Built on the power of potential, the Enid Dowling Foundation provides a unique opportunity for young people to pursue their political and professional goals. At the 2013 LNP Convention I was honoured to be selected as a recipient of the bursary along with my long time FNQ friend, Laney McLaren. The Enid Dowling Foundation provided […]

The Enid Dowling Foundation Bursary’s mission is to support exceptional individual initiative, innovation and leadership to advance the social or economic development of Queenslanders, and to promote public service and engagement in the political process. In 2013 I was honoured to be selected as an inaugural recipient of the Enid Dowling Foundation Bursary along with […]

It was great to connect with the folk at Harris Media LLC in Austin.  Harris Media LLC is the on of America’s leading digital public affairs firms. I connected with CEO/President Vincent Harris a few weeks ago in Washington DC.  Vincent has worked on the digital side of three Presidential races, having run all online […]

My few weeks here in Oklahoma are coming to an end. It’s been a real privilege to work for and get to know candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate T.W. Shannon. Incumbent Senator Dr Tom Coburn is retiring at the end of the year, and this primary is certainly a close contest. […]

Today I talked with Viki Forrest, CEO of Anza technology Network. Viki has spent the past decade working with hundreds of companies exploring business opportunities in the US market. There are more than 6,000 industry professionals who make up the ANZA Technology Network that work with Viki to make valuable connections. ANZA clients ad partners […]

Faculty and alumni of Stanford have founded companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo! $2.7 trillion in annual revenue is generated from former Standord staff and Alumni. This is equivalent to the 10th largest economy in the world. Stanford is also one of the highest producers of members of the United States Congress.

Last week US Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee joined with Governor Sarah Palin (and 3000 of their closest Oklahoman friends!) to rally in support of US Senate candidate T.W. Shannon. I’ve had a fair bit of experience with political events, so this was an opportunity for me to really contribute.  And I’ve learned from […]

ScriptRock is cloud-based configuration management helping enterprise users track and control system configurations to guarantee reliability and security. Originally based in Sydney, ScriptRock landed $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Facebook board member, PayPal co-founder and technology startup investor Peter Thiel. It was the first time he had backed an Australian company. […]

San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”) was founded on June 29, 1776, by Spanish colonists after establishing a fort and mission near the Golden Gate. The city went through rapid growth in 1849 due to the California Gold Rush. As did hopeful workers flock to the western coast city to mine, scores of ‘techies’ now […]

I think it’s time for an update from Oklahoma! It’s a bit of a long story of how I’ve found myself in the Sooner State.  It all started last year when I was attending the Campaigns & Elections Art of Political Campaigning conference in Washington DC where I connected with one of the guest speakers […]