Judge of the 23rd AMY Awards - Rewarding Digital Brilliance.
Company Name AIMIA - The Digital Industry Association of Australia
Dates EmployedFeb 2017 – 2017
Employment Duration less than a year
I am an official Judge of the 23rd AMY Awards - Rewarding Digital Brilliance. Run by AIMIA, The AMY Awards are the most celebrated Awards in Australia’s Digital Industry, rewarding digital brilliance and honouring the work and people in Digital Creative, Content, Services and Applications.
This year there are over 40 different categories with which to reward digital brilliance. Entries into the Awards close on 21st March. For more information about entering your best digital work, please visit the event website: http://www.aimia.com.au/awards Media (1)
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Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Company Name Neon Stingray
Dates EmployedJul 2010 – Jul 2014
Employment Duration 4 yrs 1 mo
LocationChippendale Sydney
Co-founded Neon Stingray and profitably grew business within 3 years to 50 people working in offices across Sydney and Stockholm. Led business to #5th position in 2012 Australian Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and #132 place in the Asia Fast 500 in the first year it was eligible.
Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer
Company Name Greatspace Inc.
Dates EmployedAug 2011 – Jul 2013
Employment Duration 2 yrs
LocationSydney, Australia
Co-founder and CDO of innovative new P2P accommodation service focused on Asia. With CEO on design, build and launch of product in fast growth sector led by the emergence of Airbnb.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Company Name Revevol Australia
Dates EmployedJul 2010 – Dec 2012
Employment Duration 2 yrs 6 mos
LocationSydney
Co-Founded Revevol Australia as joint venture between with Revevol Inc, a leading Cloud Computing Co and #1 European Google Enterprise Partner. Quickly built local team, negotiated APAC partnership with Google and led foundation sales.
General Manager, Digital
Company Name FOXTEL
Dates EmployedJan 2008 – Jun 2009
Employment Duration 1 yr 6 mos
Hired to set up new P&L driven Digital Business Unit. Responsible for growing portfolio of OTT products including FOXTEL Mobile TV, Download and Online Sales Channel. Drove concept and launch of FOXTEL Download as first IPTV product for FOXTEL.
Director, Digital Content Studio
Company Name Hyro (ASX:HYO)
Dates EmployedDec 2006 – Dec 2007
Employment Duration 1 yr 1 mo
LocationSydney, Australia
Founded start-up venture as new capabiltiy for Hyro - Digital Content Studio - to meet the growing demand from clients for branded content and social media advertising opportunities.
Established Joint Venture with leading US video site Heavy.com (www.heavy.com) to sell Heavy rights in Asia and monetise the sites significant traffic in the region. Led sale of heavy content to FOXTEL and Austar and overachieved Yr 1 advertising targets by 100%.
Managing Director APAC Joint Venture
Company Name Heavy.com
Dates EmployedDec 2006 – Dec 2007
Employment Duration 1 yr 1 mo
LocationSydney Area, Australia
Set up APAC Joint Venture for Hyro with leading US Content site Heavy.com. Let set-up and operation of business as a key part of the strategic investment in branded content services.
Founder & Director Wireless & Broadcast
Company Name Hyro (ASX:HYO)
Dates EmployedJan 2004 – Dec 2007
Employment Duration 4 yrs
Founded new business for Hyro with focus on emerging cross platform application development for web, mobile and TV. Wrote business case, secured funding and hired team. Led acquisition of marquee accounts for the new business including FOXTEL, Network TEN, Network Seven and Telstra.
Chief Operating Officer
Company Name itv|world
Dates EmployedJul 2002 – Dec 2003
Employment Duration 1 yr 6 mos
LocationSydney, Australia
Chief Operating Officer of Australia's leading IPTV and Web Content Business. Responsible for global operations and sales. Key role in the sale of the business. Led worldwide sales of Original itv|world IPTV programming to clients including Telstra Bigpond, Optus Singtel, Comcast, Roadrunner, @home, Hutchison, Orange, Microsoft and Nokia.
General Manager Broadband Content Development
Company Name Telstra
Dates EmployedJul 2001 – Jul 2002
Employment Duration 1 yr 1 mo
LocationSydney, Australia
Responsible for P&L, growth, content acquisition and management of successful, cross platform Content Products for Telstra. Built portfolio of orignal Broadband Content Channels and Live Events including The Basement and Digital One online radio stations and live music webcasts. Produced groundbreaking series of live broadband webcasts of The Big Day Out, Sydney Mardi Gras, Tropfest and Mercedes Australian Fashion Week (MAFW) simulcast with XYZ Networks and Network TEN.
Led joint venture with Beyond International to launch three innovative online TV channels - Red Karpet.tv, The Crunch.tv and Endeavor.tv which were Australia's first dedicated IPTV channels.
Group Manager, Content
Company Name Telstra
Dates EmployedJan 2000 – Jun 2001
Employment Duration 1 yr 6 mos
LocationSydney, Australia
Led a team of more than 10 direct reports managing Bigpond / Telstra.com's newly merged portfolio of consumer content sites including Sport (AFL, NRL), Games, Music, TV & Movies, Shopping and Business.
Product Manager E-Commerce & Online Shopping
Company Name Telstra
Dates EmployedApr 1998 – Dec 1999
Employment Duration 1 yr 9 mos
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Responsible for both B2C Shopping Portal and E-Commerce Gateway products development with Westpac. Led integration of Telstra.com and Bigpond payments and founded Bigpond Shopping as a key vertical in the Telstra portfolio.
Product Manager, Entertainment
Company Name Telstra Multimedia
Dates EmployedOct 1997 – Mar 1998
Employment Duration 6 mos
Hired to lead development of KAHootz community – an early virtual world for children aged 5-12 developed as a $10M JV between Telstra, HP and The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). Grew beta community to 5k users across Australia and New Zealand
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