John Chandler is a Regional Manager - North Queensland at Department of Industry, Science and Resources. He possess expertise in e learning, staff development, higher education, marketing strategy, public speaking and 22 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Since joining JCU in 2021 it has been great to connect with John Chandler, AusIndustry’s Regional Manager for North Queensland, his advisory and support role has contributed greatly across the entire JCU Innovation Portfolio and our local innovator/entrepreneur network. Overall, his specific role as an industry leader, supporter, and connector has allowed us to continue developing our capacity in business innovation, commercialization opportunities across various sectors, and venture growth. His major knowledge and advisory contribution have resulted in significant outcomes and meeting specific milestones and KPIs this includes: 1. Developing the pipeline of the lab to market in connecting us with the Industry Growth Program Advising our PhD candidates about the Regional Innovation opportunities (Lab to market) o Aligning with our new PhD in Practice portfolios 1. IMPACT10X AI Simulators: mentoring, enabling, and connecting capacity for innovation, simulators, and AI o John regularly contributes and advises our IMPACT10X graduates in our LinkedIn groups  JCU Founders-in-Residence https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14110233/ and our…  Cairns AI Hub (Regional Hub under QLD AI Hubs) https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14162844/ 2. Support and advisory capacity in the development of an impressive JCU Founders-in-Residence (FIR) o See below growth resulting in total valuations (2023 – 2024).  $408M in total company valuation  $97M in awarded funding (grants, VC, Angels, Crowdfunding, etc) 3. Successful launch of the Computer Assisted Virtual Environment (CAVE) – John has introduced significant industry leads and has also been an advisor in this venture o Read the article here: https://www.jcu.edu.au/this-is-uni/science-and-technology/articles/exploring-cairns-newest-cave 4. Industry Advisor for our Cairns Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub (*see attached advisory agency) o https://qldaihub.com/ o https://qldaihub.com/qld-ai-hub-chapters/ 5. Judging and Investor Panel for our JCU IMPACT10X AI Simulators (starting from Cohort #20 – we are now on Cohort #28) 6. Providing over ten AusIndustry and Industry Growth Program (IGP) advisory sessions over the years 7. Presenting on panels and fireside chats for our Graduate Research School and IMPACT10X sessions 8. Venture growth and portfolio management in the advisory about the development of the investment ecosystem o Provided insights on the Fund map: JCU Innovation Ventures Fund 9. Mentorship and investment in our future regional leaders I am very grateful for John’s transformational leadership and mentorship. Bottom line, having an AusIndustry Regional Manager role located in North Queensland has been a real game-changer for the ecosystem."