Technology Consultant and Solution Architect at Thought Green Technologies: I review many of the solutions that are developed by Thought Green as well as act as a primary technology consultant to ensure that the set the technologies and tools selected match the projects constraints and can be delivered within the resource and budget available.
Technology Consultant (2008-2009) at Thomson Reuters. I continued as a consultant at Thomson Reuters after the acquisition of cvMail. In this role I collaborated in the development of the short-term and long-term technology strategy, provided advise on software architecture, project management, and hiring of new staff. I also helped with technology review of another division within the organisation.
Technology Consultant (2008) at Cambridge technology Enterprises. I helped improve the solution architecture with a focus on performance, as well as refined the software development methods used in the construction of a large J2EE based web application.
Director, IT at cvMail (2006 - 2008): I started work with cvMail as a technology consultant, moving on to help in solution architecture and eventually joined them as their IT Director. The key accomplishments in this role were (i) successful merger with Thomson Reuters, and (ii) leading the development of the next generation of the flag-ship product line.
I was responsible for the IT budget and staffing in this role
Founder and CTO at Thinking Objects (2002 - 2004): Apart from technical roles (development and architecture) I was also responsible for some aspects of running the business including negotiating business deals, working with lawyers to finalise the contracts and managing project financials.
Key Highlights:
- Telstra Message Bank (Lead developer and software architect)
- Surplus Exchange e-Commerce Site (Solution Architecture)
- Virtual Disks Backup (Concept prototype and architecture)
Senior Business Consultant (Asia-Pacific) at WebGain Inc. (2000 - 2002): The core focus of my role was to help clients make effective use of ORM (TopLink Object Relational Mapping Toolkit) and Java Development tools from Webgain. I traveled into many countries in this role working with the sales team during the final negotiations and collaborated on developing the client-specific training programs, as well as help define/refine the workflow of the developers to ensure the new tools were used effectively. A secondary aspect in this role was to provide regular feedback from clients to Webgain product managers to tune the features in pipeline for next release.
In this role I had line-management and budget responsibilities.
Senior Software Engineer at Amcor (1999 - 2000): The project involved building a J2EE based web application that allowed clients to design and place a work order for packages (e.g. corrugated boxes, food containers and cans) that Amcor produced.
This project involved developing a solution that involved:
- building algorithms that determined the least amount of raw material to build a package,
- identifying strategies and then developing software to determine the most efficient way to ship the packages, and
- finding a simple, yet effective test strategy.
Lead Developer at Telstra (1998 - 1999): I worked on the first generation of internet based B2B software systems.
Software Engineer at IBM Australia (1995): I worked on software that monitored and controlled the PC and Server manufacturing processes. I also developed a natural language query interface for the reporting engine -- this system allowed managers to obtain much more information about the current status of the process without learning SQL.
