Experience

Sekuro

• Australia
• Computer and Network Security
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Consultant (Governance, Risk, Compliance)

  • Nov 2023 - Present

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia



OpenSTEM Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs

• Chief Explorer

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Brisbane, Australia https://openstem.com.au OpenSTEM develops and delivers practical and hands-on educational resources that help students engage with STEM subjects.



Upstarta

• Australia
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Founder & Mentor

  • Jul 2009 - Present

  Brisbane, Australia All choices (including inaction) have consequences. We choose to run our businesses and organisations according to a set of Principles that make them more people friendly, resilient to recessions, and more. We don't merely make a living, we make a life. Our mentors assist people and organisations with developing strategy and achieving sustainable success. https://upstarta.com.au/



BlueHackers.org

• Initiative Initiator

  • Dec 2008 - Present

  The objective of this initiative is to make visible that there are many fellow geeks among us who are intimately familiar with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. It helps to know you’re not alone. Because every black sheep has a family! Apart from the website (http://bluehackers.org) resources and stories, BlueHackers is just a quiet sign of understanding, which is actually a really big deal for people to see. You will see stickers with the distinct bluehackers logo on people's… Show more The objective of this initiative is to make visible that there are many fellow geeks among us who are intimately familiar with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. It helps to know you’re not alone. Because every black sheep has a family! Apart from the website (http://bluehackers.org) resources and stories, BlueHackers is just a quiet sign of understanding, which is actually a really big deal for people to see. You will see stickers with the distinct bluehackers logo on people's laptop when you visit a conference or user group. Show less



Various events

• Conference Presenter

  • Aug 2001 - Present

  I frequently speak at conferences, seminars, forums and user groups, including tutorials and keynotes. Main topics are MySQL related, also open source business and development models. OSCON, MySQL Users Conference, LinuxTag Germany, International PHP Conference (Frankfurt), Open Source Database Conference (Frankfurt), Linux.Conf.AU (AU/NZ), LinuxWorld Sydney, Sydney Open Source Forum, Tasmania Open Source Forum, System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU), Australian Computers in… Show more I frequently speak at conferences, seminars, forums and user groups, including tutorials and keynotes. Main topics are MySQL related, also open source business and development models. OSCON, MySQL Users Conference, LinuxTag Germany, International PHP Conference (Frankfurt), Open Source Database Conference (Frankfurt), Linux.Conf.AU (AU/NZ), LinuxWorld Sydney, Sydney Open Source Forum, Tasmania Open Source Forum, System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU), Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC), Dutch Unix Users Group (NLUUG) Spring Conference, System Administrators & Network Engineers Conference (SANE - NLUUG/USENET), ... Show less



TentaCom

• Founder & Principal

  • Mar 2023 - Nov 2023

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia



Solutions First

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Security Officer

  • Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

  Australia As MSP, Sol1 has served its diverse client base for over two decades. In my role as CSO, my work included consolidating and expanding our internal and external security profile and services, as well as other GRC aspects.



DotSec

• Australia
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cyber Security Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Australian and Brisbane based, DotSec has over 20 years of InfoSec experience. DotSec delivers services from pentests and phishing exercises to PCI-DSS, ISM/IRAP, and ISO 27001 compliance guidance, and managed SIEM.



Catalyst IT Australia | E-learning Technology Services

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Information Security Officer / Tech Lead

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia As CISO at Catalyst IT Australia, I headed the security and compliance team. I was responsible for the security architecture and management for the Australian operation (60+ people). Handling whole-of-org ISO 27001, and ISM/IRAP for different clients.

• Security Lead / Tech Lead / Solutions Architect

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2020

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Security, tech lead, solutions architect, Brisbane/QLD business development. Initiating and managing the ISM/IRAP and ISO 27001 compliance processes, coordinating the team, responsible for achieving and maintaining compliance.



MariaDB Foundation

• Finland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim CEO

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2018

  Supporting continuity and open collaboration in the MariaDB ecosystem.



Open Query Pty Ltd

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder & Exec.Director

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2018

  Brisbane, Australia Acquired by Catalyst IT Australia in September 2018 Open Query Pty Ltd was an Australian based company with specific expertise in MySQL and MariaDB databases. Services included consulting, scalable architecture, proactive remote DBA, system administration, vendor neutral managed services with optional emergency support, mentoring, training, and security and code reviews.



Open Source Developers' Conference

• Conference Director

  • Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  Gold Coast, Queensland Lead the team putting on the 2014 edition of the annual OSDC conference, under the auspices of the Open Source Developers' Club, Inc, held at Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland.



Various publishers (O'Reilly, Pearson, McGraw-Hill, ...)

• Co-author and Technical Editor

  • Aug 2001 - Dec 2011

  Co-author of High Performance MySQL (O'Reilly) 2nd ed. (2008) Tech editing for a number of books, most specialising in MySQL.



Open Source Industry Australia, Ltd.

• Director

  • Jan 2004 - May 2008

  Co-founding director of OSIA (osia.com.au). OSIA is the national industry body for Open Source within Australia, furthering the cause of both Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Australia and to help the members to improve their business success in this growing sector of the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market.



Open Source Developers' Conference

• Conference Director

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Brisbane, QLD Led the OSDC 2007 Brisbane Conference team, from the initial bid for the event to successful execution with 40% attendee growth over previous year, and a large sponsorship base to provide the OSDClub organisation with more seed capital for future conferences and its other activities.



Oracle

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Support Engineering

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2007

• Technical Trainer, Business Development

  • Aug 2001 - Jun 2007

  (MySQL employee # 25) MySQL Trainer in Australia and New Zealand. Business development in ANZ region.

• Community Relations Manager

  • Oct 2004 - Jul 2006

  Built out community team across four continents. Developed planetmysql and the mysql dot com Developer section as key community interaction media. Program chair for the MySQL Users Conference 2005 and 2006 (1650+ attendees, 130+ talks with 8 parallel tracks over 4 days).

• Lead Technical Writer

  • Aug 2001 - Oct 2004

  (MySQL employee # 25) Lead for the MySQL manual, building from one person to globally distributed team. Publication of the MySQL Manual through O'Reilly.



Lentz Software-Development

• Owner, Lead Developer

  • Feb 1990 - Jun 2000

  The Netherlands Software Development and Consultancy. Specific expertise in data communication over public networks.