Jon has established a unique professional skill set from 20 years global experience starting as an NCAA Student-athlete and graduating from Nova South Eastern University, Florida, USA as a Bachelor of Business Administration. Continuing his affiliation with elite level sport Jon also completed an Elite Athlete Mentoring degree from the Australian College of Applied Psychology as part of his post graduate study. Jon represented Australia at the World University Games, whilst also playing professional basketball in Australian & New Zealand National Leagues following his international collegiate journey and understands the world and business of sport on a global scale. As an astute strategic thinker, he serves Leaders of Evolution (LoE) in the portfolio areas of commercial partnerships, business model innovation, sales and marketing. This role has enabled LoE to acquire and service a diverse global client base, inclusive of Essendon Football Club, Gold Coast Suns, Special Olympics Australia as well programme delivery with NCAA institutions, such as Syracuse University, San Francisco State University, James Madison University and East Carolina University. His exceptional interpersonal skills propel Jon in establishing meaningful connections with C-Suite executives, professional athletes and coaches, student-athletes, minority groups, as well as entry level professionals, interns and the wider community. Jon’s learning and development has resulted in multiple onsite collaborative sessions with Google and YouTube in 2018 and 2019, and most recently LoE was accepted into Amazon Web Services (AWS) EdTech Accelerator Program. His LoE EdTech commentary has been published in Sports Business Journal, Channel 9 News, Herald Sun newspaper and Triple M radio. Jon resides on the shores of Australia’s beautiful Gold Coast where he spends his time off surfing, fishing and enjoying the outdoors.