I am a development assistance specialist and offer broad management and development experience and intimate knowledge of donor systems. My work involves program direction and project team leadership, institutional development and strengthening, governance and capacity building, human resources, training, evaluation and learning systems. I have a PhD in Occupational and Spatial Analysis and Curriculum Design, Masters (Honours) in Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning and Evaluation (TVET), a post-graduate BLitt in Social Geography and Development, Bachelor in Human and Applied Physical Geography, and Economics, and teaching and training certification. I have managed and advised on programs in developing and transitional countries, and have managed budgets of up to $100 million in roads and highways, land administration and resettlement, and education, mostly in decentralised systems. I have 13-years of experience as a Team Leader and Program Director, and managing key project components on assignments for the ILO, EU, UNOPS, IFAD, UNDP, UNDG, OECF, FINIDA, ASSAG, AIDAB, AusAID, DFAT, KfW, WB, ADB, DFID, and NZAID, during peace, conflict, and post-conflict. I have authored and co-authored professional papers, a small business textbook, and a novel and short story collection. I received a World Bank Group Award for Excellence in the Thailand Land Titling Project for significant development impact through outstanding client responsiveness, professionalism, partnership, teamwork, innovation and cost-effectiveness. In 1992, I was a member of the BHP Engineering Thailand Land Titling Project team that received the Australian Excellence In Surveying Award. In 1969 I received a fellowship from the "Joint Study for the Transport Process", sponsored by the PNG Department of Transport and the Australian government. I was a finalist in the 2017 Australian Leadership Excellence Awards (ALEAs), which celebrate the contributions and achievements of outstanding leaders and managers in Australia.