All About Me

Trying to summarise your life to date is hard work! This is my CV. For more about me, you'll have to head over to A House of Stories and have a bit of a read. :)

QUALIFICATIONS

Tertiary:	University of Queensland St. Lucia Campus, Brisbane (2000) Bachelor of Applied Science (Biotechnology - Honours)
Secondary:	Somerset College Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast (1995) Headmaster's Scholar, Dux, OP 1, Prefect

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 3
• First Class Honours, Bachelor of Applied Science (Biotech), UQ
• Best & Fairest, UQ team sport
• International House Sports Award - Full Blue
• International House chess team member
  '97-'98 Inter-College Lightning Chess Challenge winners
• International House men's volleyball team member
  '97-'98 Inter-College premiers
• RACI Prize for First Level Chemistry, UQ
• Dux of Somerset College
• Captain of Somerset College Boys' Hockey
• Queensland High Schools Chess Championships, A Grade team
• Sir Richard Williams Scholarship recipient (RAAF)
• Australian Chemistry Olympiad Summer School participant
• 8th Science Research Programme participant, Singapore
• CRA National Science Summer School participant

INTERESTS

EMPLOYMENT PROFILE

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Chair, AJET National Council
  The Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching (AJET) is a support and social network for JET Programme participants. A national organisation, AJET organises cultural, sporting and charity events, publishes a range of books and information, maintains a counselling service, and represents JETs and their concerns to the Government Ministries that organise the JET Programme. As Chair, I was responsible for overseeing AJET's many activities on a national scale.

• Block Representative, AJET National Council
• Lead Organiser, AJET Games Touch Rugby Tournament
• Presenter, "Summer Days, Dancing Nights"
  NHK is Japan's public broadcaster. Every summer, their international division, NHK World, makes a special live international broadcast from a Japanese festival. In 2004, the festival was Awa Odori in Tokushima and due to my experience with the dance, I was asked to join the broadcast as a presenter - a fantastic experience!

• Prefectural Representative, AJET Tokushima
• Producer, AJET Tokushima Musical

• Chair, Biofutures 2001 Organising Committee
• General Staff Director, Siemens Science Experience,
  SE Queensland
  Biofutures and the Siemens Science Experience are science forums for high school students, hosted at university campuses over the course of several days. In both of the above roles, I had significant responsibility for program development and implementation, budgeting, and human resource management.