Plexus Consulting has two Principals: Roy Batterham and Colleen Johnson. We also have a number of consultants with specific project related skills with whom we regularly contract.
Roy Batterham
Roy has a Master of Education (Evaluation) degree with first class honours, and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physio.) upon completion of which he was awarded the Josephine Jennings and Edith Pratt Memorial Prize for the student gaining the highest results over the four years of the course.
Roy began his career as a physiotherapist with nine years in clinical and management positions.
This was followed by six years as a Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Program Evaluation, a joint facility of Melbourne and Monash Universities. He completed many research projects while at the Centre, and his teaching duties included elements in the Master of Public Health, Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, Graduate Diploma of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Master of Education (Evaluation) courses at Monash and Melbourne Universities, and in the Distance Education Certificate in Program Evaluation (Centre for Health Program Evaluation, University of Melbourne).
Roy established his own consulting company in 1999, operating as an Evaluation and Strategic Planning Consultant and providing advice and support to human service organisations needing to conduct evaluations, strategic planning or systematic performance monitoring and review.
Roy has high level expertise in designing and conducting evaluations for complex programs, in consultative procedures, and in clarifying and assessing program assumptions. He has extensive experience in needs assessment, strategic planning and development, program design analysis and review, development of performance monitoring and review systems, advanced data analysis, economic evaluation, and in providing training to human service practitioners.
Roy is well published in research, evaluation and review, and is a regular presenter at conferences.
Colleen Johnson
Colleen has a Masters Degree in Policy and Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Social Science (in Social Administration) both from Flinders University, a Graduate Diploma in Educational Counselling from the S.A. Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of South Australia. She is a Fellow and Certified Professional Manager of the Australian Institute of Management.
Colleen has extensive knowledge and experience in community and health services policy and operating environments.
Colleen had twelve years experience as an Executive Director in the S.A. Health Commission with program responsibility for a range of community, disability and mental health services, and with extensive delegations of authority to plan, administer, fund and monitor service systems in accord with government priorities and community needs. She also held state-wide responsibility for Information Services, Human Resources, and Aboriginal Health Services during that time.
In addition, Colleen held positions, also in South Australia, of Assistant Director of the Children’s Services Office with state-wide responsibility for the planning and development of pre-school and child care services, Senior Finance Officer in the Treasury Department, Senior Management Services Officer in the Public Service Board, Director of a community health service, and Lecturer in Counselling and Group Work in the School of Social Studies (Social Work) at the S.A. Institute of Technology.
Colleen established her own consulting firm in 1998, and since that time has conducted a wide range of projects in public administration and in the health and community service sectors across the nation and overseas. These projects have spanned national service systems, the Government sector, and not-for-profit community agencies.
Colleen has highly developed skills, a strong track record and extensive experience in providing effective leadership in strategic planning, program review and design, organisational review and capacity building, policy development and review, general management and coaching, negotiation and mediation, governance and risk management, project and change management, coordinated care systems, consumer participation, facilitating planning and consultative workshops, conducting focus groups, and training.
