Individual Member Profile (200 words max)
Bob Gaussen is the Owner of an Australian company Adjudicate Today Pty Ltd, a Senior Adjudicator, Senior Mediator and previously Produce and Grocery Industry Ombudsman for the Commonwealth Government. He is now retired.
In 1988, Bob was appointed the NSW Bicentennial Scholar in management, industrial relations and mining and studied Labour Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States at Harvard University. A further two scholarships were awarded by the United States Information Agency allowing study of the US political process through observing the Presidential campaign of three candidates (Dole - Republican, Babbitt - Democrat, Jackson - Rainbow coalition) and also study of the US coal transport and distribution network.
In 1990, Bob was appointed by the then NSW Premier to become a senior adviser on industrial relations with particular regard to implementing new industrial relations policies and advising on the people portfolios: education, prisons, police and health. Duties included representing the Crown and managing major government interventions in private sector disputes, including the building and construction industry.
In April 1994, Bob Gaussen left the public sector to establish Mediate Today which is Australia's successful commercial provider of ADR services. In 2000, Adjudicate Today became a trading unit of Mediate Today and in 2004 was registered as a separate company.
