Key Staff

From our perspective, a great outcome was achieved with everything. You guys have been excellent!

Alexis Beckwith
Human Resources Director
AVIVA

Easygoing, approachable and highly aware of the clients’ needs.

Dianne Adamo
Senior Manager, Organisational Development
Savings & Loans Credit Union

Professional, client-focused, methodical.

Vicky Dimanopoulos
A/Employee Relations Manager
Insurance Commission of WA

Thanks for all your assistance over the past few months - it has been great to work with such an efficient and friendly bunch of people. Des - a special thanks for all you have done up here, it is going exceptionally well thanks to you and Ian - thanks for multiple emails with all the stats., impressive work.

Daryll Hinde
Office of the CEO
Gold Coast City Council

Thank you for your help in designing and analysing our survey data… it has proved to be an extremely useful and beneficial tool

General Manager, Human Resources
National Finance Company

The success of TAC Insurance was very much a team effort… I was fortunate in having a fine team working with me. Quantum's achievements are widely acknowledged outside of TAC Insurance and have played a major role in developing a very professional workforce.

Leon M L'Huillier
Ex-Chairman & CEO
TAC Insurance

Quantum's surveys are the BMW of the survey world.

Bill Brooks
General Manager, Service Centre
Suncorp - Metway

Quantum has done a great job in working with SA Water and delivering presentations to our senior managers. David has been highly regarded by the senior managers and his communication and explanations were clear and thorough

Human Resource Project Manager
South Australian Water Corporation

I am delighted with the partnership approach and feel of the service from Quantum. Thank you for the excellent support. Also with Quantum's service and pro-active approach. It's a pleasure to work with you.

Karen Buckingham
Senior Organisational Development Consultant
Western Power

Excellent work by the Quantum team in the face of some challenging circumstances.

Organisational Development Project Manager
NSW Energy Company

One of the best service providers I deal with. Always provide an excellent service, readily accessible and nothing is too difficult, Quantum does a fantastic job.

Mark Smith
Head of Business Services
Police and Nurses Credit Society

The service provided by all Quantum staff was exceptional. All staff were professional and responsive to my needs at all times. Congratulations.

Helen O'Reilly
Executive Manager, Employee Relations
NSW Teacher's Credit Union

Excellent. A dedicated, customer focused company, which delivers superior performance. Quantum is a wonderful company to work with. Requests are always met promptly, staff are accessible at all times, are responsive and deadlines are always met.

Kate Scott
Organisational Development Project Manager
CSL Limited

About Us

News

HR Summit Brisbane, October 2011

This will be Quantum's third year sponsoring and exhibiting at the HR Summit Brisbane.

We will be delivering a paper on Measuring and Managing Organisational Culture.

We also look forward to catching up with our Brisbane Clients.

Dr Des Tubridy

Role: Director - Client Services

Qualifications: Des Tubridy

Doctor of Business Administration (International School of Management) (Paris / New York / Tokyo / Shanghai, 2007)
Summer School (Temple University) (Tokyo,2008)
Creating Business Value (Harvard Residential Program) (Boston, 2004)
MBA (Henley Business School, Reading University) (UK, 1999)
Building Mkt Focused Organisations (University of Melbourne, Stanford Program, 1996)
Grad. Dip. Bus. (Deakin) (Australia, 1987)
Dip. Bus. (East London University) (UK, 1979)
Summer School (St John's University) (New York, 2000)
Chinese Economics (Fudan University) (Shanghai, 2009)

Career Summary:

Des commenced his career as a Human Resources Co-ordinator with Bass Plc, the UK’s largest brewery group. He then joined their Belgium subsidiary, Alexis Lichine/Stella Artois. Nationally, he has worked for AMCOR as an Industrial Relations Manager and has subsequently held roles as General Manager, Human Resources with Bonlac Foods (now Fonterra) and TAC Insurance. He is an accredited MBTI trainer and has published and presented 92 articles and conference papers.

Des’s MBA thesis at Henley Business School focused on Organisational Change theories and their application to Australian Business. His doctoral thesis related to Employee Engagement theories and their application to Municipal Government.

