As CTO at Brolly, I am at the forefront of driving technological innovation and excellence, transforming how we approach lending and borrowing in the fintech industry.• Technological Leadership: Leading the development and execution of Brolly’s technology strategy, ensuring alignment with our mission to provide next-generation financial solutions.• Innovation and Automation: Implementing cutting-edge technologies to streamline operations, enhance security, and ensure transparent financial transactions.• Team Empowerment: Building and mentoring a high-performing tech team, fostering a culture of continuous innovation and agile development.• Scalable Solutions: Engineering robust, scalable systems that support Brolly’s rapid growth and evolving user needs, from mobile-first applications to automated finance mechanisms.• Strategic Vision: Driving strategic initiatives to maintain our competitive edge, leveraging real-time data and advanced analytics to optimise our lending and borrowing ecosystem.

For over 15 years we have been helping companies in Australia and around the world strive for excellence and technological efficiency. Our leading team of experts will help you, not only catch up to the constant technological changes but also stay ahead of the competition and have a proactive approach to technological challenges that will arise in the future.We have the scope and capacity required to provide the solutions for your organization that will fulfill your goals and needs. We are agile and responsive – we look beyond the obvious and find unique and innovative ways to deal with future challenges before they arise.

Meridian Australia was founded in 2011 and specialises in residential property investment, using a carefully formulated and extensive analysis methodology. At Meridian Australia, I manage the technology division while aligning the business strategy with the technology. Joining in an IT leadership role with the task shaping the business’ long-term technical vision and roadmap, I have driven significant change across the IT service delivery environment, business model and customer journey while developing onshore and offshore teams under my leadership. My objective is to build a sustainable profit centre that will support the executive team in the delivery of commercial and growth targets while providing valuable cutting-edge technology solutions.• Responsible for defining the vision, driving team execution, as well as overseeing architecture and process workflow. • Continually expanding business technology and directing technical teams in the delivery of numerous projects and deliverables. • Managing a team of 5 professionals, Back and Front-end Developers, UI/UX Engineers and System Administrators. • Implemented in-house custom-built CRM platform, financial systems, operating structure, marketing and public relations plans.• Drove operating costs down to 50% over 2 years while maintaining service levels through strict budgetary control and effective vendor management to ensure competitive pricing.• Designed and implemented corporate IT infrastructure, including networking, modified existing Intranet portal for clients and internal use, database systems, and data centre, scalable to accommodate rapid growth using Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.• Established highly motivating, engaging work environment that maintained high retention of valuable technical talent in intensely competitive real estate technology market.

Oversight of IT and Technology Department, with full responsibility for technical direction and strategy for company and its clients with additional responsibility for operations and HR. Reporting directly to Board of Directors, oversaw operating budget and staff of 5. Worked closely with CTOs/CIOs of client companies.• Leveraged technology to restore order and reliable reporting and processes to Financial Department in disarray with unaccounted vendor checks. Simplified cryptic and complicated systems, initiated project/budget-tracking processes, and established cloud accounting and cash management systems. • Managed a highly skilled tech team of 5 while addressing market shift without impacting client service, maintaining supportive, high morale environment. • Facilitated business development through preparation of comprehensive and articulate technical portions of proposals that have been highly successful in gaining confidence of prospective clients’ IT leadership. • Worked closely with the Board of Directors aligning the next round of VC funding with the investor parties.• Developed process workflows to create and deliver web-based applications, including modified collaborative workspace enabling round-the-clock access to information and feedback from offshore staff.

As the IT Manager, I was responsible and accountable for the smooth running of business computer systems within the limits of company requirements, specifications, cost and timelines. I have supervised the implementation and maintained computer networks that connects 3 statewide offices over 40 employees.• Accomplished results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.• Maintained organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.• Accomplished financial objectives by forecasting requirements by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective action. • Implemented network security at the regional level which involved additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure. • Helped the company to oversee the administration and maintenance of the company’s infrastructure. • Established and maintained system backups, archives and disaster recovery plans according to the company requirements.

As a Technical Consultant, I was responsible for the scoping, design, deployment, service delivery and ongoing support for Telstra’s BigPond Security, delivering for consumer and enterprise customers across Australia.• Customer liaison to project requirements, scope and integration with existing systems. • Configuration, integration, testing, optimization, implementation and debug of computer security solutions. • Testing of software applications or hardware devices that may be deployed to enhance solution. • Development of tools that have been used by others to help provision, manage and troubleshoot deployments. • Documentation of solutions to ensure support teams and other consultants can participate in support and onward developments.