Help desk to CISO, one role at a time.

I started in IT in November 2003 and never left. Here’s every role since, with what I worked on and the tech I used. This page is my CV, so there’s nothing to download.

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Education and certifications: UNSW Master of Cyber Security · QUT Bachelor of Information Technology · (ISC)² CISSP · PECB ISO 27001 Lead Auditor · Microsoft MCSE (Cloud Platform & Infrastructure/Azure; Windows Server) · SQL Server · Cisco CCNA · Fortinet FortiGate 7.4 Operator · Thales nShield HSM Certified Systems Engineer · LogRhythm Security Analyst/Platform Administrator/Support Engineer · AICD Foundations of Directorship · RSAC CISO Bootcamp.

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2003–2011

Sysadmin to systems engineer

Nov 2003 – Jan 2008

Agenix / Agen Biomedical

Systems Administrator

Windows Server · Exchange Server · IBM Lotus Notes · Cisco networking and PIX firewall · SQL Server · PHP/MySQL · RT

Jan 2008 – Feb 2009

iseek Communications

Systems Engineer

Windows Server · Exchange Server · CentOS · Cisco networking · Terminal Services · Dell servers · datacentre build and install · PHP/MySQL/Perl/PostgreSQL · RT

Mar 2009 – May 2010

NORAC

IT Support Consultant

Windows Server · SBS · Exchange Server

May 2010 – Aug 2010

Queensland Government (DEEDI)

Microsoft Technical Specialist (contract)

Windows Server · Citrix · Exchange · file and print

Sept 2010 – Mar 2011

QR National

Systems Engineer (contract)

Windows Server · Active Directory · VMware ESX · Forefront TMG 2010

Mar 2011 – Sept 2011

Queensland Government (DEEDI)

Technical Analyst (contract)

Solution architecture · Ingres/Oracle/Sybase databases · Windows Server · Citrix · Exchange · file and print

2011–2020

Consultant to architect

Sept 2011 – Dec 2015

Avanade Australia

Infrastructure Services Consultant (Manager)

Rio Tinto: Office 365 migration, Migration Lead. ANZ Bank: Windows 7 and VDI, Process & Tools Lead. BHP: Windows 7, Deployment Lead (Group Functions, CEO and executives). Second in charge of the Brisbane Infrastructure Services service line, and a mentor to the graduate intake.

Windows Server · Hyper-V · System Center (SCCM, Orchestrator) · SharePoint · Dynamics CRM and AX · Citrix · SQL Server (SSIS, SSRS) · PowerShell · Azure · Office 365

Mar 2016 – Nov 2016

CSC Healthcare

Manager, Technical Managed Services

Managed 16 staff, directly and indirectly, across Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland. Incident manager for severity 1 and 2 customer incidents, through to post-incident review and root-cause analysis.

Windows Server · SQL Server · HL7 · IBM AS/400 · F5 BIG-IP

Nov 2016 – Nov 2019

Deloitte (started at Mexia, acquired by Deloitte in 2018)

Infrastructure & Cloud Architect

Led a CA API Gateway implementation in a banking environment, with HSM integration and layered gateway patterns. Financial services work on the New Payments Platform, Open Banking, core banking and credit scoring.

Azure · Windows Server · SQL Server · CA API Gateway · Thales nShield HSM · F5 BIG-IP · Octopus Deploy

Nov 2019 – Apr 2020

RACQ

Senior Integration Specialist (contract)

Designed message-based Azure integrations between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and downstream systems, including BizTalk and the Fat Zebra payment gateway.

Azure (Service Bus, Logic Apps, API Management, Azure AD) · CA API Gateway · Azure DevOps · Jira · Confluence

2020–now

Architect to CTO and CISO, and the ventures

Jun 2020 – Nov 2021

Leidos Australia

Cloud Platform Solutions Architect

Led a Federal Government CyberArk PAM program as Chief Architect: end-to-end architecture, control alignment and delivery governance. Defined recovery targets (RTO and RPO) and DR metrics.

CyberArk · Thales Luna HSM · ServiceNow · Active Directory · NetApp · Nutanix · Tanium

Nov 2021 – Dec 2024

Emantra

CTO & CISO, General Manager

Ran GRC and assurance end to end: ISO 27001 and 9001 certification, IRAP preparation and DISP readiness. Led the move out of non-compliant datacentres into Hosting Certification Framework-certified ones.

Windows Server · Active Directory · Hyper-V · VMware · Nutanix · Rapid7 InsightVM · Cisco ASA/Firepower · Fortinet FortiGate/FortiManager · CyberArk · Imperva Cloud WAF

Jan 2025 – now

Securitribe

Principal Architect

vCISO advisory: threat and risk assessments, gap assessments against frameworks and customer requirements. Designed and rolled out a Microsoft 365 security uplift for a managed service provider across more than 20 client tenants.

Windows Server · SQL Server · Microsoft 365 · Azure · AWS · Drata · Vanta · Jira · Confluence

Now

aknowledge IT

Venture

A Brisbane-based managed IT and cyber security provider.

Now

Tech Deploy

Venture

Managed IT and connectivity for multi-site and remote sites, co-founded this year.

2026

Between2Firewalls

Venture

The podcast. Episode one was recorded on 25 September 2026.

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