Rebecca Paget
Graduation from New South Wales University, Interned in 2009 at Protech & at Harris Farm Markets,Innovation Technologist at George Weston Technologies in 2009, Presently Events Manager at Centre of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), UNSW since 2008
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Skills: | Business, Copyrights, Design, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Intellectual Property, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Patents, Product design, Public speaking, Trademarks, Writing |
| Location: | Sydney |
| Groups: | Peter Farrell Cup 2009 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | entrepreneurs societies, events, food, food science, ideas, Networking, social entrepreneurship, sydney, university |
| Schools: | University of New South Wales |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), UNSW |
| Position: | Events Manager |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Events management for guest speaker events and networking functions
Design and manage print promotions Recognise growth opportunities inline with strategic direction of CIE |
| Employer: | Harris Farm Markets |
| Position: | Business Development Intern |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2009 |
| Description: | 3 month placement working on a financial model for a proposed business to commercialise fertilizer made from fruit and vegetable waste material. Gained media attention from Business Review Weekly and The Australian will do a follow up article soon. |
| Employer: | Protech |
| Position: | Research internship |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | Project to develop methods to protect cheese starter cultures during freeze drying |
| Employer: | George Weston Technologies |
| Position: | Innovation Technologist |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | 14 week Industry Practicum alternative pathway for one student per year taking Honours.
Projects owned: Quality– evaluating whole-of-process contributing to shelf life of a hotplate product (Thesis work) New product development – incorporating particulates and modifying preservation systems in bakery products Projects assisted with: Intellectual property – preservation systems in meat. Analytical measurements of wheat grain and flour |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of New South Wales |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Diploma in Innovation Management |
| University: | University of New South Wales |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Food Science and Technology |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Jogging |
| Hobbies: | Meeting people and conversation, Reading (fiction and non fiction),Audio books,Violin |
| Awards: | AIFST Student Product Development Competition : Respresented UNSW at the AIFST Convention and took second place
Young Achievers Australia – Manufacturing Manger : Won the ‘best product’ national award Mitsui Challenge : One of four final candidates to represent Australia in a sponsored tour of Japan |
Rebecca's Contacts (6)
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Elias Attia
Law student, intern diplomacy training centre UNSW (www.dtp.unsw.edu.au) , Editor/recruiter: MV Media unit, formerly AMCRAN researcher and consulted for various organisations
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Jonathan Marshall
Bachelor of Economics from University of Sydney (1991), Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University (2002), Channel Leader at GE Commercial Finance (2008), Managing Director at PLATARIS since 2007.
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