Professional Geek at Microsoft Australia
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Professional Geek at Microsoft Corporation
- Past
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- Technologist at The Digital Cottage
- Channel Sales Manager at Adobe Systems
- Applications Specialist/Systems Engineer/Technical Team Manager at Adobe Systems
- National Systems Engineer at Apple Computer
- Various Technical, Consulting Roles at Random Access
- Education
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- La Trobe University
- Deakin University
- Immanuel College
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Nick Hodge’s Summary
A Professional Geek for Microsoft, Nick has over 21 years of IT industry experience in a variety of sales, technical, management, semi-marketing and strategic roles. Excellent presenter, prolific communicator and closet workaholic.
Online since 1987, working with the Internet more years than there have been browsers, I have a strong belief that the current revolution of connection, collaboration and communication is going to have dramatic and unforseen effects on the human condition.
After a 6 month sojourn from the industry, I've seen the world from a different perspective: and have joined Microsoft as I think the software company has the best chance of being at the cornerstone of the forthcoming revolution of technology.
Known as a dynamic presenter of technology to all sized audiences, I love to inspire people by showing them "shiny new things" that will change their life, organsiation, community and business.
My "life ethos" is to be a catalyst in melding technology with people and organisations. A strategic integrationist; a communicative technologist; a modern day renaissance man with an eye to the future of all things digital.
Follow me online at http://nickhodge.com/
PR Photos who need to use them are in http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhodge/463647189/in/set-72157594209963808/
Nick Hodge’s Specialties:
Technology-to-English, Presentations, Training, Projects, Technology, Systems, People management, strategic planning, tactical execution, systems analysis and design
Nick Hodge’s Experience
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Professional Geek
Microsoft Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Listening, Conversing and Listening to customers who love technology, and what it can do to change the world.
A technologist at heart, my role involves contributing stories to http://on10.net/ and collecting Australia's "Geek Stories" (http://thegeekstories.com), blogging (http://www.nickhodge.com/), presenting and demonstrating Microsoft technology. -
Technologist
The Digital Cottage
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — January 2007 (8 months)
After 20 years working "for the man", Nick has started his own small firm: The Digital Cottage.
Specialising in integrating Adobe technologies, Nick is available for short-term projects, you too can get a piece of Nick's 20+ years experience. -
Channel Sales Manager
Adobe Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — June 2006 (3 years 6 months)
Responsible for hiring/developing channel acccount managers, contractors and external product managers;
Implemented a data-driven account management style, and partner segmentation;
Business management of "the business of selling software"; processes, licensing etc.
Strong relationship maintenance and building with +100 organisations across Australia and New Zealand
Continued a "part time" (read after hours) role of evangelist including presenting to senior citizen groups/clubs and assisting customers who ask questions from my world-wide presence. -
Applications Specialist/Systems Engineer/Technical Team Manager
Adobe Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; adbe; Computer Software industry)
August 1998 — December 2002 (4 years 5 months)
Responsible for presenting Adobe technology to audiences from 1 to 1000 across Asia-Pacific (India, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and some others that I've forgotten but are in my passport)
Responsible for the implementation of Adobe InDesign in Australian Consolidated Press (ACP)
Assisted product teams in product development of InDesign (and other Adobe applications). My name appears in the InDesign 2.0, CS, CS2 about box.
Hired/developed two Application engineers.
Media spokesperson on Adobe technology: Radio, TV (CNBC Asia) and print. Online precense maintained via http://www.nickhodge.com/ started in 2001, although a personal "weblog" has been a hobby since 1996. -
National Systems Engineer
Apple Computer
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; aapl; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1995 — July 1998 (3 years 4 months)
- Hired as a National Systems Engineer
Roles included being a Systems Engineer to a Technical Marketing Manager for the Intranet.
The job also encompassed technical management of customers including deciphering bugs with DHCP in original versions of OpenTransport to the initial days of Rhapsody (MacOS X) and determining a strategy for customer migrations.
At Apple, I presented technology to our Enterprise customers; both from a technical perspective and business/ROI perspective.
- Seconded to Fairfax for their Fairfax@Atlanta web site project in the pre-internet boom days of 1996. 21 days of sheer hell working from 3am to 2pm working on an automated web site production system.
-Left Apple to pursue my passion for software. My last role at Apple was to engage with WebObjects -- including re-presenting the first training to Australian technical partners. -
Various Technical, Consulting Roles
Random Access
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1986 — March 1995 (9 years 3 months)
- Various technical, sales and consulting roles
- part of a successful "Duo" that won many State and National Corporate accounts for Apple in the late 1980s
- Developed deep Networking and Communication skills
- I consider this my 9 years of college; learning the ropes of business and the overall IT industry
- During these years, I implemented an Oracle based accounting system; became a published author - a chapter in Tricks of the HyperTalk Masters
Nick Hodge’s Education
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La Trobe University
Masters, MBA (Technology Management), January 1999 — May 2003
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Deakin University
Post-Grad, Technology Management, January 1993 — May 1997
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Immanuel College
Matriculation, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Maths I/II, 1983 — 1985
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Nick Hodge’s Interests:
Politics, History, Reading, Pop-culture, Movies, Driving my MINI fast (legally)
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