Cyber Career Chat with Allyn Radford - VP Strategy and Credentialing

Cyber Career Chat Podcast

Allyn has been involved in the use of technology in learning for more than 30 years across a range of industries including education, defense, aerospace and government. During that time, he has worked for organisations such as University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Open Learning Australia (now Open Universities Australia), HarvestRoad Ltd, Cisco, and the Australian Computer Society. He has led projects in Australia, the United States, Mexico and South Korea. As inaugural CEO of DeakinDigital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deakin University, he led innovation in the development and implementation of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs) and developed the world’s first Masters of Professional Practice degrees based on ADCs together with Deakin University. Allyn has been providing strategic consulting and workshops to Australian universities and international clients as an independent consultant with a special focus on transformational practices using credentialing. His work also included advisory board roles and the Academic and Quality Committee for TAFE SA. In 2020 he also launched a new startup, C2People. This new venture is focused on career credentialing and career mapping in a powerful consortium of Australian and international companies working towards common goals. Questions: Introductions Allyn's current focus with transforming credentials What are the key challenges addressing the skills gap- eg: in the development of work-based training and credentialling vs traditional academic education What is the role of credentialling in the solution? - what are the strengths and weaknesses of current micro credentialling offerings? What are some good examples of skilling and credentialling in Australia? What are the key challenges Allyn sees in developing our local security and STEM workforce?What assistance or collaboration would like to see among local industry players and with government and the education sector? Useful Links: Connect with Allyn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/innovation-microcredentials/ NSW Cyber Security Innovation Node - https://nswcybersecurityinnovationnode.com.au/ Sarah Box LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-box-25670667/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.