Academic Roles
Advisor: AcademyEX (2025 – Present) Master of Technological Futures
Examiner: AUT Master of Creative Technologies (2024)
Lecturer & Curriculum Developer: Colab, AUT University (2011 – 2017)
- Introduction to Creative Technologies (ICT)
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Research Methodology (postgrad, linked to Social Innovation)
- Creative Technologies Studio (supervision and facilitation)
- Social Innovation (developed NZ’s first postgraduate programmes in this area)
- Relief/guest lecturing: Social Innovation/Graphic Design (AUT South Art & Design); Team Dynamics (AUT South Health & Science)
Lecturer: Media Design School (2015)
Lecturer: Manukau Institute of Technology – School of Business (2008 – 2011)
- Organisational Behaviour
- 21st Century Business Environment
- Strategic Management
Guest lecturer at Massey University, Waikato University, and RMIT University Melbourne.
Served on NZQA Accreditation Panels and Learning Advisory Committees (NorthTec, NZ).
Guest speaker at numerous events, including a keynote speaker at conferences.
Qualifications
2011 – 2015: PhD – Creative Technologies, Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT University, Auckland NZ
2005 – 2007: MSc Organisational Development and Consultancy (Distinction) Sheffield Business School, UK (Class Prize for Academic Excellence)
1989 – 1992: Bachelor of Arts – Education & Political Studies – University of Auckland, New Zealand
Awards
2015: Deans Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT
2015: Fulbright Travel Award, Fulbright Foundation NZ
2012 – 2013: Colab Scholarship, AUT University
2011: Interdisciplinary Unit Scholarship, Colab, AUT University
Additional Training and Certifications
NLP (Master Practitioner) | Appreciative Inquiry | Group Dynamics | Process Work | Client-Centred Counselling | Mediation | Accelerated Learning | Values Based Consulting and Coaching | Transformational Education | Action Inquiry | Team and Organisational Dynamics