Certified Industry Expert Registry
Certified Industry Expert Registry
Professional Summary
E-Learning, Start-ups, Training Peter Baskerville is an Industry Professor and Director of NowMaster, based in the Greater Brisbane Area. He is passionate about the generational shift happening in education through AI and internet platforms, and is currently focused on helping industry experts convert their practical knowledge and expertise into digital learning products, while also supporting a new generation of entrepreneurs through educational programs at TAFE Queensland, Australia's leading vocational educator. For 26 years he has worked at TAFE Queensland Brisbane, where since 2011 he has served as Lecturer and "Entrepreneur in Residence." In that role he authored the Vocational Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, developed teacher and learner resources for its eight units of competency, and facilitates the "Start Your Own Business" program leading to a Certificate IV in Small Business Management. He was named a "Change Champion" at the 2013 Brisbane Metropolitan TAFE staff awards. Since 2008 he has co-directed NowMaster with his brother Philip, an educational resource development firm growing out of their work on the Vocational Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and the non-profit Industry Professor Association, where Peter has served as Treasurer since 2012. He was also a long-time Quora contributor and recognized "Top Writer," answering over 2,000 questions as a thought leader in startup strategy, small business advice, and education reform. Before his education career, Peter spent 30 years founding and managing retail and hospitality businesses in Brisbane and Sydney, including craft retail stores, restaurants, hotels, cafes, and takeaway outlets, and he also worked in vocational resource development for IBSA and as an entrepreneurship facilitator at Southbank Institute of Technology. He holds qualifications from TAFE Queensland, the Securities Institute of Australia, and QUT, and is recognized as an Australian and world Masters powerlifting record holder and author of "FAQ - Basic Accounting Concepts."