RAD CREATIONS - Key Persons

Andrew Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Design and Operations
From initial consultation to completion, Andrew has project managed and delivered over 40 disc golf course projects for various clients throughout Australia. He has over 15 years experience playing and promoting disc golf around the world and is an Australian Amatuer Champion. Andrew has designed multiple disc golf courses for the Australian National Tour and was the Event Organiser for the 2017 Aussie Open PDGA Major. He has served as a board member of Australian Disc Golf and is the founding member of Geelong Disc Golf Club. Qualifications Bachelor of Communication (Media) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

Chris Barringer

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Site Supervisor
  • Design and Operations
Chris has 15 years of experience in the residential construction industry. In his role, he oversaw the coordination of building trades onsite, did materials take-off and ordering, was responsible for training apprentices, managed client relations, and liaised with relevant authorities to ensure proper compliance with State and Federal guidelines and building codes. Prior to his time in the construction industry, Chris owned and operated a successful landscape supply company in California, USA. Chris has been involved in disc golf in Queensland for over 15 years. He has helped coordinate volunteers and run event logistics for numerous tournaments in the Brisbane area, as well as volunteered in many Council and school run clinics to promote and teach disc golf. As a player, Chris has travelled all over the country competing in tournaments so he has extensive knowledge of how a world class disc golf course facility should be planned and delivered. Qualifications Cert. IV in Building & Construction - TAFE Queensland Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science) - Griffith University

Chris Finn - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Design and Operations
Chris has been playing and teaching the sport of disc golf for 31 years. A multiple Australian Champion who has competed on the world stage ensuring Chris has unbiased exposure to the best course designs worldwide. Chris brings across his professional experience of working in the land surveying industry for 28 years to assist in his vision for course designs that engage all levels of stakeholders into the future. Prior to his time as the owner and business manager of RAD, Chris owned and managed an award-winning surveying consultancy based in Perth which ensures his designs also meet the many requirements of public and private sector project developments. Qualifications Advanced Diploma of Surveying (Engineering and Mining) 40 Under 40 Business Awards Winner 2014 Telstra Awards Finalist 2014

Jody Blunden

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager
  • Sales Manager
  • Business Development
Jody has 40years involvement in participating and instructing elite level sports. At 19 he gained an Instructor rating in GoJu Kai Karate obtaining national coaching accreditation in both Karate and Archery by the time he was 26. During this time he worked as a manager in a menswear store and in the building industry for Profile Roofing as a Leading Hand and later moved to a Sales/Estimating/Project Management role. In 1999 he joined Telstra and within 3 years became a Subject Matter Expert with Telstra Enterprise and Govt and later he was appointed head of Learning and Development Telstra Business and TE&G in WA. In this role his focus was enabling Staff (Consultant through to "C" Level Managers) in Six Sigma Lean Production Management, Customer Complaints Management, Customer Service Excellence, Project Management and Sales. At age 40 he took up skydiving. He has completed approx 4500 skydives and holds multiple Instructor and Coaching Ratings and 2 Australian records in that sport. In 2014, He and his wife opened their own skydiving business, West Oz Skydiving, in two locations in the south west of WA.