Wayne is the principal of Strong Consulting Group, a strategy development consultancy with specialist knowledge, experience and skills in improving business performance through the application of a range of ICT solutions. He is currently a juror for the Stockholm Challenge - a global initiative for pioneering IT projects in the spirit of a shared vision of building the future together. He has also a member of the jury panel for the inaugural Global Junior Challenge, held in Rome in December 2000. As a member of the core jury for the past three years, Wayne has been part of a panel of international experts who have assessed in excess of 1500 community based ICT projects.

He has 25 years experience in marketing, human resources and general management roles in the pharmaceutical, information technology, education, rural and regional development, and also lectures in strategic marketing in Australia and South East Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong and China) for LaTrobe University.

In the early 90’s Wayne established Strong Consulting Group whose primary purpose at the time was to deliver a broad range of specialist management consulting services to Regional Victoria. The consultancy services offered by the Group have grown since that time to include - improving access to ICT for communities at the same time supporting and empowering those communities. Building online communities, quality internet application services, multi media development, web design, information systems design, technical support solutions and ICT training. Strong Consulting Group operates with a core group of consultants with complimentary experience, knowledge and skills and a number of mission critical alliances in our target markets. The Groups strategy development, consulting activities and networks now extended throughout Australia, Europe and South East.

Wayne has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors of small to medium size enterprises, at all levels of government, education, finance, food, health care, retail and regional development organisations.

Wayne sits on the Board of two private organisations and a leading Sports Club in Ballarat is the current Chairman of the Victorian Masters Games, and is a mentor to the Aspiring Young Managers Program conducted by the Australian Institute of Management.