Experience

Emprevo

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Dec 2019 - 4 years 1 month

  Melbourne, Australia

• Chief Product and Technology Officer

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2019

  Melbourne, Australia Driving and leading the Emprevo digital strategy. Created a full product development cross functional team to create great digital products that make a difference.



Joval Group

• Australia
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager, Digital

  • Jul 2015 - Feb 2016

  Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia Reporting to the Group CEO, I was responsible for creating and driving the Group’s digital strategy to deliver new and existing B2B and B2C digital solutions for the group.

• Chief Product and Technology Officer

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2015

  Melbourne, Australia The Joval group consists of Valcorp, Casama and BAM. Valcorp is a fine food distribution company distributing premium brands including Lavazza, Sirena, Lazuppa, Plumm and La Gina. Casama is Australia’s largest independent wine distributor and BAM is a best practice national warehousing and logistics company. Responsible for leading and driving digital strategy and implementation. Defined and delivered the digital vision to build a centralised, integrated digital platform that powers… Show more The Joval group consists of Valcorp, Casama and BAM. Valcorp is a fine food distribution company distributing premium brands including Lavazza, Sirena, Lazuppa, Plumm and La Gina. Casama is Australia’s largest independent wine distributor and BAM is a best practice national warehousing and logistics company. Responsible for leading and driving digital strategy and implementation. Defined and delivered the digital vision to build a centralised, integrated digital platform that powers new and existing B2B and B2C digital opportunities for the group.



Cirrus Media Australia

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Product Officer

  • Feb 2013 - Jun 2013

  Responsible for driving product strategy and product development across Cirrus Media (formerly Reed Business Information) to grow the business. Also lead the product and content operations, marketing and customer service functions for Hotfrog. including the product, content and marketing strategy and roadmap to provide better user experience, site functionality and content.



Reed Business Information

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product, Content and Marketing Director, Hotfrog

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2013

  Sydney, Australia Leading the product and content operations, marketing and customer service functions for Hotfrog. Driving the product, content and marketing strategy and roadmap to provide better user experience, site functionality and content to grow the business.

• Product Director, Hotfrog and Catch

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2011

  Sydney, Australia Leading the Product and Data Operations functions for Catch online brands, including Hotfrog, operating in 38 countries. Management of product roadmap to execution across the company through the internal technology team. Developing and managing Catch and Hotfrog's web product strategy across all Catch websites.



News Digital Media (truelocal.com.au)

• Product Director

  • Feb 2007 - Jun 2008

  Sydney, Australia Leading overall online and mobile product strategy for Truelocal.com.au. P&L and budget planning for department Management of product team and co-ordination of internal technology team to deliver product roadmap. Management of relationships with key partners



News Digital Media (CareerOne.com.au)

• Product and Technology Director

  • Mar 2006 - Feb 2007

  Sydney, Australia Creation of overall online and mobile product and technology strategy for CareerOne.com.au. P&L and budget planning for department. Management of product and technology team. Management of relationships with key partners



Telstra BigPond

• Product Development Manager

  • May 2005 - Mar 2006

  Sydney, Australia Company-wide product lead with the responsibility of collating the product roadmap for the broadband and mobile convergence Programme of Work (POW). Virtual team management of product resources across BigPond media, BigPond Product and Telstra mobile.



BigPond Media

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager (contract)

  • Mar 2005 - May 2005

  Sydney, Australia Management of project scope, issues, risks, budget, and vendor and project team tasks in the BigPond Media space



Wanadoo UK

• Business Analyst Manager, Information Systems

  • Sep 2003 - Jan 2005

  Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom Strategic development of company wide and group initiatives by leading the team in the definition of requirements for the Programme of Work. Key IS manager in the definition and validation of the company's roadmap sequence and project implementation process.Management of a team of business analysts/product managers

• Programme Manager

  • Feb 2002 - Sep 2003

  Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom Management of a team of project managers responsible for delivery of key company wide web initiatives within the access product registration, provisioning and member data programme Ownership of programme roadmap and management of the interfaces and interdependencies between projects and other programmes.



Winepros International

• United States
• Wine & Spirits
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Director/Executive Producer

  • Apr 2000 - Sep 2001

  Sydney, Australia Creation of the product and technical strategy Leadership of the creative and technical cross-functional teams within the company to deliver it



Optus

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Producer, Multimedia

  • Apr 1999 - Apr 2000

  Sydney, Australia Management of cross-functional team delivering core company CMS, ISP, WAP and e-commerce initiatives. Creation of a streamlined production process. Key member of internal committee to deliver strategy for web enablement



Telstra

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Management Consultant

  • Oct 1998 - Apr 1999

  Sydney, Australia Co-ordination and management of a team of project managers responsible for the delivery of Internet implementation initiatives across the company. Management of the internal communications plan, ensuring that all management levels understood and committed to the programme and its goals.



CompuServe

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Aug 1997 - Sep 1998

  Managed and co-ordinated the integration of AOL and CompuServe systems Managed the build and deployment of the Dun & Bradstreet ecommerce product