Local community investor.

Technical product strategist.

Musician.

Father.

A digital product leader blending nearly two decades of enterprise experience with a broad technical expertise and understanding. An effective and positive communicator who helps organisations thrive through smarter tools, agile thinking, and a people-first mindset — always learning, adapting and growing.

Currently:
Product Owner at Anglicare Sydney. I lead the strategic growth, development and lifecycle of our corporate tools and apps - primarily the Atlassian suite and Miro, but also Mailchimp and Bynder.

Previously:


Just shy of 20 years at Telstra provided some amazing experiences and opportunities in sales, solution architecture, technical business analysis and product management.

Some highlights:

Provided technical and architectural oversight to frameworks for managed and professional services, and successfully led the exit of a legacy business resumption service in Telstra;

Managed the growth and future of Telstra Denial of Service Protection (DoSP) - an industry-leading volumetric DDoS protection solution;

Development of the Android and iOS applications, plus partner security integration, for Telstra Trades Assist (rip) - a solution to help tradies digitise their business - which included an opportunity to travel to Cupertino to work directly with Apple through their Golden Thread program to enhance our design;

Agile leadership as a Scrum Master across several teams, with a strong focus on coaching, and shaping the Agile methodology to support the team, not the other way around;

5+ years experience in Solution Architecture for MPLS design, with a focus and strong interest in cyber security solution design for small to medium enterprises.

I deeply love investing time in my local community through voluntary roles.

Currently:


Vice President of the P&C at our local school, and previously the Fundraising Coordinator, where I organised and ran a Spring Fair in 2024.

Event and stage management for Thornleigh Community Carols - an annual Christmas event for the community that attracts about 2500 people each year.

Event Village creation and activation at Whale Rock Trail Run - including market stalls, stage and PA, and food trucks - for its first year as a new community event, with over 1000 attendees.

A part of the Eldership at Thornleigh Community Baptist Church, and also regularly lead services on a Sunday afternoon & evening.

Previously:


President of the Management Committee of our local community-based preschool, and board member of a not-for-profit camp site on the Northern Beaches.

I love music - playing and listening. 

Keys is my instrument of choice, and I have a growing collection of synths and organs. When I get the chance, I enjoy guitar and bass as well.

I currently play keys in a covers band called Small Things, using a Yamaha reface CP and Roland J-6 synth.

Previously, I played keys in Ministry of Rock - a covers band that prioritised playing gigs for charities and not-for-profits for minimal or no cost. I loved using a much bigger live rig - an OG Nord Stage, Hammond XK-1c and Behringer Deep Mind 12.

In recent years, I've started collecting and enjoying my favourite albums on vinyl. I currently listen on an Audio Technica AT-LP3X (with a VM95ML cartridge), through ADAM Audio T5V studio monitors. I keep track of my growing collection on Discogs.

Home is in northern Sydney NSW, and I get to share it with Debbie. I'm humbled to be a father to three incredible young people, watching them grow and take life on. I try to do it all with the same love for people that Jesus showed.

I took a break from full time work for 3 months in 2023 and drove around Australia with my family, and it was an incredible time. You can read about those amazing 93 days here.

I can talk to you for hours about coffee, pretty much any motorsports, gin and red wine, cyber security, and Apple  - and I also love hearing about what makes other people tick too.