Greater Perth Area
If you have the Ability to help. You have the Responsibility to act. I am the Founder of The SEP Tool, a software program that assists teachers and professionals best monitor and track the wellbeing of their students. I am passionate about disability support, education, wellbeing, and skill development for all. I have spent my career supporting organisations, schools, and research institutions deliver effective services to vulnerable populations. I also have business interests across Social Impact Research, Education & Wellbeing Technology, Fashion & the Performing Arts. I hold a Psychology with Honours Degree from Curtin University, and a Certificate IV in Business Operations. I commenced a Post-Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics at University of Melbourne, completing the first semester at a High Distinction, with the view of articulating into the Master of Biostatistics. However business opportunities arose which led me to withdraw from the degree. I own Heaton Fletcher, which holds majority interest in The SEP Tool & SUPA (Wellbeing & Education Technologies), The Centre for Applied Research, Evaluation & Innovation (Social Impact Research), & SMG Innovation (Software Development). This work led me to be a board member of a school in my community, John Tonkin College ESC from 2017 - 2021. I also hold a majority stake in The Treasury Group. TG's portfolio focuses on Fashion & Performing Arts, wholly owning NY Fashion. Initially focused on being successful in ballroom dance suiting in Australia, it has expanded internationally and is a global leading brand in the Ballroom Dancing space. I also work as a Ballroom dance teacher. I am accredited with DanceSport Australia, having also sat on its board at the WA Branch level. I have been on the organising committee for WA's biggest ballroom dancing championships - the WA State Championships for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. As a dance teacher I focus on developing dancing in individuals who have a disability. I a very proud of the effect dancing has had on my students each of them becoming more confident in themselves, improving their relationship skills, physical and mental skills, broadening their social skills. My students have been very successful on the competition circuit. Highlight results include: - Australian Para-dance Ballroom Champion - Australian Vision Impaired Ballroom Champion - Australian Special Needs Ballroom Champion - Australian Under 21 Teacher/Student Ballroom Champion - Australian Adult Teacher/Student Ballroom Champion - Australian Over 55 Teacher/Student Ballroom Champion
NY Fashion International is a Male fashion house servicing the ballroom dance industry. We currently operate in Australia, New Zealand, USA, England, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Poland, France, Ukraine and China. Its primary service, made to measure Ballroom Suits has been worn by more than 40 World and National Champions past & present, and numerous world and national finalists across every age division. At the recent World championships in 2025, NY had more suits worn in each age group final than any other brand, which included, the Under 16, 19, and 21 Champions, 1st- 4th of the Rising Star events, the World Adult Champion, and World Professional Champion. Our Story: We opened our doors in January 2021, then called NY Australia, a branch of NY Fashion China (where the manufacturing house is located). We became the dominant dancewear brand in Australia & New Zealand by June 2022. Opportunity arose due to our success and future strategic direction which allowed us to re-organise the entirety of the business. We took on the new role of being the global distributor utilizing a hybrid sales agent/drop shipping/ and franchise-like model to expand overseas. This allowed us to organically grow without large amounts of capital. By using pre-existing relationships, strategic sponsorships, and technology, we were able to expand successfully using only digital means. This process allows efficient communication and delivery between our agents positioned around the world, and our manufacturing house. Our Future Currently we sell in excess of 500 practice-wear items and 50-75 suits a quarter. Our future is to continue to expand into Europe (specifically the UK), and New Zealand, create an attractive B2B program, increase suit sales to 300 PY and practice-wear item sales to 3000 PY, We look to invest heavily into further bespoke technology that will streamline all elements of our business processes, logistics, marketing and sales.
★ What is the SEP Tool? The Socio-Emotional Profile Tool, is an innovative online hub that provides teachers with the resources to understand, personalise, record, analyse, and advise on their students’ socio-emotional progress. ★ How does it work? SEP allows a rich understanding of student’s wellbeing. It measures their effort displayed in school, attitude towards activities, emotional regulation, connectedness to the school environment, and participation in the community. Through the SEPTracker, school staff are able to track their students' wellbeing in realtime, receiving actionable notifications to support students. By utilising school data, rich qualitative notes, and quantitative data inputted by staff, SEP automatically generates reports that help best tell each student’s story. The reports provide: • Quantitative statistics indicating student wellbeing • Statistical comparisons to peers • Individual trends and patterns across school terms • Qualitative interpretations of performance embedded in latest research • Technical breakdown based on the 5 categories that underlie wellbeing • Opportunities for continued development • Strategies for improvement ★ Development of the SEP Tool The SEP was developed to meaningfully measure and understand wellbeing with the teachers, education assistants, staff, and students at John Tonkin College Education Support Centre (JTCESC) in Mandurah, Western Australia. The SEP Tool team will be forever grateful for the support, advice, and assistance that JTCESC has offered in the development of The SEP Tool.
Through an Investment fund offered by the State Government, I founded the Centre for Applied Research, Evaluation & Innovation (CAREi) in the hope to effectively translate research and methodology into the not-for-profit and education sectors. CAREi’s aim is to provide insight into the positive impact Evaluation, Quality Assurance and Innovation can have on community based organisations. We focus on the successful translation of evidence from the Research & University Sector into the community to help solve problems facing vulnerable members. Our mission is to bring about social change and enrich the quality of life, well-being, and skill development for all. CAREi achieves this goal by offering the following services: • Quality Assurance - Research Officer Retainer Packages • Program Evaluation Monitoring Frameworks • Evaluation, Strategic and Implementation Projects • Grant & Tender Application Services • Applied Research Services • Innovation Training and Support • Survey, Scale & Measure Development • Qualitative & Quantitative Data Analysis and Assistance • Organisational training in Data Analysis and Research Methodology • Undergraduate Applied Statistical tutoring and Research Methodology Training • Postgraduate Applied Statistical tutoring and Research Methodology Training • General Statistical Consultancy for Theoretical and Applied Research Projects We have worked with a range of organisations and private health professionals, including primary, secondary, and specialist schools, not-for-profit health and education organisations (with a particular focus on the disability sector), universities and hospitals.
As an Applied Research Consultant I assisted NPO's, Schools, HDR students and Health Professionals in utilising appropriate research methodology to gain insight into issues facing the community. Below is a list services that I offered: • Questionnaire design and data collection methods • Study design (experimental, quasi-experimental, qualitative and mixed-method designs) • Choice of sample size • Data management and data integrity • Analysis strategies • Interpretation of analyses and statistical reasoning • Communication of statistical findings tailored to particular audiences • High quality graphical and tabular representations of data • Critical review of research and reasoning