Matt Costain Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

I run the Solution Architecture practice within the KPMG Creates / Digital Experiences group. I design and build digital products and solutions for major Australian enterprise and government to support their innovation and transformation agendas.Over the past 5 years I've built: critical products and solutions used by Australians in both daily life and in times of crisis, member based solutions in the FS sector for organisations with over 2m customers, worked with Go8 Universities and other Higher Education organisations to re-imagine student experience, drive student acquisition and increase education outcomes, and have worked on technology roadmaps and strategies for organisations with potential that haven't quite been able to realise it.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Senior Solution Architect in the Digital Delta group, part of the KPMG Management Consulting.My role is split between Solution Design and Architecture, Technical Account Management, Technical Pre-Sales, and Project Delivery and Operations.I am involved with multi-month/year long projects for various government departments, large enterprise and well funded VC startups.I take a keen interest in building effective teams and improving engineering and technology culture.

Sydney, Au

Strange Signals is an event production, promotion, and artist touring organisation thatfeatures local and international artists working at the fringes of underground electronic and dance music. It's a hobby.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Love Agency is a full service digital agency with a strong focus on mobile UI/UX with clients spaning government and enterprise.Love Agency was acquired by KPMG Australia in May 2019.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

"The API Practice" is an early stage startup and consultancy that takes an API-centric view of digital transformation programs, associated architecture and technology and end-user experience.We develop a unique software platform that helps define and project requirements with desired business value and outcomes. It allows your organisation design, build, manage, version, prioritise, and document your APIs across projects and environments. I'm responsible for the Australian business, platform architecture and delivery, consulting and client success. I close the loop between our customers, product and technology. Also managed an offshore development team in Vietnam.

NearSky was my Sydney based consultancy that brings over 20 years of experience working for Australia's largest broadcasters, media organisations, startups, brands and government.We align strategy and management, product, platform, and commercial models to align your media product and services vision with your existing capabilities via technical strategy. There was a strong focus on APIs, broadcast media, video streaming, content management and delivery, digital publishing, and online/OTT video ecosystems.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

SBS On Demand is Australia's premier AVOD video service with over 5 million monthly users and over $10m annual revenue, deployed to over 20 different platforms.I was responsible for the product vision and success, managing delivery and operations across technology, marketing, UX&D, data/analytics into a superb customer experience, and meeting (exceeding) both audience and revenue targets. - Managed product and technology roadmap, architecture, development, delivery- Managed a number of cross functional agile teams (Scrum / Kanban) - Managed relationship with SBS Strategy, Marketing, Media Ad Sales, Content and Audience Insights- Developed audience journey maps to support audience acquisition and retention strategies. - Implemented Customer Experience/Helpdesk capability including full cycle audience feedback and fault resolution solution, integrated with development process- Audience Data Strategy: user registration and login strategy, programmatic ad solutions, Server Side Ad Insertion, leveraging audience data to provide significant revenue uplift from personalised audience segments.- Media sales exceeded targets by 15% for the FY, audience numbers increased over target

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for creating and delivering SBS' digital technology platform strategy and roadmap, including UX&D, Production and Operation for all SBS' audience facing digital products. Basically, Digital CTO.Included all websites, apps, streaming video and audio services. Major events such as the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France and Eurovision, and internal digital initiatives. The team delivered around 20 major projects annually, and supported around 40 digital products and projects.- Grew SBS On Demand VOD service to over 15 platforms including iOS, Android, PC, Connected TV, HbbTV, Xbox, PlayStation, AppleTV- Oversaw over 150% audience growth, 100% revenue growth across the network in 2 years- Managed a team of 50 staff and an operational budget of over $8m- Vendor management: Akamai, Brightcove, AWS, Telstra, Limelight, New Relic, Janrain- Successfully negotiated backend technology deals with ABC saving millions$ over 2-3 years- Cloud migration to AWS and created internal DevOps practice - Delivered technical strategy and plan and accompanying business cases- Developed engagement models for internal and external parties with PMO- Responsible for online video and audio streaming solutions, infrastructure, video workflows, encoding and video metadata.- Delivered unified audience data and analytics program, providing new insights and paving the way for deeper marketing, content and advertising personalisation, increased ad revenue and engagement through the use of DMP, recommendations and personalisation engines, CRM - Responsible/informed all CAPEX/OPEX Business cases involving any part of SBS' digital product or infrastructure- Transformed internal broadcast video playout to offisite cloud based playout via Deluxe- Integrated SBS' digital workflows with Vizrt MAM

