About

A Brief Bio …

• Started UNIX/C systems programming with Data General  in 1982 and in 1990 moved to Fujitsu as a UNIX specialist.
• In 1992 helped establish and manage an SGI and Convex scientific computing environment at the CSIRO’s Biomolecular Research Institute (BRI).
• In 1994 worked as a UNIX infrastructure, security and performance consultant with the Fulcrum Consulting Group. 
• In 1996 joined Sun Microsystems Professional Services as a Solaris and Java Architect and did anything to stay busy for the next 8 years: architect, developer, troubleshooter, performance analyst, project manager, trainer…
• In 2003 began investigating Windows Server System and .Net and joined Microsoft Consulting Services in 2004.
• 2004 – 2010 Technology Strategist with a focus on SDLC tools, UNIX/Java Windows/.Net Interoperability and High Performance Computing  for Microsoft Australia.
• Currently a Senior Smart Grid Solutions Architect at Silver Spring Networks
• Masters Degree in IT specializing in Object Oriented Software Engineering

Areas of particular intest to me are …

• Distributed systems
• Event based coupling
• Interactive HPC
• Robotics
• Autonomous systems

Recent Public Presentations

Title	Event	Date	Audience
UNIX and Windows Interoperability	Tech Ed Australia conference	2005	200 technical conference delegates
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 HPC	Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing  (APAC) conference	2005	25 technical APAC conference delegates
UNIX and Windows Interoperability	AUUG annual conference keynote	2006	100 technical AUUG members
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 HPC	Tech Ed South East Asia conference	2006	50 technical conference delegates
UNIX and Windows Interoperability	Tech Ed South East Asia conference	2006	50 technical conference delegates
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 HPC	Tech Ed Australia conference	2006	50 technical conference delegates
Introducing Microsoft Powershell 1.0	Tech Ed Australia conference	2007	300 technical conference delegates
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC	Tech Ed Australia conference	2008	50 technical conference delegates
BizTalk Performance Tuning Tips	Tech Ed Australia conference	2009	50 technical conference delegates

 

A brief summary of specific skills and experience

Academic – Computer Science	Research support roles (CSIRO, LICR) Monash, Swinburne and CSIRO Alumnus Commercial trainer Sun Microsystems Commercial Trainer Microsoft TAFE instructor
Developer	8+ years commercial Java development 5+ years specialist .Net development Web and Rich Client SOA web services and Tibco/MQ 10+ years UNIX/C HPC and visualization .Net and Java Certifications
Architect	Enterprise Architecture Telstra.com platform chief architect Web Solution Architecture Systems Integration Architecture
Academic and Industrial High Performance Computing	3 years HPC Architecture 2 years HPC UNIX and Windows Systems Management 2 years HPC C/C++ Application development 5 years HPC Performance diagnosis and tuning
Platform and Technology Evangelism	UNIX and Windows interoperability .Net and Java interoperability Development tools Community participation Established the Sun Java Centre Regular Microsoft TechEd speaker (Aus and Asia) Australian UNIX User Group keynote speaker Regular industry conference speaker
Method	Results oriented Future focused Big picture perspective Bold challenges Hands on experimenter/demonstrator National scope
Electrical, Electronics and Computer Systems	5 years A Grade Electrical Mechanic 3 years Industrial Electronics Technician 10 years Computer Systems Engineer (HW) 17 years Software Engineer

For more information see my full resume here.