Experience

MySite Group

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Product Officer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia In 2022, Harvest Digital Planning joined the MySite Community & Stakeholder Engagement (CSE) Business Group. As Chief Product Officer (CPO) of the CSE Business Group Brian's role is to lead and facilitate the development of each of the products within the group including The HiVE, Social Pinpoint and Consultation Manager.



The HiVE (now Social Pinpoint)

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2022

  In 2011 Brian established Harvest Digital Planning, a specialist planning consultancy that applies digital technologies to enhance urban planning and design projects. The services and products of Harvest Digital Planning are designed to empower stakeholders to actively participate in planning projects and to collect and synthesise information to produce rigorous and dynamic plans.



CitiNiche

• Real Estate

• Technical Director

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

  Melbourne, Australia In 2013 Brian helped found and establish CitiNiche, an online property development platform empowering individuals; promoting your values, needs and preferences to the designers and developers who can create residential projects suited to your niche. Brian's responsibilities with the company include designing and overseeing the technical delivery and innovations of the CitiNiche web-platform and development model.



Kinetica Studio Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cartographer & GIS analyst

  • Oct 2008 - May 2011

  Generally responsible for designing and publishing maps and plans, using ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator, for planning and urban design projects. Also responsible for maintain spatial data on all engagements ensuring currency, accuracy and consistency in use. Was responsible for analysing and mapping the land constraints from existing infrastructure and environmental factors in order to identify the available and future land supply for the entire Shepparton municipality. Also played an… Show more Generally responsible for designing and publishing maps and plans, using ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator, for planning and urban design projects. Also responsible for maintain spatial data on all engagements ensuring currency, accuracy and consistency in use. Was responsible for analysing and mapping the land constraints from existing infrastructure and environmental factors in order to identify the available and future land supply for the entire Shepparton municipality. Also played an integral part in identifying and mapping, in consultation with the client, the sequencing of the land supply, providing guidance as to when land should be developed by five year increments. Prepared a social infrastructure provision assessment for the suburbs of Corio and Norlane on behalf of the City of Greater Geelong. The assessment included utilising GIS to spatially analyse accessibility to key social facilities and to identify potential service improvements with the goal of creating healthy and sustainable communities. Provided GIS and spatial analysis expertise to help support the development of the Local Environment Plan (LEP) controls and standards within the City of Botany Bay. Responsibilities included utilising GIS to map the constraints within the study areas as well as identify the key sites and development opportunities. Another of Brian’s key tasks was to prepare GIS layers for the proposed land use zoning, building height and floor space controls according to the new standard technical requirements for LEP maps outlined by the NSW Department of Planning. These controls have been incorporated into the NSW State Government planning system. Show less



RMIT University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research assistant

  • Oct 2008 - Mar 2009

  Collaborated on a research project developed at RMIT University in association with other Australian and International Universities. The project was entitled ‘Towards Gallipoli 2015 – development of geospatial methodologies for visualizing the political and physical geographies of the campaign’.



KPMG US

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Senior Advisor

  • Feb 2006 - Feb 2008

  Provided IT General controls reviews for internal audit across a range of clients. This involved assessing the following areas: physical security, information security, change management and user access management. Performed a data integrity and accuracy review of a reference system (mainframe & db2) for one of Australia’s largest retailers. Performed a nation wide quality assurance review of a large Government department’s business processes and IT controls. Conducted… Show more Provided IT General controls reviews for internal audit across a range of clients. This involved assessing the following areas: physical security, information security, change management and user access management. Performed a data integrity and accuracy review of a reference system (mainframe & db2) for one of Australia’s largest retailers. Performed a nation wide quality assurance review of a large Government department’s business processes and IT controls. Conducted information security governance reviews for a range of Government authorities and a transport company; Completed security reviews of Windows, UNIX, Oracle and online applications for a financial services group, a large Australian bank, a global resources company and a large Government Business Enterprise. Performed a review of the security controls over a company’s remote access solution (Citrix MetaFrame and Outlook Web Access), including an assessment of their firewall configuration and rule set. Conducted a vulnerability assessment of a Government department’s network and internet facing infrastructure. Show less