My path into occupational therapy was not the obvious one. Before clinical work, I spent a decade in advertising and national passenger car marketing at Mercedes-Benz, then moved into public health, including palliative care. I hold a Master of Occupational Therapy (research dissertation), postgraduate qualifications in Medical and Health Leadership, and a Bachelor of Communications.

That background shapes how I work. I don't just see clinical need. I see the systems around it, and where they break.

In 2025, I received Gold Stevie® Awards for Healthcare Innovation and Healthcare Management across Asia-Pacific, and Global Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare.

Cognitive disability is my passion and special interest.

Cognitive disability is one of the most misunderstood and underserved areas in both healthcare and technology. Unlike physical disability, it is often invisible, and the systems, tools, and platforms that shape modern life are almost never designed with it in mind. That gap is where I have chosen to focus my career.

Staying Independent is built around it. So is LearnAble™, the AI platform I co-founded with Lee Hunter, the first of its kind built specifically for people with cognitive disability. People with autism, intellectual disability, ADHD, acquired brain injury, stroke, schizophrenia, and dementia are consistently left behind by mainstream technology. LearnAble is designed to change that.

Underpinning both is a category I created: Cognitive Mobility™. The idea that a person's ability to navigate and participate in the cognitive demands of daily life deserves the same attention, investment, and innovation that physical mobility has had for decades.