Samantha Maher Email & Phone Number

Canberra, ACT, AU

Fyshwick, ACT, AU

Strategic Counsel Government Relations Technical Consultants

Canberra, ACT, AU

Strategic Counsel, Corporate Affairs, Business Intelligence, Information Architecture & Forensic Auditing 3 decades of experience across enterprise and government sectors, I have worked with State and Federal Government Departments and Agencies, Tier 1 and 2 Enterprise Clients, NGOs and Industry Associations. Advisory documentation and references available.

Canberra, ACT, AU

Started taking on ‘tech fixer’ type contracts in early 1994 (Samantha Weston). Started with automating capital acquisition processes and forward rate agreement contracts in the international transport and logistics space; moved on to write an application connector for a group of customs and quarantine stakeholders; next took on big data, query based.

Canberra, ACT, AU

Creative Technology and Digital Products have become an increasingly high-priority request from clients since the late 1990s when Sam first started building intranets, database driven interfaces and fixing business problems with creative technology applications. Today Sam is occasionally found tinkering in her studio/ lab making and co-creating: Web and.

Russell, Australian Capital Territory, AU

Defence for Adobe/ DXC / Sam MaherCIOG Sustainment Lead for Adobe Experience Manger application stack level 2/3 support and service delivery. Responsible for Defence Forms (webforms) and Land Doctrine program, AEM level 2/3 support and sustainment team (ITSM practice), elevated privileges, AD and AppSense, group administration, service management (DSMS).

Ashburn, Virginia, US

AEM upgrade feasibility project, 6.3 onPrem to 6.5. Included gap analysis, security accreditation and risk assessment, and new architecture (SoR) options/ recommendations conducted between February-June 2022. Directed small team and scheduling lead, led negotiation with department, matched investment case with department strategic goals (benefit.

Ashburn, Virginia, US

At Defence for DXC doing AEM 6.3 Config | StructApp Developer related tasks and enhancing/ improving a multi-tenanted AEM 6.3 forms solution stack with XMLDocs and FrameMaker Publishing Server (FMPS) integrations.

San Jose, CA, US

At Defence for Adobe as an AEM consultant, creative technologist, technical writer and general fixer/ improver. I’m also responsible for the day-to-day running of a sustainment team (ITSM practice), system health and operations monitoring, capability reporting, new service TiS (ITIL), functionality test management, change and release, IIS, service.

Regional NSW forum group focused on Sustainable Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) initiatives, collaborative practice and co-working space, buying and trade groups, drought resilience and disaster recovery, cooperative governance practices and resource sharing initiatives to activate Regional Economies.

FAÇARDE is a new authoring pipeline for storytellers harnessing Augmented Reality, to deliver best in class, fiercely curated interactive content, that can be posted worldwide, displayed in a shop, given away at a trade event. Created by Sam Maher. Prototype © Sam Maher.

Chair/ Board Director of a local community arts incorporated association. Co-chair of the steering committee and representative of the volunteer working group. My responsibilities included: governance, financial management, stakeholder relations, strategic communications and program development; and leading a variable team to deliver 46 community arts.

As a freelance producer I have produced more than 1000 projects on digital, tape and 16mm. I have worked with numerous advertising, marketing and casting agencies, production and post production companies and sound facilities, lead crews from 2 to 35, wrangled international sport, modeling and acting talent, worked with recognized international directors.

Trained in PR and writing for communicative purposes, including: communications planning and strategy documents; social expressions; multimedia and social media content; technical documentation and function specifications; business use cases and service delivery mapping; proposals, RFQ/RFT, EOI, pitch decks; creative concepts, synopsis and treatments.

London, England, GB

The opportunity to meet extraordinary tech developers and work on some diverse and complex projects including delivering: Dept. Immigration “TIS Online” pilot, Southern Rural Water “Digital Atlas” stakeholder engagement and product design and development,“Sporting Schools” stakeholder engagement, product design and market research.

Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory, AU

As the in-house senior producer/ writer I developed concepts, communications/ advertising strategy, creative direction and scripts for corporate, Government, NFPs and agency clients. I also led pre-sales activity and wrote RFQ/ RFT responses and Pitches. As the producer/ production director I designed and developed productions, squeezed budgets.

Braidwood, NSW, AU

Riffs and Rants focuses on design and development of progressive STEM/ STEAM programs, resources and delivery mechanisms aligned with the Australian curriculum for use in Australian primary and secondary schools.

Created series of writing workshops and events for the youth members of the ACT Writers Centre. Presented inaugural Youth Writers Festival at the National Library of Australia with authors including Hazel Edwards, Maureen McCarthy, Katie Taylor and so forth... Initiated Youth Page in the association's newsletter and arranged publication of youth.

Worked with Director Gary Cunliffe and EP Greg Streten, to produce some amazing TVC's for products like Weet-Bix, Murine... and high end Corporate Videos

Marrickville, NSW, AU

Ridge Films makes lower budget, high value, professional marketing and communication content products for small and large screens. I founded Ridge Films with 2 technicians Chris and Brendan in 2002, who still operate the business in Sydney Australia. Ridge Films gave me an opportunity to test a low-cost production methodology and Advertising best practice.

Junior Agent assisting Principal Agent Sharron Meissner and representing unique Australian talent, character and working actors for film, TV and stage.

Junior Talent Manager assisting President and Principal Melisa Bernstein with her key talent roster, representing character and working actors across film, TV and commercial, theme parks and stage. Sundance Film Festival in 2001

Graduate Diploma In Professional Writing

Exchange, Communications, International Business And Finance

Extended Studies Program, Financial Management

Bachelor Of Communications, Public Relations And Financial Management

Certificate, Script Editing For Tv

Certificate, The Producer The Law And Business Essentials

Certificate, Introduction To Financial Markets

Fine Arts Education, Printmaking