Our People - The Designlife Network

Elena Ashley: A driver of organisational change based upon sustainability & triple bottom line principles.

Elena has extensive commercial experience in marketing, sales, organisational and business development, change management, coaching & mentoring, and workshop facilitation.  She has expertise in tender submission and persuasive business proposal writing, demonstrated strong analytical and project management skills, and is a successful, inspiring communicator able to liaise and build relationships at all levels. Of course, Elena’s impressive experience is backed up by relevant tertiary and post-graduate qualifications.

Simone Nguyen: An engineer who understand human considerations.

With extensive experience in developing and implementing water engineering projects, Simone is adept at managing stakeholder expectations and advising on high-tech solutions in language that cuts through the jargon to what organisations really need to know. Extensive public policy experience coupled with solid commercial and engineering credentials makes Simone a valuable consultant to have on your project.

Craig Thomson: An experienced Project Manager, focused on infrastructure & ICT solutions.

Craig’s projects range from large scale nationwide rollouts across 100+ sites to local carrier communications deployments. With technology and international experience, PRINCE2, etc. certification and the Design Life Network approach to stakeholder engagement, he is committed to high quality project outcomes, fit for purpose and aligned to the business case requirements.

Geoff Lines:

With a successful career in IT working for a number of well known vendors Geoff has delivered in a number of roles. Working through computer operations he progressed to software support, presales systems architecture then on to channel management and BDM roles.

He knows how to deliver too, with sound project implementation plans, winning communications and the ability to motivate internal and external customers. With extensive experience on technology and logistics, Geoff brings realistic solutions to every business engagement.