Hayley has a background of ten years working as a Geologist in the Mining Industry. During this time, one of her focuses was managing research and development partnerships with research organisations and operational implementation of outcomes.
Over the last decade, Hayley has worked with small businesses and Research organisations, facilitating research knowledge transfer into industry. Hayley spent three years delivering the Federal Government Entrepreneurs Program- Innovation Connections. In this role, she has supported numerous businesses to develop their innovation roadmap and established Industry- research projects worth over $3.75M. Hayley is studying for her PhD in Industry-Research Collaborations and runs her own consultancy Iter Innovation. In this role Hayley is the Senior Program Manager for Amira Global and manages a series of collaborative research projects.