I help the Commonwealth achieve value for money when undertaking IT projects by providing commercial assistance.

I am the co-founder of the Contract Company, a commercial firm dealing exclusively with contracts. I am a commercial lawyer with over 25 years experience. I have also undertaken roles as a senior commercial manager. I been involved with major Commonwealth ICT projects for more than 15 years. Recent Experience: Leidos – extensive customer (Defence) negotiation for numerous projects; contract drafting for Windows 10 sustainment project with Defence ($100m+); GSUR Project -… Show more I am the co-founder of the Contract Company, a commercial firm dealing exclusively with contracts. I am a commercial lawyer with over 25 years experience. I have also undertaken roles as a senior commercial manager. I been involved with major Commonwealth ICT projects for more than 15 years. Recent Experience: Leidos – extensive customer (Defence) negotiation for numerous projects; contract drafting for Windows 10 sustainment project with Defence ($100m+); GSUR Project - negotiation and contract drafting ($55m+), commercial manager liaising with Defence on the end user compute build contract ($175m); commercial manager liaising with a Commonwealth agency on cyber security services. Also in this role I acted as the commercial manager on 2 large IT contracts that Leidos has with the ATO.Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – drafted tender documents and contract documents for the department’s ICT-as-a-Service tender. Department of Finance – drafted tender documents including contract and service level regime on an outcomes based electronic work environment ($29m). I also assisted with preparing tender documents for Finance’s ‘As a Service’ requirements ($9m). Commonwealth Agency: contract advice, negotiation and contract drafting. Airservices Australia – legal and commercial advice worked on a range of aviation related ICT projects.Dimension Data – contract advice, negotiation and drafting for Defence’s Terrestrial Communications project JP2047. Show less

Airservices Australia is the official aeronautical services provider for Australia. Airservices Australia is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia and manages the Australia flight information region (AFIR), which is approximately 11% of the world’s surface. Airservices provides en-route and tower based air traffic control facilities in the AFIR and also provides aeronautical data, telecommunications and navigation services to the Australian aviation industry. In order to maintain and increase… Show more Airservices Australia is the official aeronautical services provider for Australia. Airservices Australia is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia and manages the Australia flight information region (AFIR), which is approximately 11% of the world’s surface. Airservices provides en-route and tower based air traffic control facilities in the AFIR and also provides aeronautical data, telecommunications and navigation services to the Australian aviation industry. In order to maintain and increase the safety of aviation in Australia, Airservices Australia has an annual capital project budget of between $150-200m.At Airservices Australia I provided general and aviation related procurement, project and commercial advice. Show less

Griffith Hack is a leading national intellectual property firm offering complex and specialist intellectual property advice. In 2007 Griffith Hack was awarded the Australian specialist IP law firm of the year award at the Australasian Law Awards. I was Griffith Hack’s dedicated commercial lawyer and I specialised in drafting a wide range of IT, commercial and IP agreements and in providing commercial and corporate advice.

ETPS was a start up smart card technology company poised to enter the Australasian market place. I was the general counsel working at ETPS and provided corporate, commercial and IT advice and drafting.

Phillips Fox, now DLA Piper, is an international law firm. I worked as a junior lawyer with Phillips Fox.