Biography

I currently work as a System Administrator and Project Manager for a medium sized not-for-profit organisation in Melbourne, Australia working with a wide range of technologies. I have a real passion for what I do, and learning new skills is what really drives me.

Workload permitting, I enjoy presenting on technical topics to industry or user group meetings and conferences. Contact me if you’d like more information. My previous talks have included:

  • Mobile Device Technologies (Macromedia Users Victoria)
  • Web Application Security (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Flash 3D (Macromedia Users Victoria)
  • Spyware and Security Monitoring with Open Source Tools (Australian UNIX User Group Digital Pest Symposium)
  • Introduction to PHP (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Flash and Search Engine Optimisation (Macromedia Users Victoria)
  • Search Engine Optimisation and Web Applications (with Ben Balbo) (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Nagios (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Web Application Security (Macromedia Users Victoria)
  • Search Engine Optimisation (Open Source Developers’ Conference 2004)
  • Building a Two-Way SMS Gateway (with Dean Tedesco) (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Monitoring Anything and Everything with Nagios (Open Source Developers’ Conference 2005)
  • Web Technologies (Apple Users Society of Melbourne)
  • Web Application Security (Open Source Developers’ Conference 2006)
  • Network Security Monitoring with Open Source Tools (SAGE-AU)
  • Chair: The 2007 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium (SAGE-AU)
  • Building Secure Web Applications (Melbourne PHP User Group)
  • Web 2.0 is not a dirty word - or is it? (Adobe User Group)
  • Chair: Spam Open Forum (with Maurice Castro) (SAGE-AU)
  • The Adobe Apollo Alpha - Rich Internet Applications on the Desktop (Adobe User Group)
  • Chair: Privacy Workshop (SAGE-AU)
  • Insecurity 2.0 - Securing Next Generation and Rich Internet Applications (Adobe User Group)
  • Chair: Spam Open Forum - Part Two (with Maurice Castro) (SAGE-AU)
  • An Introduction to Microformats (Adobe User Group)
  • Chumby and Flash Lite 3.0 (Adobe User Group)
  • Chumby Part 2 - Creating a Widget with Flash CS3 (Adobe User Group)
  • Automating and Managing System Builds and Configuration (with John Stern) (SAGE-AU)
  • Puppet (Automating and Managing System Builds and Configuration Part 2) (SAGE-AU)
  • Amazon Web Services Explained (Adobe User Group)
  • Getting Things Done, Lifehacking and Time Management for System Administrators (SAGE-AU)
  • Chair: The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium (SAGE-AU)
  • Google Mapplets (Adobe User Group)