Establishing a koala sanctuary on Kangaroo Island to help conserve this iconic species.

AusOcean is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of helping our oceans through technology. Learn more at www.ausocean.org.

The South Australian Museum is renowned for its world-class natural history and cultural collections.

StartupAUS is a not-for-profit organisation I co-founded with the goal of fostering and building the community of technology entrepreneurship in Australia.

I was responsible for Google's research and development operations in Australia, overseeing the growth of the Google's Sydney Engineering Centre from 20 engineers to over 650.

I advised the Chief Scientist of Australia on strategies and priorities regarding STEM education and skills.

Advised the Information Commissioner on information policies that unleashed the value of our national information assets.

SA Angels was a group of sophisticated investors, focusing on, but not limited to, South Australian startups.

Member of the board of Australia’s peak ICT industry representative body and advocacy group.

Part of an Australian Government taskforce into how public sector information (PSI) could be put to better use and how government could better engage with citizens.

Advised the South Australia Minister for Science and Information Economy on the benefits of the information economy to South Australia.

Developed the world’s first software-only distributed traffic shaper, providing application delivery with guaranteed bandwidth and response times right to the desktop of branch office users. Led to successful acquisition by Expand Networks.

Responsible for technology strategy, product development, research programs, technology acquisition and partnerships, and strategic technology licensing.

As head of engineering, managed 170 engineering staff across 5 facilities. Merged NetMind’s and Intellisync’s engineering organizations and standardized the company’s software processes and tools. Developed a common software platform for all products. (Company was named Puma Technology at the time and renamed Intellisync Corporation in 2004, then subsquently acquired by Nokia in February 2006)

Responsible for product strategy, software development, SQA and operations. Grew engineering team from 1 to 25. NetMind was succesfully acquired by Pumatech (later renamed Intellisync, now part of Nokia) in February 2000.

As a part-time lecturer at the UCSC Silicon Valley campus, developed and taught my own curriculum on distributed objects programming with CORBA, teaching in both the C++ and Java languages.

Various technology and engineering management positions in Measurement and Systems, including:- Technologist, Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Division.- Manager, Advanced Architecture Group, responsible for design and development of new product architectures.