Leading VIRTACH's business development across advanced VR and AR technologies for medical and defence sectors.• Obtained a Federal Govt Bridging grant; to engage with Queen Mary University London to develop a POC design doc and early POC fine motor skill Haptic device. 12 Month project.• Obtained a Federal Govt CAESIE grant to pursue EU Horizon 2020 Research Institutes. Agreement to collaborate with 12 different R&D Institutes achieved for our Virtual Human dev program.

• Developed Bushfire Risk Assessment methodology in collaboration with Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne • Delivered under contract to the Defense Science & Technology Organization (DSTO) an in depth Assessment of the State-Of-The Art VHF and HF communications technologies• Developed with Peter George at CSSIP the PHOENIX 1 research program for C4ISR, Electronic Warfare and long distance covert communications capability.• Awarded a COMET grant to… Show more • Developed Bushfire Risk Assessment methodology in collaboration with Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne • Delivered under contract to the Defense Science & Technology Organization (DSTO) an in depth Assessment of the State-Of-The Art VHF and HF communications technologies• Developed with Peter George at CSSIP the PHOENIX 1 research program for C4ISR, Electronic Warfare and long distance covert communications capability.• Awarded a COMET grant to pursue the R&D of Smart Antennas for long distance wireless broadband outcomes• Consultant to Exponent Inc USA – Project managed the collaborative and successful response to the DoD Land 125 Soldier of the Future program (WUNDURRA)• Project managed and delivered the first Soldier Combat System for the Australian Department of Defense (DoD)Soldier of the Future project • Teamed with Cisco Australia to integrate and deliver the iSoldier demo to the Australian DoD Show less

• Project managed the development of High Frequency OFDM wireless modem technology for the Australian Army • Project manager for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consultancy to the Melaka State Government, Malaysia• Lead consultant for the Ballarat TeleVillage ICT Project, Ballarat. • Lead consultant to develop an IT & Telecommunications strategy for the City of Whittlesea (Melbourne) and a call centre study for the Shire of Hamilton.

30 year + career with Telstra and the PMG/TELCOM covering telecommunications infrastructure development, operation & management. •Initiated, researched, and developed a State wide (Vic) Reactive Electronic Fault Management and Location program. This involved procuring specialized electronic fault location equipment and the re-training and re-equipping of all external plant fault staff across Victoria. •Designed, developed, and installed Telstra Australia’s first customer Underground… Show more 30 year + career with Telstra and the PMG/TELCOM covering telecommunications infrastructure development, operation & management. •Initiated, researched, and developed a State wide (Vic) Reactive Electronic Fault Management and Location program. This involved procuring specialized electronic fault location equipment and the re-training and re-equipping of all external plant fault staff across Victoria. •Designed, developed, and installed Telstra Australia’s first customer Underground Controlled Environmental Vaults and 30 channel customer multiplexer equipment installations. •Instigated the introduction and adoption of a Cable Plant Recording (CPR) system for Telstra country division, Aust. •Instigated the adoption and roll-out of Radio Frequency Mobile Data technologies across Telstra country division Victoria. •Researched, introduced, and was responsible for a radical fault location and management system that reduced the time to find and fix a fault by 70%+. This system was called C.A.N.E.S., a GIS based Customer Access Network Evaluation System. Show less

National Service (Extended 3 years):1968-1971. Army Reserve:1973-1975. 28th Battalion Royal West Australian Regiment “Bushmen’s Rifles”.1977-1986. 2 Commando Company, Special Forces.