Ben Smith is a Head of Mission, Identity and Civics at Catholic Schools NSW. He possess expertise in commercialisation strategy advice, new business development, project management, program management, product development and 40 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I've known Ben professionally since around 2008. I've dealt with him in two of his capacities: As a project manager working for a vendor, and in his role working for the NSW Government. As a project manager Ben was very good to deal with. He was well organised, always in control of the projects, and he had very strong Customer Service values. In his role working for the NSW government I have found him to be very knowledgable about the NSW R&D scene and he is… Show more" and "Ben's capacity to observe the subtle nuances of information flows in communication and organisational dynamics makes him a valuable asset as our emerging technologies continue to surpass our capacity to easily grasp just what it is we are playing with. Whether he is encapsulating the broadest complex social-technological issues into an insightful single phrase to put current concerns in their proper context, or bouncing ideas about what he is seeing and making coherent connections… Show more"