Project Officer

Training & Communications
Information Technology Services
Australian National Data Services (ANDS)
Australian National University (ANU)
February 2012 - present
Employee
Develop professionally competent front line staff in research institutions to support data sharing, data re-use, data connections and data management; support ANDS own services and information systems; develop training, web based and print based support materials; administer online conferencing facilities; facilitate frequent liaison with ANDS external stakeholders, eResearch communities and infrastructure support providers.

E-Learning Consultant

April 2011 - February 2012
Educational Technologies
Contractor
Provide clients with specialist information communication technology consultation informing business cases, preparing tender submissions, facilitating stakeholder engagement using web conferencing technologies, developing virtual online learning and business platforms.

Operations Manager

Streamfolio Pty. Ltd.
April 2009 - April 2011
Employee
Provide front-line services & facilitate communications with clients and suppliers across an international footprint, build long-term relationships with education & training organizations in all Australian sectors and project manage across online, metropolitan, rural and remote settings.

ICT Systems Manager

University of Newcastle, NSW Australia
April 2010 - December 2010
Contractor
Facilitate project planning with management, develop the Australian African Fellowship (AAF) project website, conduct professional development activities with project participant stakeholders, maintain strict project milestone deadlines and contribute to project ICT plan.

Senior Education Officer

TAFE NSW Australia
Australian Flexible Learning Framework
January 2009 - July 2009
Contractor
Principal projects manager for the Framework "Brains Trust" project ensuring quality assurance of data received from the 2009 NSW E-Learning Innovations project teams, audit data transfer to nominated CMS system and provided support to team managers in this process. I also designed and worked with a software development team for the implementation of the NSW E-Learning Innovations weblog site.

Senior Education Officer

Industry Consultant
TAFE NSW, Western Institute
Country Energy, Bathurst Australia
October 2008 - May 2009
Contractor
Provide specialist industry consultation on behalf of TAFE NSW to a leading energy systems provider, consult with key stakeholders to realize project objectives, negotiate liaison points with incumbents, Team Leaders and Managers, manage role mapping to industry and national training packages, develop competency reports for analysis and implementation as well as manage & co-ordinate web conferences for teams.

ICT Consultant

Alexander Hayes & Associates Pty. Ltd.
Self Employed
January 2008 - October 2008
Contractor
Provide specialist E-Learning and project management consultation services to TAFE NSW (Sydney Institute of Technology), TAFE NSW (Western Institute), Creative Vision Enterprises Pty. Ltd. (Telopea, NSW), Atkinson Training Pty. Ltd. (Newcastle NSW), Uniting Care (NSW Parramatta) and Lavendilli-Blue (Orange, NSW).

Senior Education Officer

NSW Learnscope - TAFE NSW
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
TAFE NSW
International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning (ICVET)
July 2006 – December 2007
Employee
Support diverse state-wide project teams in numerous contexts / sectors, facilitate multiple team professional development activities using a range of interactive technologies, develop and maintain the NSW LearnScope weblog & MediaWiki, develop flexible learning resources and facilitate national networking activities.

Senior Education Officer

Connected Learning Team
NSW Department of Education and Communities
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
February 2006 – July 2006
Employee
Engage with and support Standards, Learning Design & Resource Development and OTEN Flexible Learning teams, design, manage and implement professional development for Management / Staff - new learning technologies, research and develop connected learning resources, support learning resource development and design initiatives, prepare and present research findings to Executive, conduct workshops, seminars and facilitate virtual conferencing events.

Special Projects Officer

Corporate Services Unit
NSW Department of Education and Communities
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
December 2005 – February 2006
Employee
Design, manage and implement professional development for Management / Staff focusing upon the use of bile technologies in an educational context, conduct research, prepare tenders & funding applications with m-learning focus, facilitate multi-stakeholder project teams, create and maintain online website content and facilitate national professional networking. (AMLN)

E-Learning Designer

Online Resource Developer
"EngageMe Project"
TAFE NSW Granville
Access & General Education Curriculum Centre
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Conduct extensive consultation with key stakeholders across numerous online location, design, development and implement a weblog HTML aggregation of learning resources - "Engageme" website - http://www.engageme.net, engage in the design and production of the "Engageme" CD / DVD Learning Resources Collection

E-Learning Project Facilitator

TAFE NSW Granville
Access & General Education Curriculum Centre
Sydney, Australia
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Participate in a national online VET Community of Practice, attend workshops, provide professional development activities for stakeholders across a diverse Australian footprint.

mLearning Project Facilitator

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
"Moddeadly' - eLearning for Target Groups Project
TAFE Western Australia
Pilbara College of TAFE
Port Headland | Karratha | Newman
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Travel extensively through rural and remote regions of Western Australia providing Project Facilitation for projects involving emergent mobile technologies, ISPs, educational ICTs and networked online communities funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF).

mLearning Project Facilitator

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'OLWIL' - Online With Indigenous Learners Project
TAFE Western Australia
Pilbara College of TAFE
Port Headland | Karratha | Newman | Punmu | Jigalong | Parnngurr Communities
August 2005 - December 2005
Contractor
Work closely with Australian Aboriginal communities scoping and implementing initiatives that were community initiated with emergent mobile technologies, ISPs, educational ICTs and networked online communities funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF).

eLearning Project Facilitator

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'Feral-e' Learnscope Project
West Coast College of TAFE
Perth, Western Australia
2005
Provide face-to-face and online facilitation enabling project participants using mobile and online learning technologies; consultation with mobile industry services for moblogging initiatives; participating actively in online communities examining the implications and impacts of these technologies on teaching and learning.

eLearning Project Facilitator

TAFE WA - South West Regional College of TAFE
'Remote Access' Project - Online SMS Gateway Project
Bunbury, Western Australia
2005
Provide stakeholder consultation to scope, design, engage and implement a virtual corporate SMS gateway for whole-of-organization application; facilitate trial groups and provide documentation for training and professional development activities.

Senior Research and Development Officer

TAFE Western Australia
Swan TAFE
Corporate Services
Bentley Directorate
Bentley, Western Australia
2005
Lead & conduct research into emergent technology uses in Australian and other international vocational educational organizations; document and identify key strategies in conjunction with TAFE WA industry stakeholders for use of these emergent technologies in education & training to CIO; consult and document application consideration with Swan TAFE IT staff on exiting systems infrastructure to support emergent technology trials; facilitate professional development activities including senior management, middle management and front line staff Develop professionally competent front line staff across all TAFE WA campuses.

Education Research Officer

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
'Txt-Me' - New Practices in Flexible Learning Project
Swan TAFE, Western Australia
2004
Conduct active research as a lead practitioner (Educator) in project employing the use of emergent mobile communication technology; analyse participant interactions using semi-structured interviews; report project findings via extensive conference appointments in all Australian states; participate in online communities of practice; contribute to final project reporting.