Shane Williamson

Current

National Product Manager at AlphaWest Services (Optus)
co-founder at Mobile Monday Sydney

Past

Director at m'tomic
Marketing Manager at Hutchison 3G Australia
General Manager Content Services at Interactive Data Services

Business Development Manager – Network Solutions Group at Microsoft
Developer Relations Manager – Developer Relations Group at Microsoft
Team Lead – Product Support Services at Microsoft
Network Support Consultant – Service Division at Protech Microsystems
Technical Services Manager at Blue Chip Computers
Technical Support at Austral-Asia Computer Components
IT Consultant at Horwath & Horwath

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Shane Williamson’s Summary

Shane Williamson’s 23 years experience in various Information & Communication Technology (ICT) industries has included involvement in arenas such as,
* enterprise IT infrastructure
* pc hardware development
* digital tv
* video games
* massively multiplayer online games
* software development
* Internet
* content management services
* telecommunications
* mobile applications
A core theme throughout Shane’s career has been an involvement in all aspects of ICT development including 8 years at Microsoft involved in various Windows & Internet developer programmes that introduced to potential development partners newly released products such as Windows NT, development environment tools, Internet technologies, streaming media & Application Service Provision (ASP) development.

Recently Shane was the Partner Marketing Manager at Hutchison 3G Australia (known as 3) running the Developers on 3 & Solutions on 3 marketing programmes that he founded in 2003. The Developers on 3 programme has attracted a large number of Australian & international mobile solution developers. Whilst at “3” Shane launched the multi award winning Real Estate application, LOC3 that was Australia’s first mobile sales force application for this industry.

Convergence and innovation of mobile technologies are Shane’s passions and he has established a Blog called Shane’s Place to publish his findings and articles written on these subjects and discuss them with the global community. Shane’s Place is syndicated from time to time, both here in Australia & internationally.

Residing in Sydney Australia, Shane is married with a daughter.

Shane Williamson’s Specialties:

Business & concept development, Speaking/presenting, contract negotiations, product/programme marketing, technical & marketing evangelism

Shane Williamson’s Experience

National Product Manager

AlphaWest Services (Optus)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

* Drive & manage the strategy for solutions, services and product bundles within the Alphawest Services Technology Solutions line of business.
* Manage the product marketing for new ICT solutions and services for national sales teams in both Alphawest & Optus.
co-founder

Mobile Monday Sydney

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Co-founder of Mobile Monday Sydney, bringing people in the Australian Mobile & wireless industries together to create synergies and opportunities for Australian talent - business, creative, technological - helping the industry and individuals seize the historic opportunities made possible by wireless digital technologies. And to meet people and have fun too!
Director

m'tomic

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

September 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 8 months)

* Developing content partner strategy.
* Developing channel partner strategy.
* Process planning & accreditation with Venture Capital investors
* Product & services marketing strategy
* Industry presentations on 3G technologies and related mobile development
Marketing Manager

Hutchison 3G Australia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HTAL; Telecommunications industry)

April 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 6 months)

* Manage developer partner programme "Developers on 3".
* Manage go to market programme for business solutions "Solutions on 3"
* Increase ARPU by engaging with best of breed 3rd party business applications implmented for mobile devices.
* Design and implement development network platform streategy.
General Manager Content Services

Interactive Data Services

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

February 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 2 months)

Manage the Content Partner programme including,
* researching & interviewing potential content partners,
* contractual & licensing agreements,
* Intellectual property rights management,
* specific & measurable criteria for involvement,
* plans for on going partner development,
Business Development Manager – Network Solutions Group

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

September 1996 — January 2001 (4 years 5 months)

* Depth account management of designated Internet Service Providers (ISP), Internet Content Developers (ICD) & Internet Content Providers (ICP).
* Assist with development of customer product portfolio with MS products such as MS FrontPage, MS Site Server, MS Office 2000
* Manage communication to breadth software developers.
* Organise, manage & present NSG breadth road show.
* Streaming Media evangelism.
* Central point for communications regarding Windows Media Technologies (WMT).
* Manage NSG information for Mid Year Review briefs.
* Competitive Operating system analysis
Developer Relations Manager – Developer Relations Group

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

September 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 1 month)

* Manage relationship with depth Independent Software Vendor (ISV) accounts.
* Evangelise key Microsoft development technologies to depth & breadth Independent Software Vendors.
* Organise & implement conferences throughout the APAC region on Windows ’95 development requirements as well as emerging Internet technologies.
* Primary evangelist for MS Internet Strategy for APAC region. Technology presentations in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia & Philippines.
Team Lead – Product Support Services

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

October 1992 — September 1995 (3 years)

* Main marketing contact for technical issues related to DOS/Windows OS.
* Main press contact for technical issues relating to DOS/Windows OS.
* Technical Lead for Windows ’95.
* External presentations to customers on Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 & Windows NT.
* Phone support for MS operating systems – DOS, Windows, Windows for Workgroups.
* Specialist for Novell related support calls
* Problem customer support escalations.
* Organise and implement training to support analysts for new versions of MS operating systems
Network Support Consultant – Service Division

Protech Microsystems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

March 1991 — August 1992 (1 year 6 months)

* Supervisor of in house Novell network, using Netware 3.11.
* Technical support to Service Division on the Protech range of PCs, Hewlett Packard printers and Network equipment, Toshiba Laptops/Notebooks and TI laser printers.
* Training on company products to sales staff.
* Plan networks for customer installations. I setup network projects, where I would oversee the installation of the networks and organise personnel for cabling, etc, to ensure the completion of the project.
Technical Services Manager

Blue Chip Computers

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

June 1990 — March 1991 (10 months)
Technical Support

Austral-Asia Computer Components

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

September 1987 — December 1988 (1 year 4 months)
IT Consultant

Horwath & Horwath

(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 1985 — September 1987 (2 years 7 months)

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Shane Williamson’s Interests:

Development of computer games, swimming, skiing, diving, golf, tennis, travel, beach volleyball, creative prose, boating, photography, target sports & movie armourer.