Organization: Undisclosed NBA Franchise

Job title: Director of Performance Research & Development

Season started: 2016

Professional Experience: 16

Nationality: Australia

Skills: Research & Development, Sports Scientist, Strength & Conditioning

Educational Experience

Institute	Degree	Major Department	Date From	Date To	Current
Australian Catholic University	Ph. D.	Exercise Physiology/Applied Sports Science	2011-01-01	2014-01-01	No
The University of Texas at Austin	M.S.	Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology	2009-01-01	2011-01-01	No
University of Technology Sydney	B.A.	Human Movement Studies	2005-01-01	2008-01-01	No

Experience Details

Company	Title	Summary	Date From	Date To	Current
Oklahoma City Thunder	Director of Performance Research & Development | Human & Player Performance	Sports Scientist & Strength Coach-------I currently work with professional rugby league athletes, managing the clubs Sports Science program along with providing additional coaching support with other strength and conditioning staff. Our sports science program aims to quantify all training/match stressors and monitor how individual athletes are responding to these stressors. In collaboration with other physical performance coaches, this information is applied to produce well-informed, individualized training programs within the team setting. In my role as a strength coach, I work closely with strength and conditioning and medical staff to coach and implement a performance based strength program, with a large injury prevention focus. During the 2015 season, the physical performance program at Wests Tigers contributed to achieving the lowest yearly injury incidence in the clubs 15-year history.	2020-01-01		No
University of Technology Sydney	Senior Lecturer | Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation	Sports Scientist / Assistant Strength Coach ( -------In this multi-faceted role, I was responsible for day-to-day sports science data collection, analysis and interpretation, along with implementing and overseeing the club's athletic performance research program, in addition to coaching athletes within the clubs strength and conditioning program. During my time in this role, I developed systems for load management (integrating external and internal load measures) and strategies to assess individual athletes fatigue responses to the overall training program. These processes have led to enhanced training load management, providing objective data to assist coaching and programming decisions. As a strength coach, I built a strong trusting relationship with players, allowing me to develop each athlete's skills during strength training sessions. During my time at the club, a greater emphasis was placed on the quality of strength training, leading to improved strength/power and injury prevention. I was also involved in the development of a targeted performance nutrition program, to optimize the timing and macronutrient content of player's meals around training and matches. As part of the management and implementation of the club's high performance research program, I mentored a number of sports scientists and supervised multiple research projects focusing on enhancing athletic performance and player availability. In addition to in-house sports science projects, I was involved in league wide research	2019-01-01		No
Oklahoma City Thunder	Senior Performance Science Lead | Human & Player Performance	Southern Methodist University Soccer, -------In collaboration with the head coach, I design and administer strength & conditioning programs across all phases of the collegiate soccer season. This involves planning the periodization of all training, and specific programming of strength, speed and conditioning sessions. Feedback from coaches has suggested that player engagement has increased significantly since the introduction of my programming.	2016-01-01	2020-01-01	No
Wests Tigers Rugby League Pty Ltd	Sports Scientist & Strength Coach	Sports Scientist / Assistant Strength Coach ( -------In this multi-faceted role, I was responsible for day-to-day sports science data collection, analysis and interpretation, along with implementing and overseeing the club's athletic performance research program, in addition to coaching athletes within the clubs strength and conditioning program. During my time in this role, I developed systems for load management (integrating external and internal load measures) and strategies to assess individual athletes fatigue responses to the overall training program. These processes have led to enhanced training load management, providing objective data to assist coaching and programming decisions. As a strength coach, I built a strong trusting relationship with players, allowing me to develop each athlete's skills during strength training sessions. During my time at the club, a greater emphasis was placed on the quality of strength training, leading to improved strength/power and injury prevention. I was also involved in the development of a targeted performance nutrition program, to optimize the timing and macronutrient content of player's meals around training and matches. As part of the management and implementation of the club's high performance research program, I mentored a number of sports scientists and supervised multiple research projects focusing on enhancing athletic performance and player availability. In addition to in-house sports science projects, I was involved in league wide research	2014-01-01	2016-01-01	No
Southern Methodist University	Strength & Conditioning Consultant | Soccer	initiatives through -------In this role I was primarily responsible for investigating and planning the clubs extensive altitude and hypoxic training program. Additionally, I assisted in the implementation of strength & conditioning programs and was involved in collection, analysis, interpretation and communication of day-to-day sports science data. The research I conducted as a PhD candidate led to an improved understanding of how team-sport athletes respond to pre-season altitude training camps and intermittent hypoxic training. Communicating my research outcomes to high performance staff, the football director and the head coach enabled these key stakeholders to make decisions about the prescription of hypoxic training for all athletes. Decisions made in the context of my research outcomes resulted in improved physical preparation and a re-direction of funds away from expensive altitude training camps, in order to focus on other areas of physical and mental preparation. This was the first time Collingwood Football Club had undertaken a structured research program which led to a continuing research program within the physical performance/football program.New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin, Sports Scientist During the 2014 State of Origin series I was involved in the design and implementation of an applied sports science program, to assist athletes and coaches during NSW's preparation. This involved development and implementation of individualized athlete monitoring systems, to assist the prescription of training throughout training camps and ensure all of this information is relayed back to players' home clubs, for seamless integration between athletic preparation at club and representative level. The implementation of a new coaching and physical performance during the 2014 state of origin series led to NSW winning their first series in 8 years.University of Texas Intercollegiate Athletics, Austin, USA (2010 - 2011)	2013-01-01	2016-01-01	No
Collingwood Football Club	Sports Scientist / Assistant Strength Coach	Women's Soccer ( -------During my time at the University of Texas, I established an athlete management system for the Women's Soccer team, which had not previously been attempted within this program. This fatigue management model involved load quantification, monitoring of perceptual fatigue/wellness and regular assessment of neuromuscular fatigue using the inertial load cycling method. A unique feature of this system was rapid identification of abnormal responses, using an individualized z-score analysis. The management model that I developed, and my interpretation of the data, was used to make decisions about training and playing loads for the active players. The fatigue management model was subsequently published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, which led to replication and attempts at further development by other international sporting teams.	2011-01-01	2014-01-01	No
The University of Texas at Austin	Sports Scientist	My role as a strength and conditioning intern involved assisting in the implementation of the athletic performance program throughout the 2009-2010 collegiate basketball season. This included coaching of-------basketball specific strength and running sessions, as well as providing support during basketball practice, particular throughout the pre-season phase (basketball sessions supervised by the strength & conditioning team, when contact with coaches was restricted under NCAA rules). During this period, I developed an understanding unique athletic and scheduling challenges associated with elite collegiate basketball competition.	2009-01-01	2011-01-01	No
Souths Sydney Rabbitohs	Strength & Conditioning Coach	National Youth Competition (NYC; under 20 y) -------In this all-encompassing role, I was responsible for the design and implementation of the physical preparation program for all NYC athletes. This involved close collaboration with the head coach to plan and periodize training and constant planning with medical and rehabilitation staff to ensure the best performance outcomes for all athletes. I was also responsible for the management of strength & conditioning, rehabilitation and sports science interns. Nine athletes from this squad have gone on to have successful (many continuing) careers with various NRL teams, which is well above the league average.	2006-01-01	2009-01-01	No