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Co-Founding Sezoo with Jo Spencer and 460degrees in the second half of 2021 was the culmination of 4 years of work in digital trust. Within days of founding the company, we had engagements with Australian State Government departments and organisations and companies within the financial sector to provide advisory and consulting services on how emerging technologies (such as the open standards of Verifiable Credentials, Decentralised Identifiers and DIDComm) can enhance privacy and… Show more Co-Founding Sezoo with Jo Spencer and 460degrees in the second half of 2021 was the culmination of 4 years of work in digital trust. Within days of founding the company, we had engagements with Australian State Government departments and organisations and companies within the financial sector to provide advisory and consulting services on how emerging technologies (such as the open standards of Verifiable Credentials, Decentralised Identifiers and DIDComm) can enhance privacy and security and enable the next evolution of digital trust.I am personally proud of the mission statement that we created: "to radically improve trust in digital interactions for the benefit of all", and would like to see Sezoo continue on this mission way beyond my professional career. Long term, holistic and inclusive thinking is important, essential even, in this area as it is in so many others. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In 2023 I joined the UN/CEFACT Project on Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Traceability and Sustainability as a contributor and UNECE Recommendation 49 - Transparency at Scale. I'm looking to apply my expertise and knowledge in verifiable credentials and trust ecosystems, in particular in the areas of governance graphs and trust(worthy) assessment.As a contributor I have been registered as an expert with the Australian national head of delegation.

The Sovrin Foundation's Working Group on Guardianship has a number of objectives. Two of the key deliverables are technical requirements and implementation guidelines for guardianship.More can be found out from the working group's wiki pages here: https://guardianshipwg.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GWG/overview?homepageId=229378And the origin of the work can be seen on the Sovrin site here: https://sovrin.org/guardianship/

Melbourne, Australia

My roles at 460degrees are a continuation and development of my work with CharterMason and the CMC Group. Within 460degrees, my primary focus is the Education Section and Emerging Technologies. I am also a keen promoter of design thinking and innovation as a way of thinking/working/doing. I continue the role I had in CMC Group in 460degrees as "chief innovation officer", in which my main aim to create a self-sustaining culture of innovation at the personal and group level… Show more My roles at 460degrees are a continuation and development of my work with CharterMason and the CMC Group. Within 460degrees, my primary focus is the Education Section and Emerging Technologies. I am also a keen promoter of design thinking and innovation as a way of thinking/working/doing. I continue the role I had in CMC Group in 460degrees as "chief innovation officer", in which my main aim to create a self-sustaining culture of innovation at the personal and group level. Success will mean that we don't need the explicit "chief innovation" role as everyone is an innovator, at which point I'll be happy to be an fellow innovator and innovator's coach. Show less

Selected as a member of the working group on credentialing reporting to the National Blockchain Steering Committee the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. The working group will provide a report in March of 2021

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Management Consulting focused on trusted executor roles in transformational change for the Higher Education Sector.

I created this company as a stepping stone for the next chapters of my career. 11dot2 is an abbreviation/contraction of 11.2 km per second, an approximation of the velocity needed to escape from the earth's orbit. The 11dot2 name is an indicator of previous career (and continued personal) interests - as well as shorthand for how you need to achieve "escape velocity" - speed and direction - to break free of existing habits and constraints.

A Melbourne (Australia) based business focused on human resource management consultancy and offering start up organisation design "HR Foundations", Talent planning, Talent Management and Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning, Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Management Design and Implementation, HR Audits, Staff Surveys and HR Bureau services.YourHR was an opportunity for me to explore the importance of people, organisations and culture in delivering outcomes (with and… Show more A Melbourne (Australia) based business focused on human resource management consultancy and offering start up organisation design "HR Foundations", Talent planning, Talent Management and Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning, Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Management Design and Implementation, HR Audits, Staff Surveys and HR Bureau services.YourHR was an opportunity for me to explore the importance of people, organisations and culture in delivering outcomes (with and without technology). It was a great opportunity for me to learn from and work alongside experts on HR and deliver meaningful outcomes to businesses, and for me to understand the rigours and challenges of running a small business. Show less

Asia Pacific head of Percuto with responsibility for development IP in consulting to the global regulated gaming industry. Developed IP and delivered consulting engagements on concepts around the "Total Cost of Compliance" (TCoC) - a concept that endeavoured to test/prove the value of compliance spend and identify opportunities to improve the RoI.

I took over responsibility for running the largest part of the BMM group when the owner and group CEO of BMM moved from the then Australian head quarters to develop the North American office in Las Vegas.During the time I was responsible for BMM in Australia, we experienced record growth and revenue figures.

Melbourne, Australia

Final position held at Logica in Australia after many different roles across 9 countries. My role was to act as scout and interpreter for new technologies and their potential impact on businesses. Often asked to present to boards and special interest groups, I also had a role as one of the main bid technology risk reviewers and bid managers for new opportunities.

Mobile commerce, eCommerce and CRM consulting to Banks and Telco's in New Zealand. Account Management for electricity market, major bid management and project reviews.

A period covering software development, project management, consulting, account and contract management and staff management.Started with 18 months of helicopter simulator development in South West England, then 18 months of technology assessment research for Space Station Freedom in Holland (ESTEC), to Space Technology Advisory Board representation and Project Managing Formal methods and Hard Real Time Software Development in S.E. England. Then 3 years as Logica's European Space… Show more A period covering software development, project management, consulting, account and contract management and staff management.Started with 18 months of helicopter simulator development in South West England, then 18 months of technology assessment research for Space Station Freedom in Holland (ESTEC), to Space Technology Advisory Board representation and Project Managing Formal methods and Hard Real Time Software Development in S.E. England. Then 3 years as Logica's European Space Agency Contract Manager in Italy (ESRIN, Frascati), before returning to the UK as the EUTELSAT Satellite Control Centre Account Manager in London (and Paris) for just over a year.During the last 8 years in the Space Division I was also a Staff Consultant responsible for performance reviews and career mentoring for 25 team members Show less

Bsc Hons, Computer Science And Management Science

Activities and Societies: Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club and Film Society Joint degree in Computer Science and Management.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Hockey Team Cricket Team Enthusiastically (and with some humour) educated on a few hundred years.