Grid Concepts is a Digital Marketing Agency specialising in Research, Content Creation, its Optimisation and Promotion.Grid Concepts combines a cross-section of marketing, design, technology & content creation services to achieve results that are consistently better than our competition.

My role at Piksel was responsible for all Software Engineering & Architecture Operations in the Asia-Pacific region. This covered all service and product lines including:• Enterprise private and public cloud video software deployments (9+ months projects)• Deployment, Support and Customization of multiple SaaS Video platform lines serving 2,000+ customers each• Professional & System Integration Services provision for the Asia-Pacific regionThe execution of the above program of work was delivered by multiple teams working in geographically dispersed locations including: Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore & Bangkok.

As a Technical Director at Sputnik Agency I was responsible for the provision of a wide range of technology services to Agency’s client roster. My key objective was the management of the Australian technical group with a large stake in the operational mechanics of the business.I also worked closely with Sputnik's global parent in order to find synergies in resourcing and solution delivery. I was responsible for leading and managing the delivery teams at Sputnik Agency including:• Software Engineers• Front-end (Web) Developers• Solution Architects• Project Managers• Business Analysts• Finished Artists• Creative Production• Quality Assurance Managers & EngineersSales:• Pitching• RFP & RFI Response Compilation• Prototyping & Ideation• Project Sizing & BudgetingOperations & Process:• Member of the Management Team• Organization wide Process definition & Engineering• Management of all customer projects• Ongoing management of all ASIA-PAC infrastructure• Resource Management & Capacity Planning

• Moved into supervision, management and day-to-day operation of the Sputnik Agency Software Engineering team.• Became the main client liaison on all things Software Engineering.• Head Solution Architect• Closely worked with Project Management and Producing staff to assist in the definition of the scope of each project, it's timeline, identification of Risks, Issues and their mitigation plans.• Worked with Business Analyst team to define functional and non-functional requirements for every development project at the agency.• Added significant value in all sales and pre-sales activities that required software engineering, primarily for clients such as: Sanitarium, Johnson & Johnson, Google, Frank Health Insurance, VicTrack, Qantas, Australian Reinforcing Company, Save the Children, The Good GuysContent Management: Sitecore, DotNetNuke, SilverStripe, Joomla! 1.0/1.5, WordPress, Drupal, Lantern, MOSS, OpenCMS, Umbraco, KonaKart, Oracle PortalDatabase Systems: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/08, Oracle 10g/11g, PostgreSQL

• Lead a team of developers working on a range of web development and design projects.• Reported to the Head of Technology• Design, implementation & configuration of systems using a wide range of CMS Systems: Joomla! 1.0/1.5, Drupal, WordPress. Sitecore, Sharepoint, DotNetNuke• Provided bespoke or custom software engineering services (involvement at all phases of the SDLC)• Liaised with clients on a range of projects and engagements• Assisted Account Services and New Business teams in client liaison, sales and pre-sales activities• Implemented, mandated and refined a function point estimation process with the development team

• Worked in a large enterprise software engineering team with an average project team size of 12 developers, 2 business analysts and 2 project management staff.• Developed application in PHP 5 & .NET 3.5 (C#)• Worked as one of the lead developers on a university wide web system to provide course work, exam and research collateral to thousands of students, academic and general university staff with substantial load, redundancy and replication requirements• Liaised, advised and assisted the dedicated System Engineering unit with the university in order produce best of breed infrastructure solutions.

• Senior software engineer within a team of five• Lead developer on a Loyalty System for Jeans West (including integration with Fulfillment and Point of Sale systems, Multiple points of redundancy, Reporting Engine)• Gathered business requirements• Designed and estimated solution options• Supervised & mentored Junior Developers• Put in place Test Strategies and Plans