Rob is a Senior Music Therapist with over 12 years’ experience and he is a Director of Sound Expression. He was previously Senior Music Therapist and Head of Business Development for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. He completed his Master in Creative Music Therapy through Western Sydney University.His role is a dual one – Rob divides his time between clinical work across a range of clients and he also heads up the new business development initiatives for Sound… Show more Rob is a Senior Music Therapist with over 12 years’ experience and he is a Director of Sound Expression. He was previously Senior Music Therapist and Head of Business Development for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. He completed his Master in Creative Music Therapy through Western Sydney University.His role is a dual one – Rob divides his time between clinical work across a range of clients and he also heads up the new business development initiatives for Sound Expression.Rob has extensive experience as a music therapist with many clinical populations, including children and adults with a wide range of disabilities, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ‘at risk’ children, mental health, rehabilitation work with clients who have had strokes, acquired brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. He also has extensive experience providing music therapy in aged care settings including clients with dementia.Before coming to music therapy, Rob had many years’ experience in the corporate world in various senior sales and marketing roles. He left that world behind to focus on his passion, which is using music to help others live a more fulfilled and rewarding life. Show less

Rob was a senior music therapist and head of business development at Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia, contributing to their rapid growth over a number of years. His role involved extensive clinical work across a broad range of clinical populations, establishing new site locations for clinics, expanding outreach work with ‘at risk’ children, establishing stronger relationships with key partners and represented Nordoff-Robbins in delivering various workshops for health professionals… Show more Rob was a senior music therapist and head of business development at Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia, contributing to their rapid growth over a number of years. His role involved extensive clinical work across a broad range of clinical populations, establishing new site locations for clinics, expanding outreach work with ‘at risk’ children, establishing stronger relationships with key partners and represented Nordoff-Robbins in delivering various workshops for health professionals, educators and the general public. He was also frequently delivered lectures to the Master of Creative Music Therapy course at Western Sydney University. Show less

Business development, account management and sales management including pre-sales activities, bid and proposal writing, presentations, project management for software development projects, preparation and submission of tenders, contract and Service Level Agreement negotiation, business planning strategies, marketing material preparation, new product development strategies.

Business development and client relationship management of blue chip clients incorporating business strategy, extensive pre-sales and sales activities, business analysis, account management, project management, contract writing, tenders and negotiations.

Rob was the marketing manager for Braun Australia. His role included strategic planning and direction, sales and marketing responsibility for 5 core SBU’s, new product launches, trade management and management of key sponsorships. Resulted in turnaround in business from 30% below budget to 5% over budget over one year, plus steady gains in market share for key product categories.