Author, marketer, videographer and bicycle adventurette Lynette Chiang (The Galfromdownunder) cycled the world solo and self-supported on a folding bicycle for several years before landing in the USA to work as Customer Evangelist and online content writer for Bike Friday, maker of the world's leading performance travel bicycle.
As an AUTHOR, Lynette wrote an award-winning first travel memoir, The Handsomest Man in Cuba (Random House Australia and Globe-Pequot USA) which was favorably reviewed in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The book featured on Good Morning Australia and Forbes.com, which named her a Rugged Individualist.
As a CUSTOMER EVANGELIST, Lynette is regularly quoted in business marketing press for her innovative work in Customer Evangelism or citizen marketing. As Bike Friday's Chief Customer Evangelist, she was a prime mover behind the company topping the worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi Lovemarks poll and landing a double-page spread in Saatchi Worldwide CEO Kevin Roberts' book, The Lovemarks Effect.
As a "HANDLEBAR" VIDEOGRAPHER, Lynette makes feature-length DVD movies with a simple digital camera, seen by travel, cycling and multimedia technology audiences all over the country, including at the Apple Made On a Mac education program. 
In partnership with Race Across America ultracyclist Lon Haldeman, Lynette shot and produced the two documentaries:
"16,000 Feet on a Friday: Biking the World's Highest Paved Road", won the Audience Choice Award at the inaugural Boston Bike Film Festival. Her latest film, "Route 66 by Bicycle: Pedaling the Mother Road", has been exhibited across the country to both cycling and technology audiences and at museums along Route 66.
As a PUBLIC SPEAKER, Lynette travels the country addressing diverse audiences on adventure travel, customer evangelism, one-the-road moviemaking and "the marketing you do when you're not doing marketing". She inspires women of all ages and stages to "Just Get On a Bike and Do It", having spent spent several years living and working in Britain, Ireland, Central America and the USA.
As a TRAVEL WRITER and BLOGGER, Lynette's documents her working life and travels in words, pictures and movies on the Bike Friday website, her Galfromdownunder.com website and FastCompany, where she is an Expert Blogger. She writes two other blogs, Galfromdownunder UNCUT and the Bike Friday Blog.
In 2007 the National Library of Australia selected her personal website www.galfromdownunder.com for its national heritage archive which preserves 'electronic publications of lasting cultural and research value.'
What did she do before all this? Her past lives include that of computer programmer (Australia), Cannes Lion award-winning advertising copywriter (Australia, Ireland), creative director for Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising (Costa Rica), waitress, trainee chef (Ireland), cook and manager of a mountain top hotel (Costa Rica), and spending a freezing winter in front of Windsor Castle dressed as an English Lady (London).
Contact Lynette via email: galfromdownunder at gmail dot com, phone 541-513-7711.
RELATED LINKS
Lynette Chiang according to CustomerEvangelists.com
Galfromdownunder Talks and Presentations
Expert Blogger for Fastcompany.com
Forbes.com Rugged Individualist
Projects with ultracycling legend Lon Haldeman
Advertising and design portfolio
On digital camera movie making
Galfromdownudner YouTube channel
The Galfromdownunder Uncut blog
Corporte Resume - ask me for it
Last updated: November 2007
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