Matthew C. Clarke

Current

• Technical Writer at HCi

Past

• General Manager (APAC) and Head of Product Development (CorVu) at Rocket Software
• V.P. Information Architecture at CorVu
• Documentation and User Experience Specialist at CorVu

• Instructor at Interim Technology Training Institute
• Researcher at Institute for Values Research, New College, University of New South Wales
• Senior Lecturer (Computer Science) at University of Natal
• Technical Writer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Lecturer (Business Computing) at Kuringai College of Advanced Education
• Senior Knowledge Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation
• Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

• University of KwaZulu-Natal
• University of New South Wales
• University of Newcastle

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Matthew C. Clarke’s Summary

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 knowledge management is built from a diverse range of experience, covering 26 years in the IT sector.

A long-standing commitment to building technology that enables business goals and actually helps people do the things they want to do.

Matthew C. Clarke’s Specialties:

* Leadership: communicating a vision and empowering a team to achieve that vision
* Harnessing the strategic value of knowledge
* Information architecture, user experience, software usability, user interface design
* Communication: technical writing, presentation skills, teaching and mentoring
* Software development life cycle and associated product management

Matthew C. Clarke’s Experience

• Technical Writer

  HCi

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Contracted via HCi for a various roles including:
  * Editing a configuration manual for JCurve
  * Designing a wizard to simplify the configuration of NetSuite for small businesses
  * Compiling an operations manual for the Sydney Town Hall Venue Management Unit

• General Manager (APAC) and Head of Product Development (CorVu)

  Rocket Software

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  February 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Within Rocket Software, I was the senior executive for two distinct business areas relating to the CorVu product suite: the sales and service channel throughout APAC, and the product development lab. The responsibilities included:
  * Managing 40 people across sales, CRM, marketing, professional services, training, technical support, product design, coding and QA
  * Operating a budget in excess of $6 mill
  * Directing sales and marketing activities throughout APAC, including direct, reseller and OEM channels
  * Being the escalation point for product and customer issues
  
  Successes:
  * Cultural and structural transition of the CorVu organisation into a new parent company
  * Improve internal communications and instil a stronger customer focus
  * Improve communications to customers, including the establishment of User Groups
  * Establish off-shore development and QA teams in China
  * Establish new partnerships, including contract negotiations in Australia, China and Japan

• V.P. Information Architecture

  CorVu

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  February 2002 — January 2008 (6 years )

  1. Internal knowledge management and communications
  2. 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.
  3. User interface design

• Documentation and User Experience Specialist

  CorVu

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2000 — February 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  1. Technical writing: primarily user guides and online help
  2. User interface design

• Instructor

  Interim Technology Training Institute

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 1999 — January 2000 (7 months)

  Interim provided commercial IT training in a classroom environment. I was a part-time instructor, teaching courses in PC fundamentals, Microsoft Office products, Internet tools and programming languages.

• Researcher

  Institute for Values Research, New College, University of New South Wales

  (Research industry)

  March 1999 — December 1999 (10 months)

  The Institute for Values Research investigates the values that motivate Australian society. My particular research project was in the area of sports ethics.

• Senior Lecturer (Computer Science)

  University of Natal

  (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.

• Technical Writer

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  (Government Agency; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 1994 — April 1995 (9 months)

  While on a leave of absence from Natal University, I took a contract technical writing role in the ABC's R&D group with responsibilities in writing, editing, page layout, drawing diagrams, proof-reading and printing for the ABC's digital audio editing studio.

• Lecturer (Business Computing)

  Kuringai College of Advanced 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.

• Senior Knowledge Engineer

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (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.

• Software Engineer

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (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.

Matthew C. Clarke’s Education

• University of KwaZulu-Natal

  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.

• University of New South Wales

  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 professionals together to discuss the overalap between artifical intelligence, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind and neuro-anatomy.

• University of Newcastle

  B.Math , Computer Science, Pure Maths , 1980 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  President of Evangelical Christian Fellowship

Additional Information

Matthew C. Clarke’s Interests:

* Conflict resolution and peace-making, especially the role of forgiveness * Social impact of technology * Philosophy of mind and its implications for artificial intelligence * Philosophical underpinnings of maths, computation, logic and science * Music

Matthew C. Clarke’s Groups:

Society of Christian Philosophers

•    Sydney IA-Peers
•    Business Intelligence Group
•    Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
•    Confluence Users

Matthew C. Clarke’s Honors:

* Software Excellence Award from Digital Equipment Corporation (1987)
* Merit Award from Univertisy of Natal for outstanding contribution to teaching (1998)
* 20m freestyle (1970)

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