Experience

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  Bigw

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  • Night Manager

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Logistics Team Lead (Night Fill)

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  • Entertainment Specialist (Night Fill)

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  • Casual Night Fill

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
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  University of newcastle

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Temporary office assistant
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  Sydney karate club inc.

  Jan 2002 - now

  Manager & chief instructor

  In my role at the karate club I have taken the organisation from a small group of students training in a park through to where we are now with a our own full time center open 6 days a week, showing a consistently improving annual financial turnover. the club was a finalist in the 2013 Sydney small businesses awards.I guided the club through the process of becoming a full incorporated sporting organisation and have managed the student acquisition and retention process with us showing a consistent growth annually.My current responsibilities at the club include -- Class instruction, student signups and retention.- Chairing the executive team - Mentoring our instructors to acheive the goals of the club- Defining the vision for the future of the club- Overseeing the complete operation of the club and ensuring we meet our strategic goals Show less

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  Cx computer

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  Sales executive

  * Consistently meeting sales targets on a monthly basis* Reinvented the brand from retail store operations through to initiating an online sales channel.

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  Cx computer superstore

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

  Online sales manager
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  Netregistry

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2014

  My role as the head of the technology department encompassed all systems and development functions of the company. As the head of the department I'm was part of the companies executive team and tasked with leading the companies technology strategy. In my time with Netregistry I was directly responsibly for many large scale projects including the migration and consolidation of multiple companies onto our platform and infrastructure through a series of acquisitions. Assessing the acquired infrastructure and systems and laying the procedures down for moving the client base as seamlessly as possible onto our platform.I also directly supervised the set-up of three data centre spaces utilized for the expansion of the Netregistry operation as well as the down sizing of these spaces as we moved through the process of virtualising our environment requiring less physical space and equipment.I dealt with all external technical contacts negotiating both service delivery contracts and infrastructure purchases.Leading a team of thirty with a mix of development and systems administrations staff, I was heavily invested in team building and the advancement of skills, Regularly mentor each member of my team. Key Responsibilities:- Overseeing all maintenance on our environment- Leading the technology change control process- Capacity planing, Including purchasing and acquisition- Managing Budget - P&L, CAPEX and OPEX (+$15m)- Technology top level project management and strategic planning- Performing R&D on new products and technologies- Communication of company ICT Strategy, Policies and Changes- Mentoring all Netregistry technical staff and interacting with staff in other departments at all levels. Show less

  • Head of Technology

    Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Technical Operations Manager

    Sept 2011 - Jun 2013

  • Dedicated Hosting and VPS team leader

    Dec 2008 - Sept 2011

  • System Administrator

    Jul 2008 - Dec 2008
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  International sports karate association

  Nov 2013 - now

  Having spent 10yrs in a volunteer capacity as the sports association manager, driving the growth of sport karate in Australia and acting as International Team Coach on a number of occasions. On retirement of the Board Chairman at the 2024 AGM the committee asked that I step into a new volunteer role that combined the roles of General Manager and Chairman.I'm looking forward to the increased responsibilities and remain passionate about driving the development of sport karate in Australia and seeing the success of our athletes as a result. Show less My role with ISKA, is voluntary and conducted in my spare time. It involves coordinating all operations of the association. Including; Audit, Risk, Financial, Legal, Compliance and Governance, Technology, Marketing, Sales and Customer care.Recently I have negotiated several sponsorship deals on behalf of ISKA and have lead a complete change in the ISKA Online presence which includes all of the organisations marketing and communication strategies.My goal with ISKA is the ongoing embrace of new technology to benefit our customers and broaden our communications reach. Empowering our customers to interact with us dynamically, and enabling our event promoters to take advantage of any technology available to better promote, coordinate and operate our events.Strategically I have set ISKA on a path to become the National Sports Organisation (NSO) recognised by the Australian Sports Commission and Combat Sports Authority for Martial Arts.ISKA under my guidance now operates in 5 States in Australia with at least 1 event running every month somewhere in the country. Show less

  • Managing Director

    Jan 2024 - now

  • General Manager

    Nov 2013 - Jan 2024
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  Snapkick promotions pty ltd

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2023

  Managing partner

  After identifying a gap in the Australian market for a martial arts industry focused awards distributor. I setup Snapkick Promotions with the focus on providing a cost effective offering to event promoters to sources trophies and medals for their events. The company has quickly diversified into industry focused customized engraving and large print media. We also actively promote Martial arts events in association with the International Sports Karate Association.I personal have taken the company through this initial start-up faze, The company now completely dominates this market. Show less

