Profile

• CTO and Cofounder of a company currently on the ASX.

• Passionate about nurturing startups through beyond survival to "thrival".

• A sleeves-up CTO, routinely adapting to the technical and business needs of innovative companies.

• Deep problem solving skills and commitment to lean principles.

• Adept at applying the Theory of Constraints.

Summary of Skills

• Certified: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional

• Broad expertise in cloud computing, software architecture and development, cybersecurity, and financial/operational management

• Experience with patent applications, government funding programs, ISO27001 (Information Security) certification as well as Agile, DevOps and HR processes

• Technical skills across Apple, Windows and AWS provide a broad foundation for rapid learning in any area that adds value to my team

• Excellent people leadership, organisational and communication skills

• Strong experience in iOS, and proficient in JavaScript and Python. Familiar with dozens of other programming languages

• Worked with external auditors on financial, technical, security and compliance audits

• Passionate about clean code, deployment pipelines and test automation

Experience

Yoochooz Apps

Dec 2024 - present

Yoochooz is an app that empowers our kids to think before they send.

CTO & Cofounder

• Participated in the PlusEight Accelerator program in 2025.

• Maintaining and enhancing an iOS App

• Maintaining cloud server infrastructure on AWS

• Reviewing the system for reliability and security

Procure Communication

2021 - present

Procure Communication operates Australian Tenders providing tender alerts to thousands of customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Chief Technology Officer

• Architected and executed the launch of the new website, successfully migrating a large customer base.

• Established an effective, remote DevOps team.

• The team has maintained zero downtime since launch in 2022, whilst averaging >2 deployments per week.

• Introduced test automation (Cypress, Jest), observability (Honeycomb), code quality (SonarQube) and CI/CD (BitBucket Pipelines), to the website redevelopment project.

Grow Impact

June 2023 - August 2024

Grow Impact supports long-term partnerships between researchers and research organisations so they can work together to make a real impact.

Chief Technology Officer

• Maintaining a multi-tenant cloud product on AWS

• Growing the development team

• Reviewing the architecture for reliability, security and maintainability

GLX Digital

2018-2021

GLX Digital delivers efficient trading for large cargoes among global customers, including government entities. In 2020, the company secured a significant investment including Shell, Woodside and Tattarang.

Chief Technology Officer

• Responsible for the technology, security and operation of a real-time, high transaction value, platform on AWS.

• Grew the DevOps team from five to nearly thirty people,

• Achieved ISO27001 certification

• Won a WAITTA Incite award – Most Transformative Business Solution

• Described by one vendor as “probably the most IT savvy client I have ever worked with”.

• Managed the software development and system support through a state-wide lockdown in 2020, maintaining sprint velocity with the entire team working remotely for six weeks.

Norwood Systems

2011-2017

Norwood Systems provides voice, messaging and data services to consumers, enterprises and carriers globally.

Norwood is one of the most awarded companies in the WAITTA Incite Awards

Co-founder and CTO

• As co-founder, nurtured the company through several rounds of capital raising and a reverse-takeover to achieve ASX listing in 2015 (ASX:NOR).

• Led a team of more than 10 full time staff in development of popular applications and systems.

Achievements:

• Co-inventor of four patents in Australia, and USA; managed the application process

• Developed a global system including iOS and Android applications and AWS infrastructure by applying principles from “The Lean Startup” and Agile development

• System architect for the development of the World Phone application which has had over 5 million downloads (on iPhone and Android)

• Introduced Jira for management of the development workflow; applied Agile in both Scrum and Kanban as necessary

• Utilised technologies such as Web Services, XML, Ruby on Rails and Kamailio to solve technical problems; often prototyping solutions that became product features

More experience...

Ocean Broadband

2005-2010

Ocean Broadband provided reliable fixed wireless broadband internet to areas throughout Western Australia beyond the reach of ADSL.

Chief Information Officer

Having joined the company shortly after it was founded, I served in a range of roles up to and including CIO and CFO, essentially building a Wireless ISP from the ground up.

Achievements:

• Designed and built a custom billing solution that processed over a million customer transactions

• Built the system that managed bandwidth and capacity according to subscriber plans

• As primary liaison with the Department of Communications, prepared funding applications and compliance documents and supervised compliance activities

• Implemented a CRM solution that allowed the company to maintain customer service levels whilst creating significant savings (One comparable company needed triple the staff for a similar customer base)

• Delighted customers by creating CRM tasks based on missed calls from PBX logs, even when no message was left

• Drove the innovative integration of Google Earth with Salesforce.com boosting installer productivity by 33%

• Managed administration and general business support for the company

• Transitioned from MYOB to Xero, improving productivity for administration of finance and payroll functions

Norwood Systems

2001-2005

Norwood Systems developed EnterpriseMobility, using Bluetooth to deliver in-building voice services.

Software Engineer

• Lead developer of InstantCoverage, an award-winning RF (radio frequency) planning application for indoor environments including concepts from RF propagation theory, trunking theory and a range of user-interface design innovations

• InstantCoverage was prototyped in less than six weeks after joining

TerraVision

1998-2000

TerraVision built a Vessel Monitoring System used, for example, in fisheries to monitor the commercial fishing fleet for compliance or fleet tracking in mine operations.

Senior Analyst (Software Engineer)

• Designed and developed LoggerHead, a distributed logging application to collect performance data from components running on servers across Australia

• Developed an innovative Outlook-based client for ECERS (electronic catch and effort reporting system) allowing fishing vessels to lodge their reports via satellite through an on-board email client

MineMap

1992-1997

MineMap produced a suite of mine planning software tools for gold and mineral sands.

Analyst/Programmer

I learned my craft as part of a small development team with activities including Windows application development, documentation, consulting, customer support and on-site training

Certifications

Verify

Education

UWA Graduate School of Management

2003 – 2005

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

High Distinctions in Finance, Marketing and Accounting

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

1988 – 1992

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Majors in Computer Science and Pure Mathematics

Community Involvement

Australian Air Force Cadets

Officer of Cadets, 2011-2019

Commanding Officer 707SQN

2013 – 2019

Responsible for training, administration and safety leadership to more than fifty staff and cadets.

• In 2014, 707 squadron won the ‘RSL Efficiency Shield’ ahead of nearly 20 other units in WA.

• Also in that year, the morale and effectiveness at 707SQN was recognised by the Commander of the AAFC with an unprecedented ‘Unit Citation’. (In 84 years of the organisation, this remains the ONLY ONE ever awarded)

Rostrum (Club 52 Mandurah)

Rostrum is an international public speaking organisation.

Club President 2008 – 2009

During both years as president, the club won awards for excellence.

In 2009, I was a finalist in the WA Speaker of the Year competition.