Experience

Alii - Accounts Payable & P2P Automation

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

• Chairman

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Alii™ is a SaaS platform designed to prevent fraud and streamline accounts payable and procurement functions for schools. Best of all, we integrate with all your favorite platforms so installation is fast and easy



Tattooing101

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Tattooing101 is the first SaaS platform for tattoo artist education. Now with over 4,000 students, 500 modules and a fanatical community, Tattooing101 is the largest program of it's kind as it continues to disrupt the traditional tattoo shop apprenticeship.



UrbanX

• Australia
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Growing at over 100% YoY since its inception, UrbanX is disrupting the traditional real estate franchise model by allowing individual agents to start their own agencies, keep more of their commissions and leverage a world leading SaaS platform so they can focus on what they do best - sell more houses!

• CTO / Investor

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

  Loved designing & building UrbanX's world-first SaaS platform including running both the Product & Development teams. Great project working with some amazing people



Melt Brothers

• Australia
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2017 - Present

  Melt Brothers is Australia's first chain of grilled cheese sandwich shops inspired by the range of delicious comfort food on offer in New York's alleyways. Owners Felix and Justin Kong decided to recreate the grilled cheese sandwich with a modern twist and off its success continue to plan expansion into new locations.



Inspace

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor / Advisory Board

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Inspace Stack provides commercial property landlords and agents with an interactive 3D replica, enabling them to host virtual inspections at scale, from anywhere anytime. We’re proud to be creating a world where people can make quicker and better-informed decisions when it comes to real estate. You can see more here: www.inspacestack.com.



FUJIFILM CSG Limited

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Executive - Technology Solutions

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  Melbourne, Australia As my earn out finished I was asked to lead CSG's (ASX: CSV) 'Technology Solutions' business. Over 2 consecutive years we grew revenue by 30% and returned the business to profitability before CSG was acquired by Fuji Xerox for $140m in February 2020. CSG's technology businesses (rebranded as FUJIFILM CodeBlue in Australia & New Zealand) ended as one of the largest Managed IT Service Providers in Australasia with over $25M ARR, 25,000 seats under management and 220 staff across 11… Show more As my earn out finished I was asked to lead CSG's (ASX: CSV) 'Technology Solutions' business. Over 2 consecutive years we grew revenue by 30% and returned the business to profitability before CSG was acquired by Fuji Xerox for $140m in February 2020. CSG's technology businesses (rebranded as FUJIFILM CodeBlue in Australia & New Zealand) ended as one of the largest Managed IT Service Providers in Australasia with over $25M ARR, 25,000 seats under management and 220 staff across 11 locations.

• General Manager - Managed IT

  • Feb 2017 - Jun 2018

  Brisbane, Australia In February 2017, CSG acquired my business R & G Technologies to become its Managed IT Division. CSG is a publicly listed "Technology as a Service" organization. In my earn out I was made the General Manager of Managed IT, responsible for CSG's Managed Services division, one of 4 business units reporting into the CEO of the technology business.



Entrepreneurs' Organization

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Board Member (Brisbane Chapter)

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

  EO is a not for profit organisation consisting of over 9,000 entrepreneurs worldwide. Only Entrepreneurs who have revenue over $1M, are approved by existing members, and are either the founder or controlling shareholder can be considered for membership. In Brisbane we have 124 members.

• Board Member (Accelerator Program)

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

  EO is a not for profit organisation consisting of over 9,000 entrepreneurs worldwide. I spent 12 months on the board of the Accelerator program.The Accelerator program is for entrepreneurs that do not yet qualify for EO - our goal is to deliver a program that aids as a mentoring and coaching pathway - helping these entrepreneurs to become future EO members.



R & G Technologies (now CodeBlue Australia)

• Australia
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2017

  R & G is an IT & Cloud Consulting Company that I grew to approx 200 corporate clients and 38 full-time staff; providing outsourced IT services to small-medium sized businesses right through to publicly listed and national organisations. R & G was acquired by CSG (ASX: CSV) in 2017



Client Heartbeat

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Aug 2012 - 2017

  New York, United States Client Heartbeat is a SaaS platform that allows you to regularly survey your customers, but what makes it unique is it allows you to benchmark your performance against others in your industry and region. The company was acquired in 2017.



Deacon Recruitment

• Australia
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2016

  Having experience from "the other side of the table" and having a strong network of professional IT contacts, we formed Deacon IT with the vision of "changing the negative perception of the recruitment industry" by offering real value and expertise in our Recruitment Services. Since we commenced business in 2008 we have become one of the leading suppliers to the IT Consulting/System Integration industry in Brisbane. Deacon has since grown to now have divisions in the Construction… Show more Having experience from "the other side of the table" and having a strong network of professional IT contacts, we formed Deacon IT with the vision of "changing the negative perception of the recruitment industry" by offering real value and expertise in our Recruitment Services. Since we commenced business in 2008 we have become one of the leading suppliers to the IT Consulting/System Integration industry in Brisbane. Deacon has since grown to now have divisions in the Construction, Engineering and Oil & Gas sectors. Show less



Enterprise IP

• Co-Founder

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2010

  Australia Enterprise IP was a small corporate grade voice and data provider founded in Brisbane. EIP was acquired in 2010



XSpam

• Founder

  • Jan 2002 - Feb 2003

  While at university I came up with an idea for improved email authentication technology which would aid in the protection against spam. With this idea I raised a small amount of seed capital through some Brisbane based angel investors. The venture eventually closed due to lack of funding



Network 33

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - Feb 2002

  Network33 was a small IT company specialising in software development. Working here part time through Grade 12 and university, I worked on two SaaS projects - A ticketing solution and a web based CRM solution