MessageType: Male Full Time Work Wanted
Username: Dennis Chiron
UserEmail: dennis@businessenterprise.org.au
UserTel: 07 5495 4944
UserFAX: 07 5499 1763
Date: Monday, December 10, 2001

EDUCATE:

DENNIS CHIRON - General Manager
- Caboolture Business Enteprise Centre
- Caboolture Regional Export Centre
- The Centre for Economic Development
- The Queensland Enterprise Network
- "BIZNEZ" - small business publication

DENNIS HOLDS A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND HE HAS A DIPLOMA IN MARKETING, A CERTIFICATE IN MARKETING LAW, A CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETING AND A CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

HE IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETING INSTITUTE (AND HE WAS THE INAUGURAL CHAIRMAN OF THE HUNTER REGION CHAPTER), AND AN ASSOCIATE FELLOW OF THE AUSTRALIAN SALES INSTITUTE. HE WAS ALSO REGIONAL COUNCILLOR FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES. HE IS CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND CHAPTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETING INSTITUTE, AND HE IS A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND NUMERACY COUNCIL OF QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE NORTH, AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS INCUBATORS.

HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN STARTING OFF "PIXIFOTO" IN AUSTRALIA, AND STARTED OFF THE FIRST ENTERPRISE CENTRE AND THE FIRST INCUBATOR (MANAGED WORKSPACE) IN AUSTRALIA IN 1985. THERE ARE NOW OVER 140 ENTERPRISE CENTRES AND OVER 50 INCUBATORS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.

HE WAS A CONSULTANT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND ASSISTED IN ESTABLISHING THE WORKPLACE RESOURCE CENTRES (NOW KNOWN AS THE CENTRES FOR BEST PRACTICES), WHICH ASSIST NATIONAL COMPANIES IN THE AWARD AND INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING PROCESS.

HE IS A RECOGNISED EXPERT IN ENTERPRISE AND INCUBATOR DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES, AND IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED SMALL BUSINESS EXPERT, AND HE HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN THE FIELDS OF JOB CREATION AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES & DEVELOPMENT.

HE WAS ALSO NATIONAL MARKETING MANAGER FOR HTX INTERNATIONAL, AND ALSO NATIONAL MARKETING MANAGER OF LORD & COMPANY, AND SPENT SOME YEARS RUNNING "PRIME ADS INC.", A MEDIUM-SIZED ADVERTISING COMPANY IN SYDNEY.

DENNIS HAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ESTABLISH THE NEED FOR SKILL CENTRE FOR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (SCEDOW), AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH IN THE CABOOLTURE SHIRE. HE HAS COMPLETED A NUMBER OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO ESTABLISH ENTERPRISE CENTRES AT BEAUDESERT, KINGAROY AND EMERALD, AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN CONTRACTED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENTERPRISE CENTRE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND.

HE HAS BEEN THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CABOOLTURE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CENTRE IN CABOOLTURE FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS,WAS BORN IN CRONULLA (SYDNEY), AND IS CURRENTLY LIVING ON BRIBIE ISLAND.

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