Matthew Glue

Experience

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  Morgan Automation

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2006

  Work Experience

  An introduction to the programming language c++ over the course of a week.

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  The Petersfield Messenger

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2007

  Paper Boy
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  Petersfield Directory

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2007

  Delivery Boy
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  DC Leisure Management Ltd

  Aug 2007 - Jun 2013

  Lifegaurd/ Recreational Assistant

  Nearly 6 years experience as a lifeguard, with knowledge of how to deal with many situations. With a letter of commendation for manning the phones when the center was used a rescue point during a period of heavy snow.

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  Waitrose

  Aug 2007 - Sept 2009

  Shop floor assistant
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  Barbados Sea Turtles Project (Work Experience)

  Oct 2008 - Nov 2008

  Research Volunteer

  Involved the monitoring of nesting females, taking data on size, if they had been tagged before, estimating nest size. Also responding to reports of hatch lings emerging, collecting them and subsequently releasing them.

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  Bellamy Dry & Associates Ltd

  Jun 2009 - Sept 2009

  Gardening, Moving Furniture, Odd jobs
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  Barbados Sea Turtle Project

  May 2014 - Nov 2014

  Turtle Technition

  The job role was to monitor the nesting population of turtles on the island (primarily Hawksbill). The project has a hotline set up to receive from calls from anyone around the island who sees a nesting female or hatchlings on the beach. The data collection from the turtles includes tagging and measuring nesting females and recording the location of their nests. The job involved lots of public interaction, as females often would nest directly in front of hotels or areas with lots of public traffic. I was also a diver in the In water program that the project runs, with over 30+ dives working for the project, the aim was to catch juvenile hawksbills on the reef to monitor growth rates and foraging habits, Lionfish eradication also took place as we were searching for the juvenile turtles. Show less

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  Sint Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA)

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Marine Park Intern

  Recently I worked for the St. Eustatius Nature Parks Association as an intern for their Marine Park. This job involved taking part in fish and coral surveys of dive sites. Carrying out in water turtle surveys, leading and helping groups of scientists from the fisheries division and Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute (CNSI), to carry out their Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) surveys and general maintenance of the marine park such as cleaning lines. Lionfish eradication also too up a significant part of the workweek and dive site maintenance when it was required. Part of the job also involved working with local children of the community helping to show them the benefit of conservation. Also the organization of a Lionfish cooks off day to help promote the eating of lionfish on the island and the hunting of them by local fisherman. Show less

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  Operation Wallacea

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Divemaster

  Worked as a divemaster for Operation Wallace at their Wakatobi Indonesia station. This job involved helping and watching over scientists as they carry out their work, to teaching school kids their open water and with coral reef research.

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  James Cook University

  Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

  Research Assistant

  A six week position assisting a PhD student with their research at Australia Museum's Lizard Island Research Station. During my time there we were looking at how competitive behavior in Damselfish is affected by temperature. Over the course of the six weeks we managed to get a number of experiments. This involved capturing Larval recruiting damselfish from light traps set out over the reef before night and collected the next morning. These were then put into a lab that we had set up and then trialed after a number of days acclimatizing. During my time there I also got a chance to help out on other students projects, gaining experience in using catch-nets, barrier nets and clove oil techniques to catch fish. The experiments that we carried out also were collaborations with other researchers that were there at the time. Show less

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  Operation Wallacea

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

  Divemaster

  Four week period working for Operation Wallacea. Teaching undergrads and post grads reef surveying techniques and being responsible for dive safety.

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  Operation Wallacea

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Head Divemaster

  A two month period once again working for Operation Wallacea in Indonesia. This time the role included being in charge of the monitoring project in the water. Organizing the students in the water to make sure the data collection targets of the dive are met. Measuring coral recruitment was also part of the job, taking up and replacing recruitment tiles that had been put down the previous year. These would then be taken to the lab where i would count and identify the species of coral.

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  Operation Wallacea

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2017

  Head Divemaster

  A short expedition to the Hoga Island Research station with the University of Essex field trip. Duties for this role included teaching key research techniques used in situ, improving the taxonomic identification (Fish, coral and algae) of undergraduates and overseeing dive safety. During this time also had the opportunity to trial my own research focusing on coral larval enhancement.

