Speaker - Jack Higgins
Biography
Jack dabbles in a few trades, and is thus, predictably, a master of none. Professionally, they've spent time connecting data pipes in the public sector, putting smiles on customer dials at a small email company, and empowering students by demystifying math. At the moment, they're running the numbers (and learning a lot about Wedge-Tailed Eagles) as an analytics consultant.
Jack navigated the murky waters of an undergraduate mathematics degree, an experience that brought the importance of effective technical communication into sharp focus. While solving math problems still scratches an itch, these days he's more interested in learning more about how we can communicate more effectively, and arguing about what that even means.
Jack lives on Wurundjeri country (Melbourne). Outside of work, he likes getting lost, be it amongst the trees of a mountain-ash forest or in the pages of a book at the local library.
Presentations
- Explaining nothing, misunderstanding everything, and building together anyway – Friday 2:25 p.m.–3:10 p.m. in Keynote Theatre