Tim is a highly experienced and respected executive and mentor with first class communication skills and a strong track record in International Trade and export. He has lived and worked in global markets with a focus on Asia, Healthcare and Research and international education.Tim recently founded the glo project (www.gloproject.community) program that matches international students into startup businesses with a focus on cultural competence. This program build entrepreneurship skills and grows export skills in Startups. A lifelong Technophile who is highly technical in nature with current experience across a wide range of Technology platforms and fields of research and industry. He has many years’ experience working in the startup environment as an advisor and mentor. He was recently an applications assessor for the Austrade administered Landing Pad programme for Startups to enter international markets. He currently is an advisor to a number of startup businesses and has created the UprAsia educational program that helps HealthTech Startups understand and enter Asian markets. Tim has extensive experience in developing Innovative commercial strategies, business plans, pitches and raising capital. Tim comes from a background in medical science, technology transfer and commercialisation. He has a wealth of experience in executive management in the medical and health sciences, international market development work in Asia, and innovation and commercialisation support. Experienced in developing effective globalisation strategies with robust economic analyses in a wide range of industry sectors including healthcare, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, animal health, agriculture and food sciences.With a long career at CSL, one of Australia's largest and most successful biotherapeutics companies which operates a global business and produces blood plasma products, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. While in this role he resided in Singapore for a 2-year period from 2006 to 2008 as a travel base for global market development work with a focus on Asia. Tim developed and delivered innovative new products to global markets which helped solve serious global healthcare problems. Tim has also operated his own consulting firm and managed La Trobe University's intellectual property portfolio and Knowledge Transfer Office.