EMERITUS Institute of Management

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Columbia Business School

MIT Sloan School of Management

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Cornell School of Hotel Administration

Strategically focused  -  High EQ/CQ  -  Web3, DAOs, Crypto  -  Brings clarity from Ambiguity

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Imagine the world’s largest collective of communities with the power to create a new health and well-being economy.

HUMN

Founder

Focused on scaling the networks and partnerships of New Zealand in North America.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Head Of Partnerships

Partnering with the CEO, I work to ensure his vision is delivered through the organization while ensuring that he has the latest information. As a trusted advisor, it is my responsibility to ensure that the D&I team is current and that the organization can tackle D&I in the most appropriate, timely, topical, and efficient way. Subject matter expert in center of excellence. Creating strategies for the global organization to translate overarching organization beliefs to regionally appropriate strategies.

Global Diversity and Inclusion Internal Strategist

SaaSy is a training and development organization that seeks to ensure greater access & inclusion in technology through scholarships and mentorship, in parallel to their commercial operations.  The DEI council is responsible for guiding leadership in the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion principles in all areas.

Working closely with the founding team my role is primarily to offer guidance and advice. Ensuring that all work is appropriate, timely and relevant.

SaaSy Sales Management

DEI Advisory Council

Created a diversity/inclusion program by challenging the CEO and organization leadership to think differently (ran concurrently with the Head of Services position).

-  Deployed design thinking methodologies to re-frame D&I for the organization, implement a first-ever D&I employee survey, and apply design thinking to D&I initiatives.
-  Data-driven; human-centric approach drove culture survey results upwards of 90% trust. Highly analytical in nature.
-  Directed large-scale strategic communication, governance, change management, and employee advocacy efforts across 5 different mediums and 9 regionally bespoke strategies.
-  Research program gained an impressive 84% participation rate across all 40 countries, 20+ languages, and 24 time zones.
-  Drove behaviors and buy-in via a 360 communications plan, advocacy, and building leadership relationships globally.
-  Deep understanding of privacy, DEI, GDPR, and employee engagement strategies.
-  Won the New Zealand Diversity Awards 2021 for leadership, plus recognized globally by Out&Equal and OutRight International.

Head of Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Led the consolidation of a portfolio of independent services through a 'think big' mindset.

Not afraid of debate and driving for change, I was recognized throughout the organization for program management, innovation, business analysis, and being an operations-focused leader. Regularly called out as an outstanding leader by my team, we quickly became high-performing and cohesive.

-  Consolidated of a portfolio of seven-plus independent services through a 'think big' mindset into a high-performance internal agency.
-  Influenced global stakeholder groups, streamlined processes/structures, incorporated design thinking to create new services, and developed international connections that led to thousands of hours saved globally.
-  Scaled the team of researchers, brand architects, advisers, outsource partners, and design thinkers from under 10 to over 80, to solve complex problems, execute large-scale projects, and export new approaches to the global enterprise.
-  Spearheaded a global re-engineering process that led to greater efficiencies across the international organization (9 regions), increasing portfolio utilization to over 70% from single-digit utilization.
-  Net promoter scores (NPS) and customer survey results improved from under 50% to over 90%.
-  Manage three international budgets closing within 2% of forecast finance figures.
-  Instigated a global technology solution that streamlined dozens of people networks into one system: managing contracting, engagement, onboarding, and branding – amongst other things.

Head of Services - North America

NZTE is a Government organization. Relocated to build vital professional networks to gain traction in North American markets for New Zealand. Created trusting relationships with business leaders and partners globally. Taking a program that had been ignored for several years and breathing life into again. Focusing on digital innovation, communication, consumer research, and detailed operations management, I quickly turned the North American program around from the worst-performing to the best performing by several multiples.

-  Generated triple-digit growth in YoY program utilization and boosted network size for New Zealand by 1,500% over three years.
-  Led the project in partnership with the CEO, that instituted new cultural values globally.
-  Re-branded the program from the ground up; language, look and feel design, and concept to better fit the audience.
-  Increased engagement levels for both advisers and NZTE teams through a new decentralized strategy.
-  Decreased latency and increased efficiency by removing barriers and redefining the program/processes to better meet the organization's needs through a continuous improvement model.

Head of Networks and Influence - North America

Hired by a global advertising/brand agency to support the CEO/executive team in delivering winning client strategies and pitches and orchestrated across internal/external teams to create holistic pitches while crafting strategy documents that resonated with prospective clients. I was responsible for all client finance and budgeting across multiple clients; I always grew business, profits, and client impact.

Contagion

Senior Account Director

SIMON is my passion project; it is designed to equip today's leaders with the tools required to ensure their organization is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Over the years it has evolved and refined as I have learned and grown.

In today's divided world and the midst of an inspiring and momentous civil rights movement in the United States, leaders need to ensure they are topical and not typical. SIMON is about understanding that success is directly correlated to your people regardless of business strategy, goals, investors, M&A, or anything else.

-  Global DEI trainer, educator, and influencer.
-  Developed a new design thinking framework to work within DEI initiatives.
-  Work with CEOs, Founders, and executive teams to guide them on their DEI journey.
-  Sit on multiple DEI councils.
-  Designed a program called The Hero Division which was designed to create impact through those that had the greatest social reach.
-  The Hero Division was contracted by a production company as a potential new TV reality series.

Simon

SIMON

Founded, led, and grew a corporate wellness company that designed and implemented high-impact programs. Built trusting relationships with client executive teams and employees which created “internal buzz” and widespread program adoption.

- Successfully doubled wellness program participation within Energy Australia.

Life4u

Joined one of the world’s largest full-service advertising agencies to lead 6 – 10 simultaneous projects for Myer Australia’s fashion and cosmetics verticals.

Simon Court