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  Operation Wallacea

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Project Leader - Coral Reef Monitoring Program

  Over the course of five expeditions to the remote Hoga Island research station within the Wakatobi National Marine Park, Indonesia i have held a variety roles.Most recently I was the project leader for the coral reef monitoring program, which is the longest running reef monitoring program in South East Asia. While performing this role is also had to simultaneously carry out data collection for my MSc dissertation research.Duties for this role included:1. Setting up the monitoring program so it is prepared for the start of the season. This included setting up scientific equipment, i.e. Camera Calibration, Camera setup, ensuring that software performs correctly on monitoring computers.2. Teaching other main scientists how to accurately record videos of quadrats for 3D modelling and how to use the 3D modelling software.3. Plan the monitoring team dives, co-ordinating the roles of volunteers.4. Teach volunteers how to collect data using the monitoring methods (i.e. 3D modelling, rugosity, benthic and invertebrate surveys).5. Record monitoring transects using a Stereo Video System to calculate fish biomass and abundance. 6. Oversee and assist with volunteer data analysis7. Analyse fish transect footage and calculate fish biomass using SEA GIS software.8. Analyse benthic video footage.9. Render 3D models and analyse these to calculate structural complexity of coral reefs.10. Analyse old coral settlement panels and re-deploy new ones.11. Ensure that all data collection and analysis was completed before the end of the season.’12. Carrying out my own MSc research, investigating the influence of the 2015 – 2016 El-Niño Surface Oscillation Event on spatial and temporal patters in coral recruitment and trialling larval enhancement as an effective method in reef restoration. Show less

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  Fauna & Flora

  Apr 2018 - now

  • Advising, coordination, management, and cross-learning for seven marine projects in Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia, with an annual budget of 12M+ USD. • Providing technical input on marine conservation activities for seven projects.• Interim Senior Program Manager, overseeing the marine plastic projects, the marine protected area projects and the ecosystem and species projects, working closely with the Country Director to ensure program continuation. • Developing strategy for the future of marine conservation in the Asia Pacific with UK senior management and assessing risk impact within new projects.• Developing a multi-organisational Blue Carbon partnership project in Cambodia, together with Conservation International to deliver Cambodia’s first Blue Carbon project.• Maintaining positive relationships with 10+ NGO’s including 12+ donors including 30+ government officials, private sector such as diving and eco-tourism, and community groups.• Managing 20+ staff, Khmer and International, reducing staff turnover through a focus on mentoring and learning.• Management of the Myanmar Marine team, comprising 12+ staff and effectively coordinating activity implementation remotely. Show less • Led the species programs focussing on sea turtle & seahorse conservation, biophysical monitoring (seagrass, coral reefs, mangroves), zoning and research, with a focus on seagrass habitat, species conservation, illegal wildlife trade research, sustainable finance management and Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART).• Successfully raised funds for over 700,000 USD to support programme implementation. • Developed 5 new MPAs and improved management of existing 2 MPAs, ensuring local communities are at the forefront of the marine management process (participatory mapping with communities and government, METT scoring, on-ground monitoring).• Led over 5 workshops for local government and NGO staff in marine monitoring techniques.• Coordinated yearly workplans with 5 NGOs, 3 private sector businesses and government counterparts.• Liaised and developed relationships with 9 donors (Blue Action Fund, FAO, USAID, Levine Family Foundation, Arcadia, U.S Fish & Wildlife, Pictet Foundation, Ocean Park) • Led the writing and reviewing of 10+ technical reports and scientific publications (see under publications) available in the public domain and grey literature reports. • Designed and implemented monitoring and evaluation procedures, health and safety guidelines, Sharepoint, and inventory tracking. • Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network; Representative and contributor for Cambodia. • Financial management of grants from statutory funders, foundations, agencies etc• Representing FFI & Cambodia at international conferences and symposiums.• Supervised student (international and national) research dissertations and internships.• Built partnerships with the private sector, research institutions, NGOs and government to facilitate marine conservation activities and sustainable finance mechanism development.• Improved and implemented monitoring strategies and systems for Cambodian MPA’s. Show less - Designing and conducting biophysical monitoring of marine habitats.- Development of programme design M&E.- Development of Marine Protected Area's in Cambodia- Mapping and spatial analytics utilising ArcGIS software.- Improving endangered marine species conservation in Cambodia through in-situ and illegal wildlife trade monitoring.- Advising on national level governance/ legislation/ policy of MPA's and endangered species in Cambodia.- Capacity building of government ministries, local NGO's and private sector through biophysical monitoring training.- Habitat mapping, zoning and creating management plans for MPA's in Cambodia.- Raising awareness of marine conservation and fisheries issue in Cambodia.- Research on endangered and rare marine species.- Fund raising for the coastal and marine conservation programme.- Donor and organisational reporting.- Collection of underwater photo and video for communications. Show less

  • Technical Specialist, Marine, Asia-Pacific

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Project Manager, Marine Species and Ecosystems

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Technical Specialist

    Apr 2018 - now