QUT MBA & EMBA
Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating 30years of the QUT MBA Program
and 20years of the QUT Executive MBA Program
Outstanding
Alumni
Dave Stewart
Director General,
Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet Graduated MBA 1994
• Fellow of Engineers Australia
• Honorary Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.
Martin Moore
Founder, Your CEO Mentor Graduated MBA 2003
Courageous leader with outstanding business acumen
• Founder, Your CEO Mentor - Professional Training & Coaching
• Chief Executive Officer, CS Energy 2013-2018
• Martin has held senior executive roles in sales and marketing, finance, strategy, & IT, working
for leading companies such as Aurizon,
National Transport Insurance & Mt Isa Mines
Gary Rayner
Co-founder and President, Interpreta Graduated MBA 2004
The sky’s the limit for serial entrepreneur & innovator
Founder & CEO of Lifeproof, founder of
DriveCam (now Lytx) & founder of OpalTech
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, San Diego - 2013
Most Admired CEO Award,
San Diego Business Journal - 2012
Wayne Denning
Founder and Managing Director, Carbon Creative Graduated MBA 2006
Giving a positive voice to Indigenous Australians
Initiated the STEM.I.AM project for Australian Indigenous youth
Special Excellence Award for Achievements and Contributions to Indigenous Communities, QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards - 2017
Deputy Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive
Danielle Duell
Founder and CEO, People With Purpose Graduated MBA 2009
Business leader, strategist & entrepreneur
• Founder & CEO of People With Purpose
• Co-founder of Riverlife Adventure Centre
• Founder of Australian Harvard Women
• Inaugural CEO of Graham Turner's private companies, now known as the Spicers Group
Mandy Ross
Chief Information Officer, Tatts Group Graduated MBA 2009
Leading Innovation with Mandy Ross
• Named in BI Australia’s Tech 100 – 2016
• Boss Young Executive of the Year – 2015
• CEO Magazine runner-up CIO of the Year – 2015
“The MBA help me to “round out” my skills
and knowledge as an executive level technologist.
This gave me the foundations required to take on larger roles”
Sandra Mau
CEO and Founder, Trademark Vision Graduated MBA 2010
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner, QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards – 2018
• Voted one of Australia's top 100 most influential engineers by Engineers Australia – 2015
• QUT MBA Director’s Award – 2010
• Founding chair of IEEE QLD Women in Engineering
Paul Quilliam
Graduated Executive MBA 2010
Visionary & advocate for social good
• Winner of AMBA 2019 Award MBA
Entrepreneurial Venture (nor-for-profit sector)
• Vice Chair, International Children’s Palliative Care Network
• Co-founder - Humming Bird House Foundation
• Australian of the Year: 2017 Queensland Local Hero finalist
Mike Tristram
CEO, Trisco Foods Pty Ltd Graduated MBA 2012
Passion for personal growth
• I believe food brings families (and friends)
together. I'm passionate about a great many things related to food bringing joy into peoples lives.
• Over the last few years Trisco and the Precise
brand have achieved some remarkable things, not least of which is the innovation of the worlds
greatest technology that helps people with swallowing disorders eat and drink safely.
Cameron Jones
Founder, Catalyst Collective Graduated MBA 2017
Refusing to accept the limitations others impose
• Founder of Catalyst Collective, a non-for-profit venture aimed at helping people with disability to take control of their lives
• QUT Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur in Residence – 2018
• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence
• MBA Director’s Award
Timothy Larsen
Managing Director, SmartBlox Graduated Executive MBA 2017
From Executive MBA to Innovator
• Global Business Challenge winner - 2017
• Founder & Managing Director of SmartBlox – an innovative start-up providing portable solar energy solutions
Dennis Mulherin
Executive Director, Lutheran Education Queensland Graduated Executive MBA 2017
From Executive MBA to Executive Director
“Without it [QUT EMBA], I certainly wouldn’t have had the confidence to apply for the role I am in now. I love having the capacity to be accountable for the decisions that need to be made whilst
leading an amazing team. Being able to
influence the future of the organisation is exciting but also daunting!”
Suzanne Greenwood
CEO, Catholic Health Australia Graduated Executive MBA 2018
High profile senior executive and ethics advocate
• Chaired the Human Research Ethics
Committee (HREC) for multiple QLD Hospitals
• Member of the Australian Government’s Clinical Trials Advisory Committee
• Former Chief Executive of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia
• Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Lawyer of the Year - 2017