Ian Bycroft

Role: Director - Operations

Qualifications:

B. Sc. (Pure Mathematics and Physics) (LaTrobe)

Career Summary:

Ian began his career in the IT Division of Australia Post before joining Quantum in 1999. He has progressed from the position of Database Analyst to Senior Associate and is now the National Associate Director for the company.

Ian and his team have developed a range of summarised statistical products, continuous improvement and benchmarking systems to enable clients to easily interpret survey results and to manage their organisation’s performance.

Results from formal client survey evaluations confirm that Ian and his team are highly regarded for their client support, responsiveness, presentation of information and managing very complex issues when required.

David Romano

Role: Senior Associate: South Australia and National

Qualifications:

B. Eco. (Adelaide)
Grad. Dip. M. (Southern Cross)

Career Summary:

David has worked extensively in the finance sector and in varied senior roles including Training and Development, Quality Management, Project Management and Business Development. He is currently completing a Masters in Management with a focus on Human and Knowledge Management.

David’s strengths are in his ability to assess client needs accurately, to relate well at all levels and to provide feedback and facilitate employee survey results and action planning workshops.

Dr Michael Mitchell

Role: Senior Associate: United States

Qualifications:

PhD (International School of Management) (New York / Paris / Shanghai / Tokyo, 2005-2010)
Master of Arts, National Security Affairs (Naval Postgraduate School) (US, 1988)
Master of Science, Systems Management (University of Southern California) (US, 1982)
B. Sc. International Affairs (United States Air Force Academy, 1978)

Career Summary:

Following a highly distinguished career in the United States Air Force, Mike moved to the private sector and became Chief Operating Officer for SabiOso, a software company providing services to the US Air Force and US Army. Mike has since become President and Chief Operating Officer for the Interactive School of Learning, LCC.

Mike represents Quantum due to his extensive human resource experience in command positions. Mike’s strengths are his ability to assess client needs, prepare programs for delivery and facilitate action planning workshops. Mike has authored numerous white papers and has also been published.

Anthony Ryan

Role: Director - Development

Qualifications:

B. Soc. Sc. (Psych.) (Swinburne)

Career Summary:

Anthony worked with the Department of Education and the Healthcare sector in a variety of Database Management roles before joining Quantum in 2006. He specialises in providing both quantitative and qualitative analysis of survey results. He is also involved in researching and developing issues of organisational behaviour. Anthony is part of Quantum’s Database Management team which receives highly positive feedback from regular client evaluations.

Peter Follett

Role: Senior Associate: Strategy Development

Qualifications:

Master in Business Administration (Gibaran School of Management, 2004)
Graduate Diploma in Organisation Development (University of New England, 1992)
Company Directors Course (Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2007)
Diploma in Organisational Psychology (Clements School of Management, 1995)
Diploma in Training and Development (Westpac Training Pty Ltd, 1990)

Career Summary:

Peter is a Senior Associate of Quantum and focuses on developing stronger organisations through strategic analysis and planning and effective strategy execution and the development of a resilient organisational culture.

Peter's background in strategic management, organisational development and quality management guides his approach to strategy as continuous corporate development, grounded in disciplined analysis and dialogue. Peter maintains ongoing research into contemporary approaches to strategic management and cultural development, as well as the key supporting disciplines of leading strategic change and project management.

These approaches have taken Peter into an array of organisations and industries, including Elders Limited, Shell Australia, Mercer Investment Consulting, Lipman Karas Lawyers, Korvest Manufacturing and Schaeffler Australia. Peter has also worked with the following public sector organisations: HomeStart Finance, TransAdelaide and the Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure.

Christian Wibisono

Role: Programmer

Qualifications:

B. Comp. Sc. (Bina Nusantara University)
M. Inf. Tech. (Personal Computing) (Swinburne)

Career Summary:

Christian commenced his employment with Quantum in 2009 and has taken over online programming duties for the practice. Christian also project manages Quantum's 'Locher' portfolio which includes over 50 Public Administration / Government Sector clients.

Nita Darmawan

Role: Senior Database Analyst

Qualifications:

B. Engineering. (Chemical) (Melbourne University)
M. Bus. (Monash University)

Career Summary:

Nita commenced her employment with Quantum in 2009 and has performed database set-up and analysis work for some of Quantum's most complex and extensive projects such as Western Power, Greater Building Society, Toyota Tsusho and Australian Central / Savings and Loans.

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