Bluegrass Consulting: Our People

Rodd Pahl – Managing Director

Bluegrass Consulting’s founder and managing director Rodd Pahl has almost 30 years experience in public affairs and corporate strategy in Australia and overseas, nine as managing director of public affairs in global firm Burson-Marsteller, Australia.
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Craig Pearce – Practice Director

Craig Pearce – Account Director Craig Pearce is an award-winning strategic public relations professional with 14 years business communication experience. He brings to Bluegrass his wide communication experience and a strong capability in the emerging area of digital campaigns using social media and online research.
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Ruci Fixter – Account Manager

ruci-fixter-lge Ruci Fixter’s professional experience spans both the public and private sectors, industry and business.
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Nick Pahl – Campaign Strategist, Digital Grassroots UK

nick Grounded in marketing, Nick has over seven years experience public affairs and marketing and heads up our digital grassroots practice in the UK. With a strong interest in online community building and digital grassroots, Nick develops innovative digital stakeholder engagement campaigns using traditional and online tools and techniques.
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Prof the Hon. Stephen Martin - Senior Counsel

Prof the Hon. Stephen Martin - Senior Counsel With a long and distinguished background in the Australian Parliament, Professor Martin represented the Macarthur and Cunningham electorates in New South Wales for eighteen years. In Government, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration. As a member of the Shadow Cabinet, he held portfolios in Defence, Trade and Tourism.
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Neil Stollznow - Quantitative Director, Stollznow

Neil Stollznow - Quantitative Director, Stollznow With 10 years’ advertising experience and 15 years in market research, neil has a unique perspective of business and an understanding of behaviour. his experience in research is augmented by being involved in the practical application of research findings to create advertising campaigns. this practical insight into the application of research has made neil focus on outcomes that take clients’ businesses further, rather than ‘telling them where it has been’.
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Jamie Harbison - Executive Producer, SHIFT Interactive

Jamie cut has teeth as the front end web developer at zdnet and gamespot australia, two of australia‘s highest-traffic, and largest sites. he then moved onto freelancing, working on a range of online projects with liquidvision, leo burnett(ileo), onedigital, netx, abc tv, channel 7 (i7), trilliance, guidedogs association of australia, amongst others.
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Michael Erder - Creative Strategist, SHIFT Interactive

After completing a degree in advertising, majoring in internet design, michael was engaged by the sydney turf club (rosehill and canterbury race tracks) to develop their website with regards to new technological advancements.
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