Expert Details
Internet Business and Technology
ID: 732382
Australia
Expert is currently the director of a consulting firm offering executive-level technology advice and support to clients.
He also served as a Consultant to ThoughtWorks for two years as well as to Object Consulting for three years.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 2001 | Degree: Bachelor of Science | Subject: Computer Science | Institution: University of Melbourne |
| Year: 2001 | Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) | Subject: Computer Engineering | Institution: University of Melbourne |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Head of Product Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Reformed a 90-person product development group, replacing functional structures with product based groups, which enabled greater strategic alignment and speed of delivery - 3x reductionin cycle time from idea to market |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to 2019 | Employer: Flippa.com | Title: CTO | Department: |
Responsibilities:The #1 platform to buy and sell online businesses, Flippa is the leading marketplace in an emerging space. Helping business owners seek an exit through trade sale, it seeks to provide a safe place to transact in a highlyfragmented, low trust environment. ● Led the development of a high-end business marketplace to enable the company to grow in the high end market segment - 4x growth in that segment ● Restructured the product development team to be aligned with business goals and recruited experienced talent which enabled more rapid delivery of effective functionality - 75% reduction in time to market ● Provided comprehensive data analysis that gave clarity into the dynamics of the marketplace and improved the effectiveness of the operations and sales efforts - 30% reduction in costs due to manual effort |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Providing hands on and advisory services to startups and high growth technology businesses.● Migrated an eCommerce business’s order processing operations from manual processes to an integrated ERP system that enabled the business to confidently grow as well as reducing customer-impacting handling issues - 90% reduction in error rate and 70% reduction in operational cost ● Mentored multiple startups’ founders to build and manage an engineering capability allowing them to improve product development cycle time and cost - savings of between 40% and 80% cost ● Member of several advisory boards |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2015 | Employer: RedBubble | Title: Chief Technology Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:One of the pioneers in the print on demand consumer industry, Redbubble was born in 2006 and grew to $80M by 2015, employing over200 staff around the globe. The dream was simple. Give independent artists a meaningful new way to sell their creations. We connect artists and designers across the planet with millions of passionate fans. A brave (and dare we say stylish) new world of self expression. ● Led product development and oversaw the growth of the team from 1 to 35 staff, establishing a culture of innovation and excellence that saw annual revenue grow from $4M to over $80M during my time and enabled a $200M IPO ● Built the company from being almost unknown within the Australian technology community to a highly respected employer brand with a strong reputation allowing constant staff growth in a competitive climate with minimal churn - 91% retention rate ● Redesigned and drove the development of the technology platform from an unstable website to a robust and scalable cloud-based system that handled traffic growth in excess of 20 times with minimal defects while the teams deployed changes dozens of times per day - 1000s of production releases per year & 2B server request/month ● Drove the creation of objective metrics to guide the whole business from end-to-end so that the entire organisation was aligned around the same goals improving operational efficiency |
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Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | Native |