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for the technical strategy, architecture, development and operation of SBS' digital properties across web, mobile, video, connected TVs, game consolesAchievements- 300% audience growth in 4 years- 12% month on month growth of video delivery- Architecture of “SBS OnDemand” platform, deployed and operated on 20+ platforms - Unification of hosting infrastructure and CDN services- Automated online video workflows- Design and integration of video advertising models- Management of over 90 digital properties- 2014 FIFA World Cup. At the time the largest Video Streaming event Australia had seen (web, android, iOS)- Cross platform events (World Cup 2010, Eurovision, Tour de France)- Social TV firsts: Eurovision 2012, DatelineResponsibilities:- Management and leadership of development team- Technology roadmap and product development, R&D- Broadcast integration & video streaming- Management of hosting, CDN, SaaS vendors and vendors- IT, Mobile and emerging platforms strategyMajor Projects http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand- SBS' OnDemand video service. (available on iOS, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox360, PS3, LG/Sony/Samsung/Panasonic connected TVs, Hisense STB)- Responsible for technology direction, architecture, development, operation- Features include personalisation, playlisting, subscribe to series/upcoming shows, recommendationshttp://theworldgame.sbs.com.au- Official Australian FIFA World Cup website- Delivered 5m+ video views, live streaming, 40m Pis, 1.5m+ UBshttp://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral- Official Australian site for the ASO Le Tour De France- Cross platform execution of live video, catchup, live stats across TV, web, Android, iOS- Benchmark for live sports multi-platform delivery in Australia.http://www.sbs.com.au/eurovision - most successful social TV instance in Australia

Southbank, Vic, Au

Technical Manager of the Sydney and offshore (India) Java development teams. Focus on web and mobile technologies delivering solutions and strategy to media, broadcast, telecommunications sectors- Tech pre-sales & solutions architecture- Technical leadership and strategy- Management of two offshore Java development teams (Mumbai, Bangalore)- Java/J2EE Architecture- Technical account management- HR and resource management- Technology appraisalKey Projects:BigPond: Bigpond News (http://bigpondnews.com/)Network TEN: Australian Idol 2008 (http://www.australianidol.com.au), BigBrother 2008 (http://www.bigbrother.com.au) web deploymentNews Limited: CarsGuide (http://carsguide.mobi), News Mobile (http://m.news.com.au)

Southbank, Vic, Au

Senior Java/J2EE team lead, architect and developer (web/mobile). Team sizes up to 15 people. System and technical architecture, software engineering, technology appraisal, selection and implementation. Business analysis, pre-sales, technical writing. Coordination of offshore development efforts, and training of offshore resources.Key Projects: Network TEN: Digital platform relaunch (RedDot CMS), 2007 Australian Idol Website BuildTelstra: Foxtel by Mobile - on demand video streaming to 3G devices. Events WAP Platform - management of live event video and on demand to 3G devices

Previously WSA Online. Senior Java/J2EE team lead. Project lead and backend development, reporting to Director of Client Services. Team sizes up to 15 people. System / technical architecture, software engineering, technology appraisal, selection and implementation. Business analysis, pre-sales, technical writing. Coordination of offshore development efforts and training of offshore resources. Clients included: Multimedia Victoria, Colgate, NSW Health, ACT Government, SA DHS, Cricket Australia, Cisco

Seattle, Wa, Us

Previously Nethead. Senior Java/J2EE/.Net developer across multiple projects. Clients included Medibank Private, Transfield Services, Network TEN, Hyundai. Most of my work here involved technical leadership, technical practice improvements, client management, fire fighting.

Nethead was a 2nd generation webshop that had been operating below the radar for some years in the media space, but really became a force when the first generation of agencies started to falter.I joined this organisation as a "interface specialist" which really meant that I knew how to play between backend and frontend. I moved to becoming a Java/J2EE/.Net developer.Achievements: - Technical lead and lead developer of prototype MHP digital TV news application for Network TEN.- Contribution to the first digital "Big Brother" experience for Network TEN- Many B2C websitesClients included: Network TEN, System Stanley, Tourism Tasmania, Mystery Shopper

Us

Spike was Australia's first rock star web shop. I was a Senior Web Developer and managed a dev team of 8 people. Duties included: project management, staff hiring and training/HR, R&D, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Microsoft ASP, accessibility, graphic design and multimedia. Clients: Toyota, Mars, Commonwealth Bank, Southcorp, Lexus, Ripcurl, XpertCorp, Sharon Austin, 1CyberNetwork

Freelance web development. Including HTML, Javascript, Java.

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (Computer)

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science