Wade Halvorson
Senior Lecturer
Deakin University
Wade is an Industry-Connected, Research Informed, Education-Focused Academic.
Creating innovative experiential-learning programs for undergraduate and postgraduate classes in Entrepreneurship and International Business Consulting, he is a strong advocate for building student employability through Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs.
With the Deakin Business School WIL Consultancy Team, Wade received a 2024 Australian Award for University Teaching "For excellence in developing innovative WIL consultancy units that inspire students to learn, enhance student graduate employabilty skills, and support not-for profits and samll-to-medium enterprises."
A passionate entrepreneurship and consultancy educator, Wade is a pioneering business practitioner known in the academic community as an 'evangelist' for ground breaking technology in course design, acting as a catalyst in the implementation of innovations.
Dr. Halvorson is an innovative educator and expert in online design and delivery. He has developed engaging undergraduate and postgraduate courses using leading edge technologies including Adaptive Learning Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds, Augmented and Virtual Reality. He's developed work-integrated learning programs wherein Entrepreneurship students worked with real entrepreneurs on innovative technology start-ups, culminating in a pitch to early stage investors. He has held academic positions at Monash University (current), SP Jain School of Global Management, the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and the University of Canberra- Ducere Business School.
Wade earned his PhD at Lulea University in Sweden, his MBA at Curtin University and his BCom at UWA. His research interests include Digital Transformation, T&L Innovation and Entrepreneurship and he has published in the Journal of Services Marketing, the Journal of Marketing Education, the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management and Marketing Intelligence & Planning, amongst others. He has also published a case study (9B09A033) and teaching note (8B09A33) with Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada.
Dr Halvorson owns online learning company Westinfo Learning and serves on the Curriculum Advisory Committee at Crown Institute of Higher Education. Leading up to the creation and development of his own publishing company Australian Business Publications, Wade built a comprehensive portfolio of capabilities including sales, management, promotions, marketing management, international business development, corporate consulting, advertising and publishing - with increasingly senior roles across a number of exciting industries:
Statistician @ General Motors Holden
Sales Rep/Promotions Manager/State Manager @ CBS Records
State Manager @ Video Classics
International Sales Manager @ Ansett Air Freight
Account Director, Senior Account Director @ Sales Development
Marketing Manager @ The West Australian Newspaper
