Casey Burgess ASUS Australia's Ambassador Interview

Casey Burgess ASUS Australia's Ambassador Interview

Casey Burgess first graced our screens as a fresh faced 15 year old on the television show Girl TV. She then cemented herself as one of Australia's most loved entertainers following a five year stint on the popular children's program Hi5.

Now Burgess is taking on a new role as ASUS Australia's first female ambassador.

'I'm very excited and feel like ASUS is a perfect fit into my lifestyle" said Burgess. 'The brand is on trend and very modern. Working with items that I can fit into my fitness, blogging, performing and travelling lifestyle is so great."

For ASUS Australia the partnership with Burgess is a fantastic opportunity to reach a new female lifestyle audience.

'We're very excited to bring on board our first Australian female ambassador. We're really looking forward to working with Casey to explore how technology helps her in her day-to-day life; performing, blogging, traveling, and keeping fit" said Portia Chang, ASUS Australia Regional Director.

By teaming up with ASUS Australia, Burgess will be able to share how technology helps her keep on top of her busy schedule as she strives to be the best version of herself. She's also keen to highlight the convenience of using an ASUS product for work and travel.

'The ASUS Chi has been attached to my hip and when travelling it's so great to have a laptop that then turns into a tablet so it's not so bulky to travel with. It's a great addition to my lifestyle and it's a perfect size!" explained Burgess.

The future looks bright for Burgess with a lot more travel and fitness on the horizon. She's set to do more performances with her group The Diamonds and will continue to write her own music.

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world's best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than 13,600 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.

Interview with Casey Burgess

Question: How does it feel to be ASUS Australia's first female ambassador?

Casey Burgess: It's a great feeling and the company and people behind it are so lovely it always help working with great people and also a brand I believe in.


Question: What do you hope to achieve as an ASUS Australia ambassador?

Casey Burgess: I guess applying the ASUS products into my life to make daily tasks easy and simple and being able to showcase this to other people through my blog and social media. Everyone loves to find something new that makes tasks in life more interesting and easier.


Question: Can you tell us which of the ASUS products you use daily?

Casey Burgess: I love the Chi T300. It's convenient, light and easy to travel with which is great in my line of work!


Question: How can ASUS technology easily fit in and aid busy young women in Australia?

Casey Burgess: The products are easy to use and are convenient for people with fast paced lives. If you want a laptop small enough to carry in your handbag, and if you want everything on it to link to your phone then you can. It makes travel and contact to work clients easy and that's what the modern fast paced person wants these days.


Question: Can you talk about the ASUS products that fit in with your fitness?

Casey Burgess: I'm about to start using the Zenwatch which I am excited about, so I will be interested to count my steps, and work in a program and try to achieve better results just by looking down at my wrist, I'll have to keep you posted on that!


Question: What's a typical day like currently?

Casey Burgess: No day is the same, but i generally workout with my PT in the morning, have a few meetings/ meet with PR agencies in the day and then shoot a blog post and edit that, then I'll have either a gig singing at night or MC/ Hosting and then do it all over again the next day!

Question: What's next, for you?

Casey Burgess: I never know, I like to live each day as it comes and work on one day at a time to the best of my abilities. I hope to still be doing what I love and travelling the world for the rest of my life!


Interview by Brooke Hunter