OFX Technology is a Product-led team of about 100 FTEs and ad-hoc contractors that are organised into 10 delivery teams aligned with the customer value chain and business units (e.g. Acquisition, Engagement, Customer Service, Fulfilment, Insights). We use lean product thinking and Agile to align all our resources to support the growth and scalability our of business. Technically, we are 100% cloud (AWS and GCP), use SaaS for right-sized capabilities and world class engineering to deliver secure customer facing Products and Capabilities for our business operations.Adam leads the Engineering Practice of about 60 Software, Quality and Cloud Engineers that are allocated out to Product and Capability delivery squads.Responsible for: - Technology Strategy (build vs. buy, architectural roadmap, vendor selection/integration, bespoke application architecture, cloud strategy) - Engineering Recruitment, Performance Management and Culture - Engineering principles, tools and processes - Alignment of Engineering with Product Strategy and Delivery (Architecture, OKRs, CI/CD, Continuous Improvement) - Engineering support for Data Strategy - Advise CTO, Group Executive and Board on technical strategy, organisational design and industry opportunities

Honoured to backfill for our amazing CTO, Wendy Glasgow, while she is on maternity leave for a company that values gender equality.

I lead the Architecture Practice at News Corp Australia, consisting of Enterprise and Domain (Solution) Architects across all domains including Digital, Subscription (Consumer Commerce), Ad Sales, Data / Identity and Editorial. I'm also responsible for the Technology Strategy including platform vision and strategic direction across this architectural portfolio.Responsibilities include: - Team leadership and mentoring of senior architects. - Technology and Digital strategy, innovation, mentoring engineers and product managers. - Architecture Practice vision, methodology, business engagement, prioritisation, etc. - Financial management, Technology capex budget preparation, operational and lifecycle cost management, etc. - Management of architectural roadmaps, solutions, governance, communication, etc. - Enterprise architecture for Digital consumer product and publishing platforms. - People management, team/individual KPIs, recruitment, etc. - Member of Technology Senior Leadership Team, reporting to CTO. - External public speaking as part of News Corp brand awareness and recruitment driver.

Responsible for all Digital Platforms supporting consumer products such as news.com.au, The Australian, Fox Sports, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, taste.com.au and some 50 other masthead and lifestyle brands. Platforms include Web Content Management, Content API, Video, Social, Identity, Data, Tablet Publishing, etc.Responsibilities include: - Management of team of Platform Directors, Platform Managers and Architecturs that, in turn, managed about 60 engineers, testers and product owners. - Financial Management for all Digital Technology managed services and software costs. - Architectural vision, strategy and roadmaps for digital platforms. - Management of solution architecture and design. - Development and Operational support of digital platforms - Stakeholder management, service management, etc. - Advising Product and Editorial around digital strategy and technology trends.

Platform architecture and strategy for Web, Mobile, Tablet, Video, Social and Search.

Domain architecture for digital publishing platforms (Web, Mobile, Apps, Video)

iPad, Android, Woodwing, Adobe, Digital Publishing, Mobile, Web

SOA, Fusion, Integration, Middleware, Architecture, Strategy, Delivery, Vendor Management, BPEL, Design, Though-leadership, Methodology

Industries including gaming / casinos, hospitality, telecommunications, tax and legal services, defence, utilities, land titles (government), retail and numerous smaller proposals and consulting engagements in other industries.

Clients such as David Jones (Retail), Land Information NZ (Government), Sydney Water (Utilities), Dept. of Defence, PwC (Finance).The Management Consulting Services division of PwC was purchased by IBM to become Global Business Services in 2002.