Education

Awards

PhD, (Engineering) Swinburne University of Technology
Grad.Dip.Appl.Sci. (Robotics) Chisholm Institute of Technology (now Monash University)
BSc. (Applied Maths, Physics) Monash University
HSC, Haileybury College

Rolls-Royce, Qantas Award for Engineering Excellence and the Warren Centre Medal (winning team)
Australian and Victorian Export Awards (Various. Through ANCA)

Languages
Development: Java, C++, C, C#
AI: Prolog, Lisp, Scheme
Parsers: Yacc, Lex
Web: HTML, DHTML, XML, PHP, Javascript
Database: SQL

Operating Systems
Linux / Unix
Win2K, 95/98, NT, XP
Realtime – QNX, OS9

Systems Analysis Skills
OOA/OOD – OMT, Booch, UML
Design Patterns (Gamma et.al)

Non-IT Proficiencies

Creativity and Innovation
De-Bono 6 thinking hats
Buzan mind mapping
Lateral thinking tools
Pattern breaking & building thinking tools

Management
Project, Product and Department Manag’t
Served at Board Level

Strategic Planning
Brand planning
Opportunity evaluation techniques

Marketing Skills
Internet marketing
Graphic design
Market research
Product management

Miscellaneous Skills
Web design (Dreamweaver, Fireworks)
Patent specifications
Workshop facilitation

Areas of Technical Interest

Internet marketing technology
Speech technology (synthesis and recognition)
Telephony applications, SMS, MMS, J2ME
Client/server systems, distributed systems
Natural Language parsing and generation
Machine learning / Artificial Intelligence

Control Systems
Robotics
Computer Numerical Controls / Machine Tools
Graphic design
Server side java (servlets)
3D graphics
Geometric modelling
Parsers, translators and compilers
Applied mathematics