Mathew Dickerson

Background

About Mathew Dickerson

Mathew is a self-made award-winning businessman having started six successful small businesses over a thirty-year period. Mathew’s background has a technological slant and, in addition to his business success in this field, he also communicates widely on the topic. • His weekly column, ‘Tech Talk’, appears in 120 newspapers across Australia. • He has a weekly radio segment, ‘Tech Talk’, on three regional radio stations. In addition to his technology radio segment, he also has a regular small business radio segment on the ABC broadcast across Australia. In addition to his business success, which has seen him collect local; state, national and international awards, Mathew believes in giving back to his local community. He served on his local Council for twelve years including five as Mayor and three as Deputy Mayor. He joined Rotary over twenty years ago and continues to be a very active Member of his Club. In pursuing charitable outcomes for his community, he created the Tour de OROC which, in conjunction with his Rotary Club, has raised almost half a million dollars towards Macquarie Home Stay. The event also holds two Guinness World Records. He was also a founding member of Cancer Council Orana Relay for Life which also secured a Guinness World Record. Mathew created the richest MTB Series in Australia, the Evocities MTB Series, and, in conjunction with his local Chamber of Commerce, created the unique CEO Series where ASX 200 CEOs presented talks to local Chamber audiences. He is an award-winning author with three books to his name and has travelled the world delivering presentations for multi-national organisations. While comfortable on the world stage, Mathew also volunteers his time to local aged-care facilities to recite poetry for the residents. Mathew is passionate, intelligent and knowledgeable with a desire to share his extensive knowledge through a variety of media formats.