About
Connected systems for the places people live and work.
Sydney. Microsoft and Azure first.

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Profile
What I do.
Solution Architect focused on Microsoft cloud adoption, governance and customer success. I work with CIOs, platform managers and stakeholders to turn Microsoft investment into capability people use. Much of my work happens after the architecture is agreed: driving adoption, setting up governance teams will follow, and keeping executives, delivery teams and risk owners aligned.
At ANSTO, a federal science agency, I owned the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform estate end to end as Team Leader and Product Owner. I built the centre of excellence from the ground up and improved adoption of the intranet, all under ISM and IRAP controls.
Before that I was an embedded Microsoft consultant in property and construction, partnering with a construction CIO on an Azure data hub and working inside an ASX-listed property group's digital team.
Today, through ARK360, I work with client CIOs and platform managers as strategic advisor, architect and delivery lead. I measure success by adoption, and by whether the capability survives after I leave.
Career
Roles I have held.
Newest first.
- 01
Solution Architect, ARK360
Jul 2024 to present. Advisor to a civil construction client.
- 02
Team Leader and Product Owner, ANSTO
Jul 2022 to May 2024.
- 03
Microsoft Consultant, Mirvac
Nov 2017 to Jun 2022.
- 04
Microsoft Consultant, ADCO
Nov 2017 to Jun 2022.
- 05
Digital Application Developer, Mirvac
Apr 2014 to Sep 2017.
- 06
Technical Consultant, EPM Partners
Nov 2011 to Apr 2014.
- 07
Software Developer, Emotum
Jan 2006 to Nov 2011.
Where things stand
A portfolio I can show.
Where I stand.
- What this site is
- Purpose, principles and work I can show.
- How I work
- Microsoft and Azure first. A person stays accountable for consequential decisions. Systems are owned by the people who use them.
- What I will not do
- Send anything without a person's approval. Certify compliance. Hide how an output was produced.
- Relevant experience
- Almost twenty years building systems.