2009 Young South Australian of the Year

2009 Young South Australian of the Year

Julian O'Shea


Julian O’Shea is an inspiring young leader within the engineering profession, the Australian Defence Force and the wider community as an active volunteer.

 

He has an outstanding academic background having completed a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in the field of telecommunications from the University of Adelaide, a Masters in Engineering Science from the Australian Defence Force Academy and is currently completing a Masters of Business Administration from the University of South Australia.

 

His professional expertise has seen him represent Australia at international conferences, serve as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy and currently represents young engineers on the National Information, Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering College Board.

 

Julian is currently managing the West Head Gunnery Range in Flinders, Victoria, a 15-acre live-fire training facility associated with HMAS Cerberus, the navy’s premier training facility.

 

Late last year Julian was an Australian delegate to the World Engineers Convention in Brazil. He has received the South Australian Department of Trade and Economic Development Achievement Award and the 2009 Advertiser Pride of Australia Medal in the Serving Australia category, presented to service personnel who showed extraordinary courage and devotion to duty under extreme circumstances.