Responsible for the design and development of rule based systems for automating complex decisions made by government and large private sector clients.

In addition to being my daughter’s primary carer, I am a domestic goddess who cleans, shops, cooks, and otherwise generally runs the household. Report directly to CEO (wife).

Providing regular career advice to a clever rising star based on my experience with managing talent, running an R&D team, and delivering product and services within a rapidly growing company.

Responsible for development, maintenance and support of all technology across the group of companies, including retail web sites, Navision-based ERP systems, hardware infrastructure, and bespoke software tools.Key Achievements:Transformed fragmented, unreliable and costly IT functions. Established new, integrated, motivated team of 20 people by consolidating existing staff, putting new talent into key positions, centralising IT support, changing implementation partners, and introducing long-term planning.Consolidated 24x7, high-volume, retail web sites (including Appliances Online) onto single technology platform, creating cost and time-to-market efficiencies, while protecting sales continuity and revenue growth.

Sold my shareholding in SoftLaw and took leave from paid work. Studied for my MBA at Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Responsible for all R&D, maintenance and support, technology strategy, and patent portfolio. Drove development of company’s ground-breaking AI technologies with team of 20 people, from government-funded research to commercialisation.Key Achievements:Team created IP that was the key asset of the company’s sale to Oracle for $150M.Delivered Linear Inferencing, a key processing algorithm which allowed data processing 10-100 times faster than the industry benchmark, establishing the company as a major international player.Delivered RuleBurst, enabling a ten-fold increase in the productivity of staff and customers, and allowing the company to compete on the cost-effectiveness of its bespoke development services.Key role in securing and retaining $4.1M in funding from AusIndustry.Embedded CTO role into Sales and Marketing. Fostered direct relationships with key customers. Focused R&D so that it delivered what customers actually needed, driving stronger sales.Secured highly valuable international patents.

Sat on company board for 13 years. Participated in ASX listing in 2001. Continued as director after delisting and buy-out of company by private investors in 2004. Helped grow company from small startup to 100+ staff with offices in Sydney, Canberra, London, and Washington.Key AchievementCreated significant wealth, delivering healthy dividends together with capital gains to shareholders, often under very challenging circumstances.

Headed up a skunkworks team, reporting directly to the CEO. Established new research goals, traced back to company strategy, yielding world-leading RuleBurst technology.

Seconded to the UK to help establish company’s London office. Responsible for providing technical pre-sales support, helping build a permanent, regional technical team, oversight of software development for local clients, and fostering relationships with local implementation partners.

Started as one of company’s first software engineers, developing products and implementing customer systems. Thereafter, held various senior technology positions.