Fractional Technology Executive/Brisbane

25 years experience building platforms, products and technology teams across diverse industries and from startups boasting noteworthy exits to ASX and NYSE-listed global corporations.

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25years building platforms, products and technology teams
100+Exergenics deployments across Australasia, Southeast Asia and the US
$9mSaaS revenue at CBRE Host by year three
6×return to TopStocks investors
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Current Engagements

Since June 2026 LPE ASX:LPE FractionalChief Information and Technology Officer

LPE is an ASX-listed embedded network operator servicing 40,000 utility service points nationally. I have been charged to lead a digital transformation with the enterprise to uplift system and operational efficiency through the adoption of new technology platforms and the implementation of new processes and systems to improve business efficiency and customer experience.

www.localityenergy.com.au ↗
Since February 2026 BlueCarbon FractionalHead of Data and Systems Engineering

BlueCarbon is on a mission to bring about meaningful changes to our ocean waters and fisheries and marine environments. My role is to translate deep subject matter expertise into products and platforms that deliver value At Blue Carbon we're taking telemetry from our marine technology and applying proprietary modelling and AI tooling to provide meaningful forecasts and analytics at global scale for customers and protect our customers significant aquaculture operations and investments.

www.bluecarbon.cc ↗
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Prior Engagements

2024 – 2026 GemLife ASX:GLF FractionalPrincipal Consultant - Product

Set the strategy and owned delivery of Sandstone, an Embedded Networks platform for retirement communities on the eastern seaboard — metering, billing, compliance, support and financial auditing, built to local, state and federal regulation.

  • 6,000 meters across 18 communities; power, water and telco
  • $5m annualised billing for GemLife, AVID and Keyton portfolios
  • Read the GemLife case study
2021 – 2024Advisor 2025 – now ExergenicsChief Technology Officer

Founding-team CTO. Built the patented cloud platform that models chilled water plants from BMS telemetry — 100+ deployments across towers, airports, stadiums, data centres and casinos in Australasia, Southeast Asia and the US.

  • Startup to global and profitable, with blue-chip clients
  • Co-inventor, patent WO2023193045A1
2015 – 2021 CBRE NYSE:CBRE
2019 – 2021 Global Head of Product & Engineering, CBRE Host

Turned a workplace app I’d bootstrapped into a funded global SaaS business. Owned commercialisation and the P&L; grew engineering from zero to 40+ in 18 months.

  • $9m SaaS revenue and 1,000+ buildings by year three
  • CIO Future Edge 50 (2020); AREA “Game-changer of the Year” (2018)
2016 – 2019 Director, Digital Platform Leader, APAC

Led digital platforms for Property Management across Asia Pacific. Delivered CBRE’s first AI/ML production platform globally. Circle of Excellence, 2017.

2015 – 2016 Consultant, Digital & Technology, APAC

Introduced Agile across APAC engineering; shipped prototypes still in production.

2012 – 2013 ABXConsulting CTO

Won board approval to build a commodities exchange platform in-house instead of an unfit vendor product. First trade within 10 months; ~$3m saved upfront.

2005 – 2012 TopStocksFounder

Social network for Australian investors. Trade sale in 2012 with 50,000 members and a 6x return to investors.

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Earlier

2002 – 2011Freelance Software EngineerBrisbane, Zurich, Istanbul
2000 – 2002Software Engineer, HotShed
1999 – 2000Technical Sales, Jumbo CorporationSan Jose
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Patents

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Education

B. Information Technology, Software Engineering

QUT

  • PMI-ACP
  • AWS Solutions Architect
  • Certified Scrum Master

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