About Me

Editor and lead writer of RealKM Magazine which has been described as a resource of unparalleled quality, consistency and depth. In this capacity I’ve researched and written over 130 research-based feature articles and nearly 200 KM research summaries. I’m also sought after as a keynote presenter, masterclass leader, and expert panel member.

Other career highlights include developing and teaching new KM subjects at Shanxi University and leading the development and implementation of a knowledge management strategy process for the 56 regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations throughout Australia.

Over 20 years of experience in environmental management and sustainability including catchment/watershed planning and management, landscape sustainability, river restoration, biodiversity conservation, and urban sustainability.

Career highlights include coordinating and working on numerous environmental management and sustainability initiatives, including innovative projects such as the Shoalhaven River Water Supply Transfers and Environmental Flows Project which applied resilience thinking to complex adaptive socio-ecological systems. I have initiated and established a number of innovative projects myself, for example the Lockyer Catchment Biodiversity Recovery Project which pioneered new landscape-scale approaches to threatened species and ecosystem conservation.

Experience in the successful delivery of more than 40 programs, projects, and initiatives, including complex initiatives and major programs.

Career highlights include overall program management of the award-winning Australian Government funded $77.4 million Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery Program where I used agile management approaches to oversee six different state/provincial-level government agencies implementing seven substantial projects that carried out works on more than 1,000 properties.

Six years of experience teaching undergraduate and adult students in China, including teaching in the top-ranked University of New South Wales (UNSW) Global Foundation Studies program, following on from three years teaching at Shanxi University, the leading university in northern China’s Shanxi Province. Subjects taught include knowledge management, academic English, oral English, and cultural awareness..

Career highlights include being awarded a Certificate of Accomplished Teacher for teaching excellence in the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Global Foundation Studies program, and initiating, developing and teaching two new knowledge management subjects at Shanxi University.

Demonstrated expertise in using engagement and collaboration techniques such as collaborative learning, collaborative governance, problem-solving communication, and lateral thinking to achieve effective and long-lasting community and stakeholder engagement and development outcomes.

Career highlights include coordinating numerous projects that achieved effective community and stakeholder engagement, often in challenging circumstances, and playing an active role in community environmental management and natural resource management (NRM) organisations.

Experience in the development and management of communication strategies and media campaigns, and an extensive and always growing portfolio of articles and stories, publications, and other internal and external communications.

Career highlights include researching and writing more than 390 articles and research summaries for RealKM Magazine, researching and writing more than 1,500 posts for Urban Environment News over a period of more than ten years, and developing and managing communication and media campaigns for projects.

Research experience, demonstrated through the extensive research I’ve conducted for a number of projects, in my Master of Environmental Management studies, and for my extensive portfolio of articles and stories and publications. Extensive writing and editing experience, demonstrated through my extensive portfolio of articles and stories and publications.

Career highlights include working as part-time editor and lead writer of RealKM Magazine, completing a Community Profile Analysis for the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority (CMA), researching and reporting flow-ecology relationships in the Shoalhaven River Water Supply Transfers and Environmental Flows Project, and working as Research Assistant for the University of Queensland Dwyer’s Scrub Conservation Park and Neighbours Case Study Project.

Extensive experience in organising, managing, and facilitating conferences, forums, workshops, management meetings, public meetings, field excursions, and other events and activities.

Career highlights include organising and facilitating the Regional Knowledge Strategy workshops for the Land & Water Australia Knowledge for Regional NRM Program, organising and convening a series of biodiversity conferences, and organising and delivering property management planning workshops.

Experience in the development and management of websites using the WordPress platform.

Career highlights include developing and managing the RealKM Magazine website, establishing and managing the first website for the Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC), and establishing and managing the Urban Environment News website.