Graduate Profiles

School of Business alumni are engaged in a diverse range of occupations, industries and localities. We have asked a few of our past graduates to outline what they are currently doing and will progressively add their information to the alumni website.

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 Lindsay Goding - Marketing and Promotions Executive, Phillip Island Nature Park

Lindsay graduated in 2003 with a double degree (B Applied Science - Human Movement/B Management) majoring in tourism and marketing in addition to taking Japanese language (such is the flexibility of our degree!). After graduating Lindsay was offered a number of positions but accepted a marketing assistant position at Phillip Island Nature Park. He soon became marketing coordinator and is now their Marketing and Promotions Executive. He has recently won a major tourism industry fellowship by Alliance Victoria, the peak industry representative body for tourism in Victoria.

From the Alliance Vic website:

"Tourism Alliance Victoria is delighted to announce the Lynette Bergin Tourism Fellowship, which is funded through member resources, will offer up to $8,000 to the applicant and a further $1,000 to the applicant's employer. The fellowship will be offered annually.

In naming the fellowship in honour of Lynette Bergin Tourism Alliance Victoria seeks to perpetuate the skills and contribution Lynette made to the industry and celebrate the guiding hand Lynette offered to many of the industry's new recruits.

The Fellowship seeks to promote skills and excellence among young people and new entrants into the tourism industry; and contribute to the continued development and growth of tourism."

Lindsay will spend his winnings on increasing his understanding the Chinese market from within China and enhancing his Chinese language skills.

Luke Harris, Duty Manager, Sofitel, Melbourne

Luke graduated in 2005 with a B Bus (Tourism), and after extensive experience throughout his degree (Reservations Manager, Ballarat Lodge in his final year), Luke was offered a position as Duty Manager at the Sofitel, Melbourne in late 2005.  Luke was the only member of staff from that property to be invited to apply for Accor's National Managers Training Program, where successful candidates are employed across three properties in an 18 month period.  Luke was successful in achieving this opportunity in May, this year and starts in his new appointment in Brisbane in early July - he then gets to manage his own Sydney based property if that goes well!
 

Dr Paul Miller

Paul Miller graduated from the School of Business in 1993. Paul's Business degree from the University of Ballarat has given him a wealth of opportunities and options. He has worked in industry for Shell Australia and Brace Education Training and Employment, in Federal Government as Small Business Officer with the Central Highlands Area Consultative Committee, and academia with the University of Ballarat as Research Officer in the School of Business. Currently Paul works part time in this role while also running his own Business Consultancy through which he provides business training in Marketing and Marketing Research.

Ms Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson attended the Mt Helen Campus of the School of Business during
the period 1996-1999 as a mature-age student. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Distinction) in 1999. Since that time she has been employed by the University of Ballarat, initially as a project manager but since 2001 as the Manager of the Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications. Helen is currently undertaking doctoral research where she is exploring the benefits that regional and rural communities secure through the utilisation of information and communications technologies.

Mr Ian Knox