Biography

Of all the jobs and positions I’ve held in my 30+ year career, none have been more fulfilling than conducting workshops in leadership, management and communications.

The Statistics
  • 37,000+ hours facilitating more than 7,000 workshops for 12,000 participants in 26 countries on 5 continents
  • More than 700 different clients in 75 different industries
  • Curricula design/development and competency assessment for 50+ clients
  • 350+ posts to my blog since January 2009
  • Numerous contributions to other people’s blogs, as well as interviews in consumer media such as The Asian Wall Street Journal and CCTV News in China (now CGTN), and internal publications like Business Insights (HP), Law Journal (American Bar Association), and the LGAT News (Local Government Association of Tasmania)
  • Keynote speaker and guest presenter at marketing and communications conferences in Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, the UAE and the USA
Career Positions
  • AQUS Pty Ltd, my own training consultancy, established in 2006
  • National Facilitation Manager for the Australian Institute of Management, overseeing 375 facilitators, faculty and assessors across Australia
  • Worldwide Creative Director for Burson-Marsteller and its 90+ offices globally
  • Managing Director of Global Training, Burson-Marsteller University
  • Regional Creative Director for Burson-Marsteller Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
  • Vice President of Marketing Communications, MasterCard International, New York
  • Senior Vice President at Golin-Harris, Chicago
  • Executive Vice President, Weber Shandwick, Chicago and New York
Accreditations and Practical Experience
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
  • Team Management Systems®
  • GENOS® Emotional Intelligence
  • LEGO® Serious Play™

Also, Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process®, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument®, Negotiation Skills (Australian Institute of Management and Karras USA), Communications Problem-Solving, Learning Styles Questionnaire (Honey and Mumford), and Communications Style Flexing

Education and Certification
  • Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Iowa, USA
  • Advanced Diploma of Leadership & Management, Australian College of Commerce and Management
  • Certificate IV in Adult Training and Assessment (TAE40110)
  • Associate of Arts in Graphic Design, University of Iowa, USA
  • Past lecturer at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Columbia College in Chicago
And finally, the personal things …
  • Accomplished pianist: you can visit my YouTube channel to hear my music
  • International traveller: to date, I’ve visited 51 countries
  • Avid swimmer: I’ve averaged 4-5 km every week for the past twenty years