Ivanhoe Citizen of the Year
Central Darling Shire Council
Recognition for sustained youth work, coaching and community contribution in remote NSW.
05About
Useful is a high standard.
I’m an educator, designer, software builder, author and practical systems thinker based in Australia.
The through-line
Notice what is stuck. Understand the system. Build the missing piece.
I began publishing websites and 3D work at seventeen. Across eighteen years of teaching, the same instinct has produced lessons and leadership—but also computer rooms, booking and feedback software, learning platforms, robots, a community youth centre, books, media workflows and staff development.
I hold a combined teaching and design degree from the University of Newcastle. I’ve taught from Years 5–12 across at least nine subject areas; led whole-school technology; run a web design business; coached one junior rugby league team to a grand final and another to a Nines title; and built a growing body of software, AI and publishing work.
Community work / primary evidence
Build the place. Do the work. Stay for the result.
CommunityContribution beyond the job
President
Ivanhoe Youth Centre
Secured grant support and led the fit-out of a multi-use sport, gym, computing, AV and gaming space.
Junior rugby league and soccer coach
Ivanhoe and Mullumbimby communities
Created rural sporting access, coached a Mullumbimby Giants U13 grand-final side and an U14 nines competition winner, and coached junior six-a-side soccer.
Community committee leadership
Ivanhoe Lions Club / Swimming Pool Committee
Served as Lions Club secretary and bulletin editor and as Swimming Pool Committee vice president.