Author: Marc

  • Dean Tullberg

    IT Support Officer Dean is a highly skilled information systems manager with over 20 years’ experience across various industries and working environments. He has an excellent understanding of IT infrastructure and systems integration, with a track record of supporting businesses in change management, problem management and incident management. Dean also has extensive experience training staff in software…

  • William Henderson

    Project Manager William has a background in project management, secondary education teaching and employment services. He has worked on many successful projects, updating the AHC Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management and the FBP Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Training Packages, including conservation and ecosystem management, broadacre cropping, pharmaceutical manufacturing and biosecurity. Managing these projects…

  • Tom Vassallo

    Project Manager Tom has many years’ experience in secondary school teaching, retail management, human resources, vocational education and training, learning and development consulting, delivery and assessment of Certificate IV Training and Assessment, developing training and assessment resources and project management. Over the last six years, Tom has successfully managed several major projects to review and…

  • Susie Falk

    Project Manager Susie has lived and worked in Australia, Asia and Europe. Her background is in the Education sector, where her focus was on curriculum development and implementation. During her years as an international educator Susie was regularly involved in the preparation and presentation of professional development workshops for teachers of international schools. Over the…

  • Rebecca Ford

    Project Manager Rebecca is a highly experienced industry skills specialist with over 25 years of working in the VET sector. Rebecca has managed many training package projects as an industry skills standards specialist and developed strong professional relationships with key stakeholders across the industries involved. Rebecca has extensive planning and reviewing skills which see training…

  • Ruth Geldard

    Project Manager Ruth has extensive experience in the vocational education and training sector, from working as a trainer/assessor to managing projects for the development and improvement of vocational qualifications, skill sets and units of competency. In her most recent role Ruth engaged and consulted with stakeholders across multiple industry sectors to establish national skills standards for…

  • Penny McQueen

    Project Manager Penny is a skilled project manager with instructional design, writing and editing expertise.Before joining Skills Insight, Penny worked as a project specialist in a multifaceted role working across 23 countries for multiple projects, including leading education and training initiatives to increase collaboration skills in Microsoft 365. While working most recently within the European…

  • Lucinda O’Brien

    Skills Standards Policy and People Manager Lucinda is an experienced industry skills standards specialist and has recently led several complex training package projects, including Meat Processing Stage 1 and Horse Care and excels in managing multi-faceted training package projects. Her expertise includes extensive knowledge of VET and working across a range of industry sectors with…

  • Cathy Beven

    Training Materials Project Manager Cathy has extensive experience in project management and in training and development spanning more than 25 years. She discovered her passion for teaching others while working for the Queensland Police Service. Her past experience includes working as a trainer and assessor, in quality and compliance and in RTO management. More recently…

  • Jess Cleary

    Stakeholder Engagement Manager Jess is a stakeholder engagement professional with experience managing stakeholder relationships in organisations in Australia and abroad. In her previous role as the Executive Officer of the NSW Industry Training Advisory Body (AFAM ITAB), Jess worked with industry to understand and communicate their vocational education and training (VET) needs. She supported the…

  • Diana McNaughton

    Stakeholder Engagement Manager Diana is an accomplished stakeholder management and engagement professional with over 30 years of experience working across various industries, including, furniture, leather and footwear, animal care and management, racing and breeding, and has established substantial and long-term connections. Diana’s entrepreneurial spirit shone through as a small business owner in the building and…

  • Debbie Knight

    Stakeholder Engagement Manager Debbie is an experienced policy and industry liaison manager who has worked in the agribusiness, food and fibre industries across Australia for the last 20 years. Before joining Skills Insight, Debbie worked for the Industry Skills Advisory Council Northern Territory for seven years, delivering workforce development initiatives across the vocational education and…

  • Andrew Horgan

    Stakeholder Engagement Manager Andrew is a skilled industry engagement manager who combines a sound knowledge of agriculture with extensive experience within the VET system. He is equally at ease talking with farmers in a paddock, engaging with education providers to promote flexibility in the delivery of training packages, and presenting at industry or VET conferences….

  • Tessa Spriggens

    Executive Manager Communications Tessa is an experienced communications professional with a background in communications strategy, copywriting, public relations, media relations, and digital marketing. At Skills Insight, she is responsible for leading internal and external communications, while also serving as a key member of the Skills Insight Executive Committee. Working closely with the CEO and Executive,…