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Alan Philip James Manly (born in 1950) is an Australian published author and computer engineer.
Career
After dropping out of year nine at Bacchus Marsh High School in the north-west of Victoria, Australia, Alan worked as a postman before securing an apprenticeship as a television repairman.[1] For eight years, Alan worked at Digital Equipment Corporation first as a computer engineer, then in sales and marketing.
Alan was a founding Director of a software company that developed and sold computerised freight tracking and integrated management systems used by major independent freight companies.
Alan then moved into the education industry, delivering papers on trading educational services in China and India.[2] He is a former Director of the Australian Council of Private Education and Training, the industry association that then represented private colleges in Australia. He represented the industry before the Australian Senate supporting the introduction of government supervised trust accounts for student funds.[3][4]
His is currently the Managing Director of Group Colleges Australia (GCA), a company that has raised public and private funding to develop distance education using the Internet. GCA was amongst the first private colleges in Australia to implement distance learning via the Internet to overseas students. When GCA moved their campus to the former iconic TNT Towers in Lawson Square, Redfern in 2008, Alan stated his support for revitalising Redfern into "a modern cosmopolitan suburb."[5] The renamed GCA towers dominate the local area.
Alan received a Tourism Training Australiaaward in 2009 for "outstanding support and leadership in tourism and hospitality in Australia." In 2010, Alan was interviewed in BRW Magazine on Australia's education sector.[6]
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Australian Computer Society.
Published works
- One One Five (2011),[7] co-authored with Julian R Day and Graeme Brosnan.[8]
References
- ^ One One Five. Dennis Jones and Associates: AKA Publishing. 2011. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-9804531-6-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Alan Manly". Consensus Group. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "Standing Committee on economics, finance and public administration" (PDF). Hansard. Australian Parliament House. Wednesday 14 March 2007.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Mitchell, John (2010). "Productivity possibilities". ACPET. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Redfern Waterloo Update" (PDF). Redfern Waterloo Authority. 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Douglas, Jeanne-Vida (April 15–20, 2010). "A Learning Experience". BRW. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ One One Five. Dennis Jones & Associates: AKA Publishing. 2011. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-9804531-6-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Nadar, Jonar. "How $115 led to 200 court appearances". Logictivity. Retrieved 7 September 2011.