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  Protected sky pty ltd

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2017

  Non executive director

  Starting as a private reputation black list for internal use. it was quickly discovered that a vast potential to help others reduce spam was present, so it was decided to open the product to the world.Each IP address in the world is scored based on several factors this is much more proactive compared to other RBL/DNSBL solutions out there who take a reactive response via methods such as spamtraps.The entire system is compliant to RFC5782My role specifically has been to provide strategic board level guidance, however I often provided architectural guidance and assistance with product design. Ultimately the product was shut down due to maintenance over head, pressure from competition and a lack of solid revenue sources. Show less

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  Melbourne it

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2015

  Director of technology

  Melbourne IT Acquired Netregisty in March 2014 as a result the companies began a process of integration of technology, processes and people. In this role my responsibilities where that of Deputy CTO / integration architect working with Melbourne IT's CTO as a thought partner on all matters.I closely worked with the CTO with P&L and HR management for the department. As well as performed technical due diligence on all partnerships and acquisitions of other companies and products.A key focus of this role being the smooth an successful transition of the Netregistry Development, Systems Administration, Infrastructure and Security teams into the equivalent teams already existing at Melbourne IT. This transition was heavily people focused.In addition I was tasked as the owner of integrating the technology stacks of both companies into a single customer focused platform delivering the best of both companies technical capabilities, re architecture of both organisations in the process.Finally as a result of a number of acquisitions made by both companies over a period of time I was also tasked with formulating a plan to remove and mitigate technical debt found throughout the organisations infrastructure and platform. Show less

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  Meshn pty ltd

  Sept 2015 - Dec 2015

  Consultant

  Subcontracted to perform technical due diligence, strategic recommendation and operational remidiation of a faulty mission critical legacy application designed to handle real time digital audio injection of all radio advertising for a major network in Sydney (Linux, Python, Postgresql)

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  Netfleet

  Sept 2015 - Mar 2016

  General manager

  Netfleet is Australia's leading platform for domain name trading, offering the biggest selection of .com.au domain names for business and private use. More domain name buyers and sellers trade with us than any other site.Reporting directly to the board of directors I perform the function of CEO, holding ultimate responsibility for all functions of the business. Key achievements - - Sales & Marketing, Introduced outbound telemarketing campaign for new sales, Introduced optimisation of SEO and SEA including re-marketing to existing customers. - Financial, Managed all budgeting and forecasting for the complete operation (+$3m). - Customer Service and support, Implemented new customer service policies increasing NPS to +15 in the first three months.- Technical, Implemented an Agile delivery model as well as re-architecture the low latency trading platform increasing the companies daily results to an average of 98% success. - Leadership, Provided leadership to all staff across the organisation from all departments in order to grow the organisation with a single vision. Show less

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  Vix technology

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

  Group head of operations, it & information security (cio & ciso)

  Vix is a global leader in the automatic fare collection space. I overseen the global technical operations, with a budget exceeding $30m and a team of 120 engineers of various skills in my team, my key areas of responsibility include Internal IT, Application Support, System Operations for multiple customer deployed SaaS platforms, Networking & Infrastructure, System Architecture and Security across the globe. Key achievements include, completion of PCI-DSS and ISO27001 Certification for a number of deployments, Establishment of a global follow the sun support and operations function, re-architecture of the technology stack to move to a SaaS based delivery and the recover of several key accounts from technology neglected states. Show less

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  Ddnt

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Advisory board member

  DDNT's core capabilities are in R&D, software engineering and data science, which we integrate in a unique way that delivers proven benefits to our clients across industries. Customers include Qantas, Transurban, IBM and a number of government clients. Our head office is in Sydney, Australia, with satellite offices in Europe.

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  Vocus group limited

  Jan 2018 - now

  General manager technology & operations

  Managing all aspects of technology operations for the Group including;NOC, Problem & Incident Management, Change Management, IP Operation, Voice Operations, Transmission Operations, Network & Systems Security, Field Services and Support, Warehousing and Spares, Fibre Operations, IT, Cloud Services, OSS and BSS Systems Administration Support and Development, Data Centre Operations, Operational Program Delivery/Establishment and Intelligence. Leading a team of over 400 and managing a budget in the hundreds of millions. Show less

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  .au domain administration ltd.

  Mar 2019 - Jan 2024

  Technical advisory standing committee member

  The Technical Advisory Standing Committee (TASC) is an independent advisory committee that has been established under the auDA Constitution to consider technical submissions and report to the auDA Board. TASC operates in an independent advisory capacity to the Board and where appropriate, may provide advice and make recommendations for consideration by the Board.