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My bio
I'm Engineering Director for Google Australia and New Zealand. I've lived and worked in Australia, Japan and the US for multinationals and startups alike. In 1996 I co-founded NetMind, which in 2000 was acquired by Puma Technology, later renamed Intellisync, and in turn acquired by Nokia. I left Pumatech in 2002, returned to Australia and joined Foursticks as CTO. In 2005 I founded NetPriva, which was acquired by Expand Networks in 2007.
I also serve on the advisory boards of 4 Australian universities (Adelaide, NSW, Melbourne and Carnegie Melon), on the national board of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and I'm a co-founder of SA Angels. I attended Adelaide University and Stanford University.
Ramblings
My blog, Tech Chomp.
- Commitment required to deliver IT's promise, Australian Financial Review, 17 May 2010.
- Be a Cluey Voter, Google Australia Blog, 16 March 2010.
- The Art of "Goography" - Using Google to teach Geography, 4 October 2009.
- Data.gov and lessons from the open-source world, Gov 2.0 Taskforce Blog, 29 August 2009
- What I know to be true, Gov 2.0 Taskforce Blog, 4 July 2009
- Reclaim the Clever Country, The Australian, 4 May 2007
Fun apps
Some web apps I've developed in my spare time:
- Cluey Voter, an app for voting "below the line" in Australian elections.
- KML Tools, an app for visualizing data on Google Earth and Google Maps.
- Timeline 3D, an app for creating timelines.
Reaching me
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