 1999 to 2005
A web and intranet development company specialising in the creation and development of online systems for the Australian SME market. Alliance partner responsible for web infrastructure development and interface design. Clients include The National Publishing Group, Entelec, Corpak and PACTGlobal.

Consultancies

Communications Consultant, Yojo Communications, 1999
An Australian startup in the mass communications market who were looking for strategic advice for gaining capital investment in a new online product

Senior Consultant
Watterson Marketing Communications, 1998 to 1999

An IT&T public relations and marketing company specialising in telecommunications, intellectual property and management information systems clients. Co-managed accounts for the Dialog Corporation, Propagate, Access CMC's SchoolsWeb Award, The Firmware Group, Walker Financial, and Motherwell Information Systems.

Technical Consultant
Barbosa Personnel, 1991 to 1994

A division of a Macintosh specialist personnel agency. Clients included: Omega Appliances, Lady Gowrie Childcare Centre, Hambro-Grantham, Effective Negotiation Services, Jupiter Models & Effects, Gattorna-Chorn, AdMail, Telecom Corporate Services, Silicon Graphics, P-Plates, Booz*Allen

Print Production Consultant
NSW Department of Education, 1989 to 1991

Retained by the department to advise on print production for the Leading Teacher Course, the Head Teacher Course, Learning Mathematics, and Child Abuse Prevention Strategies.

  1. IDG Communications
  2. IF Publishing Partners
  3. Australian Macworld
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