Experience

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  DST Corporate

  • South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

  • Managing Director

    • Feb 2007 - Present
    • South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

    DST Corporate provides business advice, corporate financial advice and investment banking services to predominantly private companies. The DST Group is an owner / investor in numerous private companies. DST Corporate has a large and growing Owner-Operator client and investor base. Additional s...

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  Australian United Corp.

  • Managing Director

    • 1992 - Present

    Corporate and Strategic Advice to selected Owner-Operators; technology start-ups; debt and equity fund raisings; listings (IPOs); debt reconstructions, acquisitions, valuations and divestments. AUC is an Australian Licensed Securities Dealer holding an AFS License issued by the Australian Securit...

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  cc:People

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Founder, ex-Executive Chairman, Investor

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    cc:People is a new cloud-based software for the Health, Disability and Community Services Sector that integrates all aspects of workforce scheduling to help organisations manage their most valuable assets – clients and employees. cc:People has successfully raised our Round 1 and Round 2 targets a...

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  1Tribe™

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Executive Chairman and Founder

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    1Tribe has grown from the collaboration of a group of highly experienced individuals from the Entertainment, Retail, Banking and Technology industries. They bring the best of these worlds to 1Tribe.We provide a global commerce and loyalty platform for clients in the music and entertainment indust...

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  PaiSec - Secure Payment Solutions

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Executive Chairman and Founder

    • Sep 2017 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    PaiSec creates "bundled" payment solutions that include options for Augmented Reality (AR), Loyalty, Shipping and access to a full range of fraud and other security software.PaiSec can offer a vast range of solutions that span across the entire transaction, risk and commerce spectrum. P...

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  Display Sense

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Executive Chairman and Founder

    • Feb 2015 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Display Sense focusses on the Customer Experience via digital display and communication using "interactive 3D Holograms". We understand, create and work with Augmented Reality. We also understand Digital Signage, Smart Mirrors and emerging digital display technologies. Display Sense is ...

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  DST Group

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Managing Director and Founder

    • Dec 2006 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    DST Group provides business advice, corporate financial advice and investment banking services to predominantly private companies. DST is an owner / investor in numerous private companies. The group has a large and growing Owner-Operator client and investor base.

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  Blinxel

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Advisor To The Board

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Blinxel has developed a unique “3D Hologram” Augmented Reality media. The Blinxel media suite will allow anyone to create 3D AR content cost effectively. The AR sector is growing rapidly and Blinxel’s new media has ground-breaking applications in the FieldTech, Logistics, Retail, Instructive / E...

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  Beyond Retail Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Chairman and Founder

    • Dec 2015 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Beyond Retail's core purpose is “to enable retailers to deliver an enhanced customer experience”. We achieve this by providing retailers with the benefits of cohesive, coordinated digital services, data collection and IoT devices strategy from a single source. As such, Beyond Retail helps ret...

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  Provectus Wealth Group

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Chief Commercial Officer

    • Mar 2014 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Provectus Wealth is a Technology Investment group that supports new technology innovations. PW is the founder and major sponsor of TechClub Inc - a Technology Investment Club that not only brings together a network for like-minded people but also provides opportunities for members to invest in ex...

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  TechClub Inc.

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • President

    • Jun 2014 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    TechClub is the Technology Investment Club arm of the Provectus Wealth Group. TechClub has provided access to many opportunities for members to invest in new and innovative technology companies in the start-up and early stage growth phases. Membership of TechClub is by invitation only.

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  The Network of Consulting Professionals

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Member

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    The NCP is a business group where I source many of the "Subject Matter Experts" for the projects our Teams take on.Most of my colleagues in the various DST Group, and DST founded, companies are also members of the NCP.The NCP, for those that work it hard, provides my fellow members with...

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  DST it

  • South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

  • Chairman & Founder

    • Feb 2007 - Present
    • South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

    Provision of Consulting and Corporate Services to IT Companies; packaged IT solutions for Owner Operators;

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  TestGrid

  • South Yarra, Victoria, Australi

  • Executive Chairman / Co-owner

    • 2007 - Present
    • South Yarra, Victoria, Australi

    TestGrid is the largest provider of on-line Psychometric testing in the Asian-Pacific region. It has available the largest range of validated Psychometric assessments and skills-checking tests. TestGrid's target market is the Top 500 companies.

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  DST people

  • Moorabbin, Victoria, Asutralia

  • Chairman & Founder

    • May 2008 - May 2020
    • Moorabbin, Victoria, Asutralia

    Innovative HR solutions for the Owner Operator market; Recruitment Support Packs; Corporate Success Profilier; Internal Passports; Virtual HR Manager; Coaching; Training;

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  Innovic

  • Director

    • 1993 - Aug 2018

    Providing advice to Inventors and Innovators; saving innovators from investing in non-unique ideas;

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  Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd

  • Non-Executive Director

    • 2000 - 2001

    Assisted in the transfer of a substantial shareholding; assisted in a multi-million $ bank refinancing; worked with majority owners on their exit planning;

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  Hambros Australia

  • Executive Director - Mergers & Acquisitions

    • 1988 - 1992

    Leading project teams providing Corporate Advisory, Mergers and Acquisitions, IPO's and valuations for the aviation, steel, gold, base metals and property sectors; Acted for companies including ACM Gold, Aberfoyle, and Consolidated Exploration.

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  JP Morgan

  • Senior Manager - Mergers & Acquistions

    • 1984 - 1987

    International Mergers and Acquisitions; defence advice; cashflow valuation; and analysis leading to divestment of non-performing assets; Worked on the Australia Desk (Wall Street, New York) during the BHP purchase of Utah Mines; Sold many of the Kentucky Coal mines for Bethlehem Steel; Purchase o...

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  Australian Topmaking Services Pty. Ltd.

  • Founder and Director

    • 1984 - 1986

    Actually 1991 - 1993 .... Establishment of new facilities in Parkes to process wool into "tops"; Responsible for the strategy and financial structuring of the company; negotiations with Local, State and Federal Governments; and preparation of all proposals, submissions, financial models...

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  Lend Lease

  • Project Manager

    • 1981 - 1984

    Identified, tendered, won and was Team Leader of major upgrade to CSR's sugar drying facility in Melbourne coming in well ahead of budget and beat the critical time (with big bonuses!); Project Management of gas conversions to many high rise buildings in Melbourne; Project Managed and led a t...

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  General Motors - Holden's Ltd

  • Senior Design Engineer - Alternate Fuels - Engine Engineering

    • 1978 - 1981

    Engine design including fuel, exhaust, engine mounting systems and all aspects of noise and vibration; Headed up "Alternate Fuels" division including methanol, ethanol, LPG and diesel variants together with varied delivery systems including super-charging and turbocharging; Managed intr...

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  Schlumberger

  • Burma, Jakarta, Medan

  • Project Engineer / Geo-Physical Engineer

    • 1977 - 1978
    • Burma, Jakarta, Medan

    Downhole wireline logging of exploration oil and gas wells in primarily central Burma and Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan); Leader of indigenous team and 38 tonne truck that needed to access extremely remote areas; Also operated on heli-rigs for very extreme remote locations; Met many great pe...