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Creative innovator and entrepreneur with a proven history of implementing effective solutions in business, software development, teaching, and coaching.Bought a struggling band rehearsal studio business in 2005, automated its operations generating a strong passive income. Successfully sold Sunset Rehearsals in 2013.Designed and lead developers to create a booking, management, and payment system for band rehearsal studios (Bandwax) in 2010 and sold subscriptions across Australia and New Zealand.Won a position in ANZ Innovyz START business accelerator program in the Winter 2013 group under the guidance of Jana Matthews (ANZ Chair in Business Growth and Director of the Australian Centre for Business Growth at UniSA) as the CEO of Big Big Book (booking and management system for health and wellness practices) which became Muvli (automated music video production) and received an investment offer.A teacher/leader with 20 years experience in education. An ability to learn quickly and commit to new experiences has lead to a wide variety of roles including organising Sports Day and Activities Weeks, leading the Special Education team in a large and complex school, teaching Health & Physical Education, Volleyball, IT, Outdoor Ed, Barista Skills, Science, Maths, and more.While teaching full time I've studied Software Engineering (Honours) part time at UniSA since 2017. Current GPA is 6.68. Looking to more fully utilise and grow my skills in Software Engineering in my professional career. Through Uni, business, and personal exploration I have experience with Java, C++, Python, Swift, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, JSON, XML. I have used Visual Studio, XCode, Eclipse, QC Creator, IntelliJ, and other IDEs integrating GitLab, GitHub, and BitBucket.Coached Honours volleyball teams since 2008 winning 4 of the last 5 Australian Championships (AVSC). Coached U16 State Girls Volleyball team for 5 years winning 2 bronze and 2 silver medals. Coached at the Australian Volleyball Junior Development Camp in Queensland in 2019.Other qualifications - Elite (level 3) volleyball coach, barista certificate, VET Trainer & Assessor, MR drivers license, special ed including Braille.I live in Adelaide with my wife and 3 kids. I love good food, wine, coffee, craft/homebrew beer, positive people, charcoal cooking, DnD, and facilitating achievement in others.Strengths:- Establishing and maintaining positive relationships amongst individuals and teams.- Learning and applying new skills.- Strategic and creative problem solving.- Public speaking and presenting.

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