Shane Williamson

Current

Director at Orange Dot
co-founder at Mobile Monday Sydney

Past

National Product Manager at AlphaWest Services (Optus)
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 has worked in both the information technology and mobile industries in various technical, marketing, strategy and management roles.

Shane’s extensive experience has included roles within the South Pacific and South East Asian regions, working for companies such as Microsoft, 3 Australia and Optus.

Throughout Shane’s career he has been involved in various aspects of the digital realm such as
• Chairing the Digital TV Interoperability Standards Board.
• Co-founding the Sydney chapter of Mobile Monday.
• Implementing one of Australia first interactive TV trials utilising Microsoft’s WebTV service.
• Launching Australia’s first multi-award winning 3G mobile application LOC3 with development partner MapShed.
• Technical lead for one of the largest software launches in Australian history, Microsoft’s Windows 95.

Shane is currently on the board of directors of a Brisbane based mobile company called Orange Dot who are developing an innovative mobile phone for people who have disabilities that prevent them from using new technologies.

Active in industry development, Shane is a committee member of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Mobile Industry Group (MIG) (http://www.aimia.com.au/mobile) as well as co-founder of the Sydney chapter of Mobile Monday (http://www.mobilemondaysydney.com).

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 Williamson’s Specialties:

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

Shane Williamson’s Experience

Director

Orange Dot

(Consumer Electronics industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Orange Dot is a technology solutions company that develops accessible technology devices. Our products prioritise simplicity, accessibility and usability, while maintaining existing expectations of a how a product should look, feel and function.
co-founder

Mobile Monday Sydney

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

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 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!
National Product Manager

AlphaWest Services (Optus)

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 10 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.
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.