Judging Panel

Len Norman

Judging Coordinator

Len spent 33 years in IBM where he established a reputation for innovation in the management of diverse areas such as Education, Call Centre Management, Software Development and Human Resources. Earlier in his career, his direct support of customers earned him a personal letter from the IBM Chairman of the Board in New York.

Nasir Butrous

Nasir is an Associate Professor in Management at Australian Catholic University. As the foundation Head of School of Business Qld (1999-2004) he initiated the school’s engagement with ABW working with local schools in their preparation for the global challenge. In addition to his present role as McAuley Campus Community Engagement Coordinator actively building linkages with the wider community, Dr Butrous’ research interests include Management and Leadership, Strategic Decision-Making, and Ethical Business Leadership.

Damien Clark

Damien Clark is a Service Manager with QBE Insurance Group Limited in Melbourne. QBE is one of the top 25 insurers and reinsurers worldwide and is an Australian listed company with operations in 47 countries and more than 13,000 staff.

Gordon Philp

Gordon has spent 25 years in sales and sales management in the I.T. industry, working for companies such as NEC, Unisys and SAP partners. The past 8 years he has been a trainer for Learning and Development company ASK Learning and most recently as National Sales Manager for ASK.

Joel Ang

Currently teaching Stage 1 and 2 Mathematics. I have also played the piano since I was 4 years old. I have a Bachelor of Financial Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) (Industrial and Applied Mathematics), and Graduate Diploma in Education. On top of that, I also have the AMusA for piano. Whilst in university, I spent a summer working at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation at Edinburgh, SA and have also been a recipient of the ICE-EM/AMSI student summer vacation scholarship in 2006.

Julian Ridden

Julian Ridden has two occupations. Until recently was the IT Knowledge Services Manager for Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview. However, and it’s not that surprising, has finally found a way of turning his hobby into a career by joining the Australian Moodle Partner.

Amanda King

Amanda has experienced teaching both in Australia and the United Kingdom. She is currently the Head of the Business and Humanities Faculty at Hunter Valley Grammar School, a position she has held for 13 years.

Tom King

Tom King is Managing Director of A.S.K Learning’s Asia business. He joined the company when it
commenced operations in 1998, originally working in a Business Development capacity.

Tom was successful in establishing new opportunities with a number of large companies that
continue to this day to be key clients of A.S.K Learning. For example, he initiated and managed
relationships with QANTAS, St George Bank, IBM, EMC, Symantec, Canon, Toyota, Sony and
Harvey Norman.