Work

I have always been motivated and inspired by bringing creativity and technology together to drive positive change.


Below is a changelog of my career, from the professional audio industry through to my current focus on sustainability and web3 tech.


Blue Carbon S2C
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer
2023 - present

Blue Carbon S2C’s purpose is to achieve real action on climate change at scale, by developing, operating and financing carbon projects, and trading our own and third-party credits and co-benefits.

Tashi Gaming
Product Innovation
2023 - present

Tashi delivers a fully-integrated, next-generation game development experience. Our proprietary, consensus-based, serverless, distributed game session can help you cut costs, reduce cheating, and simplify game architecture.

Microsoft
CTO Microsoft for Startups APAC
2021 - 2023

Led the tech strategy for newly formed Startups team in APAC, hired a team of CTOs across the region, worked with startups to grow local startup and corporate venture ecosystem, and produced a lot of content and events :)

DHL
Head of Innovation, Asia Pacific
2020 - 2021

Management of DHL’s Innovation Center, innovation team and data science team, working in partnership with DHL’s top clients across the region.

Carbon Count
Founding CTO, Advisor
2019 - 2021

Hired tech and marketing teams, delivered commercial implementation of a patented Fast Adaptive Algorithm for Soil Testing, for both the Australian ERF Soil Carbon Methodology and VERRA international standard.

Imagination
Head of Technology, Asia Pacific
2019 - 2020

Founded on the principle of creativity, Imagination is an independent design company with a focus on immersive experiences. I led the technology teams across Asia.

Accenture Liquid Studio
Managing Director of R&D, Technology and Innovation
2016 - 2019

Head of emerging technologies and Liquid Studios, management of technical and operational teams. Rapid delivery for clients & partner organisations. Launched Liquid Studio Innovation Centres across in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, and India.

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Founding CTO and Head of Asia Pacific
2014- 2016

Management of successful ASX public listing, close of $50M AUD institutional equity placement, acquisition and integration of another startup. Hiring and management of agile product, engineering and data science teams across Australia, India, Poland and United States.

Dentsu Aegis
Group Innovation Director
2012- 2014

Management of innovation projects, partnerships deals, product development, and large scale digital executions across 29 agencies including Carat, Dentsu X, iProspect, Isobar, Stadia Media and Vizeum.

Google
Innovationist
2007- 2012

Patented technology taking Street View underwater, 1 billion unique views of launch content. Launched YouTube across Asia Pacific. Launched Android in the region, and managed local partnerships with partners.

Dolby Laboratories
Director of Product Management & Software Engineering
2002- 2007

Hiring and management of engineering teams, development and delivery of multiple high-tech hardware and software products across the Professional Sound Industry. Launched Dolby Lake Processor, Lake Contour, Lake Mesa EQ, Clair iO

Meyer Sound Laboratories
Research & Development Engineer
1997- 2002

Research & development of hardware and software, patented acoustic signal processing methods. Development of three-dimensional sound intensity probe and Multipurpose Acoustic Prediction Program for loudspeaker cluster design.

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