Experience

Shorthand

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Growth

  • Jul 2021 - 2 years 6 months

• Head of Growth and Marketing

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

  I led the marketing and growth functions, shaped Shorthand's go-to-market strategy, and managed our data infrastructure and analytics. Using my background in computer science research and data analytics, I ensured that data was deployed effectively across the business and used to inform Shorthand's strategy for product-led growth.

• Data Scientist

  • Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

  As Shorthand's data scientist, my responsibilities included collecting and analyzing data to support strategic business decisions, helping implement and track success metrics, and introducing targeted marketing campaigns to bootstrap growth.



QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • 2015 - 2016

  I worked as part of a cross-disciplinary team developing and evaluating software for people with cognitive differences, including individuals with intellectual disabilities and children with autism. My responsibilities included designing sensitive but academically rigorous research studies, and obtaining ethical clearances through university ethics committees.



The University of Queensland

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • 2011 - 2014

  Brisbane, Australia As the recipient of the Margaret Peel Postdoctoral Fellowship, I led an interaction design project focusing on mobile apps for children with health issues including multiple severe food allergies. This role involved managing collaborations with key stakeholders at Brisbane children's hospitals, coordinating ethics applications through multiple university and hospital committees, and publishing and presenting academic research papers.



NICTA

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • 2005 - 2007

  Brisbane, Australia I contributed to a number of interdisciplinary research projects during my tenure at NICTA, including data modeling for emergency response teams and sensor-based, context-aware computing. I was responsible for the co-development of an OASIS standard for emergency messaging in crisis response.



Distributed Systems Technology Centre

• Research Scientist

  • 2003 - 2005

  Brisbane, Australia I was one of the lead researchers and software developers in the m3 project, which involved the design and prototyping of a software infrastructure for context-aware mobile applications - i.e., software able to automatically adapt its behavior based on a combination of user preferences and interpreted data from distributed sensors. My role included: software engineering with Java, Python and the Elvin distributed event routing software; collaboration with Telstra Research Labs and SAP, both key… Show more I was one of the lead researchers and software developers in the m3 project, which involved the design and prototyping of a software infrastructure for context-aware mobile applications - i.e., software able to automatically adapt its behavior based on a combination of user preferences and interpreted data from distributed sensors. My role included: software engineering with Java, Python and the Elvin distributed event routing software; collaboration with Telstra Research Labs and SAP, both key stakeholders in the project; and authoring and presenting research papers at leading international conferences. Show less



The University of Queensland

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutorial Fellow

  • 1997 - 2002

  Brisbane, Australia As a tutorial fellow, I taught students from first through to 4th year in courses including Distributed Computing (Honors level), Compiler Design, Java Programming and Introduction to Software Engineering.