Technology Strategist and Software Product Manager
Sydney Area, Australia
Technology Strategist and Software Product Manager
Sydney Area, Australia
A team player who contributes an exceptional ability to understand and organise complex ideas and to make those ideas accessible to others. My effectiveness as a leader in technology, communication and strategic management is built from a diverse range of experience, covering 24 years in the IT sector.
A long-standing comitment to making technology that enables business goals and actually helps people do the things they want to do.
* Information architecture, user experience, software usability, user interface design
* Communication: technical writing, presentation skills
* Software development life cycle and associated product management
* Knowledge management
* Technology Assessments
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
When CorVu was acquired by Rocket Software, the management re-organisation led to my elevation to General Manager. I am responsible for all CorVu product development, and for sales and services throughout Asia-Pacific.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2000 — January 2008 (8 years)
1. Software product management: market analysis, conceptualisation, define business requirements, develop functional specs, assign and prioritise programming tasks, co-ordinate documentation, advise QA and release processes.
2. User interface design
3. Internal communications
4. Knowledge management
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year)
The Institute for Values Research investigates the values that motivate Australian society. My particular research project was in the area of sports ethics.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 1991 — December 1998 (8 years)
Within the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, I was involved in:
* Teaching: Designed and taught courses in logic, theory of computation, human factors and social implications of computing, history and philosophy of science, numerical methods, programming and others.
* Research: the prevalence of technophobia, and effective techniques in computer education.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
1988 — 1990 (2 years)
Taught a variety of courses to undergraduate students, including software engineering, programming, relational database theory and computer literacy.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1985 — December 1987 (2 years 5 months)
Developing commerical applications of expert systems in DEC's Artificial Intelligence Centre.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1983 — July 1985 (2 years 6 months)
Designed and wrote computer programs in FORTRAN, COBOL and Basic for a variety of Digital’s clients.
M.Sc, Techniques for teaching logic, 1996 — 1997
While teaching logic to computer science students, I developed a novel approach called "Possible Models Diagrams". In this Masters thesis, I described the method and presented a statistical analysis of its effectiveness as a teaching tool.
Master of Cognitive Science, Artificial intelligence and human cognition, 1988 — 1989
This cross-disciplinary coursework degree was run by the Philosophy Department and drew a large number of profesinals together to discuss the overalap between artifical intelligence, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind and neuro-anatomy.
B.Math, Computer Science, Pure Maths, 1980 — 1982
Society of Christian Philosophers