Mick is a systems engineering practitioner and is legally qualified. He is an Adjunct Professor in USC Engineering. He has greater than 50 years’ experience and still active in Defence systems in Air, Land, Sea, Special Forces, recognised in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering domains. Mick additionally has experience with Border Protection Service, and Antarctic Division in capability development.
He has held senior executive and engineering appointments including the position of Chief Engineer and Principal Scientist and worked for a period at the International Telecommunication Union, a UN agency. Academic Qualifications include PhD Electrical Engineering, Juris Doctor, MBA Technology Management, Master Commercial Law, Aviation and Maritime, Bachelor Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communications Certificate and Electrical Tradesman. He is semi-retired a Registered Professional Engineer Queensland, Fellow of Institute of Engineers Australia and Fellow in Innovation, Creativity and Capital with the University of Texas.
He conducts training in the aquaculture aspects of Permaculture and operated a property on the Sunshine Coast with his wife Janet winning an Australia Day award for the environment. His PhD included working in the Solar Laboratories in the UNSW and has applied his experience in implementing a solar farm on the SC property. Currently he is contributing to a Rotary project in PNG that intends providing medical facilities to a remote village. In conjunction with Janet, they intend training teachers in Outdoor Classrooms and village elders in Permaculture with a focus on energy and water sustainability.