A husband, father and veteran I once worked in Emergency Coordination internationally for United Nations agencies and NGO’s (with contributions of evidence towards war crime prosecutions and convictions, large scale distributions and humanitarian rights interventions): in between stints commercial diving.
Following a break in television film and advertising production, I become a Maritime Medical Consultant covering Asia, Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA). Then an Emergency Management Officer, activating for over 22 national disaster responses in Aotearoa.
Following near a year stranded in the paradise of Koh Phangan during the global Covid lockdown I became the greater Wellington region Covid response logistics manager, establishing and commissioning over 120 testing and vaccination sites across the region. More recently I was engaged contractually as a national Program Manager implementing a ministerial approved strategy for a National Hepatitis C Elimination Program.
In April 2025 I graduated from being a full time Master of Technological Futures (MTF) student with a charitable project (Health Network Collective) enabling our whanau (family), kaiawhina (peers) and non-regulated workforce improved contribution to global access to health. Micro-credentialing with a systemized framework for global implementation. Targeting marginalized, low socio-economic, ethnic and general populations supplementing existing health structures and systems.
I have also near completed my first novel. A biography “Wasted in a War Zone“. Available on Amazon soon.
I’m always on the lookout for ‘the next thing’, and welcome any leads requests or offers.
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