I built my first email system thirty years ago and have been working to improve the space ever since. Australasian businesses and governments run on email – these are real organisations that affect real lives. I’m passionate about developing the systems and people we need to keep them safe. While working at Xtra in the early 2000s, I ran a platform for more then one million users. They would come to me with problems – I knew I could fix them, but needed to go out on my own to be able to. That’s when my then co-worker (now co-founder) and I decided to start our own email platform. We thought hosting would be our focus until our first customer threw us a challenge: help them deal with the spam that was threatening to overwhelm their systems. We put our heads together and solved it over lunch. It’s been a key product of SMX ever since. That was the first of many successful products, all of which have been designed on a real understanding of our clients’ needs. Since launching SMX in 2005, I’ve been involved in every aspect of the company’s growth – raising capital, financial management, business development, hiring and managing key staff, and working alongside board members to guide the company’s direction. My role at SMX now is to provide thought leadership to the business, our customers, partners and the market. I'm most useful working directly with customers about their email security, advising on best practice and crafting solutions to the weird and wonderful ways people use (and abuse) email.Contact me for comment and speaking engagement on:+ Cybersecurity and email, as it relates to the NZ threat landscape + Responses to local attacks, DDoS and cyber-attacks + Bulk email sending+ Advisory and professional services to set up new platforms+ Solutions to issues with inbound email or security profile