Depot Adventures (formerly Walks 101) is one of Australia's top-rated walking tour operators. I built the business from a one-man operation to a team across two destinations that offers a variety of free and paid walking tours.

My social video channel has captured the intrigue of an audience in three continents, generating 20M views and counting. Find me on all the socials @oneminutetours

After spending my first decade in leisure travel, I got an opportunity to work in MICE - Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events. It was a fantastic opportunity that ended too soon when my own hobby project (One Minute Tours) took off and required my full attention.• Designed bespoke solutions for Presidents' Clubs, Annual Sales Meetings, and Executive Retreats• Created multi-million dollar proposals for international trips involving hundreds of employees and their partners• Developed expertise in complex contract negotiation• Organized and hosted international business trips• Delivered pitches in boardrooms of various Fortune 500 companies

Speakeasy was created at the height of COVID-19 to provide a SaaS solution for companies that run offline events. We help organisations run their pub quizzes, university tours, and music performances less like a boardroom meeting and more like the offline experiences users demand.After a year of work on this project, we sold Speakeasy to a Singapore-based VC in February 2021.

I was recruited to restart the operations of Intrepid Travel's day tour arm after the departure of a previous operator. I led a team of guides as we redefined Urban Adventures in the local market as a food and drink tour specialist, launching 11 products operated exclusively for Intrepid Travel, the world's largest global tour operator.

Inspired by yacht flotilla tours in Croatia, I decided to create my own version — on dry land — in the USA — in RVs. We ran four departures and won “Tour of the Year” from TourRadar. This first business venture included a failed attempt at equity crowdfunding through CrowdCube (we raised £25K of our £50K goal) and four departures operated in two years. Years after shutting up shop, my business partner uncovered an academic paper that was written about our business (without our knowledge) brutally diagnosing the fatal flaw in our business model. I've attached the paper if you want to understand our demise.

Partner with travel brands to work as a tour guide and consultant. Examples are as follows:FREE TOURS OF LONDON ■ Led the re-branding of “Free Tours of London” to “Strawberry Tours”■ Managed creation of new brand identity with a team of graphic and web designers■ Successfully launched 8 new tours, and managed recruitment for a 70% increase in guides■ Developed and guided the following tours: Street Art Tour, Harry Potter Tour, LondonLandmarks East, London Landmarks West, Soho Tour, Jack the Ripper TourEXPAT EXPLORE■ Served as tour manager for various two-week European bus tours with 2- and 3-star accommodation breakfasts and some dinners included■ Received average passenger rating of 4.7/5.0SANDEMANS NEW LONDON■ Helped develop “London Alternative Tour ” and guided 4 other London tours BUSABOUT■ Managed tours on their Hop-On/Hop-Off Network, Italy, Greek Islands and Greek Mainland■ Named Top Salesman of 2011■ Conceptualised and pitched a partnership with Save Vernazza to the Director, who then took thesuggestion to The Travel Cooperation. It still uses the concept today.

I was helped develop the Med Experience brand to its first launch full-season launch. This was my first hand at running my own show — I got to get my feet wet in all departments from Reservations, Marketing, Sales and Operations. This was the best training I could have asked for the entrepreneureal route I would come in the years following.

I guided groups of up to 50 people to 10 countries and 40+ cities in Europe. I helped customers book excursions, arranged accommodation and presented history, language and culture talks to groups of 18-35s.I was named Top Salesman for 2011. In 2012 I conceptualised and successfully pitched the Save Vernazza support project, a matched-funds charity program to assist flood-ravaged area of Cinque Terre, Italy This program is still in use today, as seen here: http://www.busabout.com/save-vernazza.

I was the digital jack-of-all trades. My day-to-day included analysing web metrics using Omniture Suite and Google Analytics, administering online contests and maintaining the Star Tribune's social media channelsI also produced, filmed and edited a couple of video pieces that were displayed prominently on The Star Tribune's web page.

I was "The Dubs Guy." If you worked at the agency and you wanted any advertisement we had produced in the last 30 years, I was your man. I used Final Cut Pro to edit agency reels together and deliver them on a DVD, digibeta, betamax, 3/4", or whatever other form of outdated media you'd like.

I was hired as an extra hand during the busy 3-week period surrounding this high-profile once-every-four-years national political gathering. I thought I would be typing cables and fetching coffee. I wound up on the convention floor, earpiece in and light in my hand as we rushed to try and get an interview with the likes of John McCain, Sarah Palin and other doomed political figures.