Good question, glad you asked. Before I get to that, welcome to my virtual space!

From 1993 to 1996 I completed my PhD in the Department of Electronics of the Division of Information and Communication Sciences (ICS), at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

During that time, besides grinding out a lot of probability distribution function transformations, I posted a lot of articles to aus.politics. Some of you may remember me.

I was appointed as a Visiting Fellow to the Department of Electronics in May 1997, to maintain a link between the University and Industry.

Since 1997 I've worked in a range of roles at Optus, Australia's second largest telecommunications company. One of the roles was as Manager of the Technology Evolution and Planning group.

Optus is now owned 100% by SingTel and my current position is National Manager of Technology and Strategy.

My computing platform of choice is the Apple Macintosh, especially now it is a Unix box underneath.

I was also involved in the Australian Republican Movement from 1993, culminating in being a National Committee member up to the 1999 referendum and was NSW Deputy Convener 2000-01.

I've also been active in the debate about our national flag since I was about 12. I have been a Director of Ausflag since 2002, and I've also turned my hand at a few flag designs of my own - some love 'em, some hate 'em. Have a look and have a vote.

Life only happens once. Make the most of it.

Vanity Web

Here's some newspaper, magazine and book articles about stuff I've done. Yeah, some of it is embarassing but what the heck.

• Designing the future, by accident, Hot Jobs, IT Section, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 7 August 2001, p.4.
• Designing the future, by accident, online version of above.
• ARM gives its voters a hand, Australian IT, The Australian, Tuesday 29 August 2000, p.40.
• Never mind the polls, it's the real people who matter, Opinion, The Australian, Friday 5 March 1999, p.17.
• Monarchist assertions simply fail to add up, Opinion, The Australian, Thursday 15 January 1998, p.9.
• Regional electronics win equates with high standard, Macquarie University News, June 1996, p.15.
• The Great Flag Debate: The Choice, The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic or Contemporary Icon?, Carol Foley, Federation Press 1996, pp 188-189.
• Run it up the flagpole, Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 April 1995, p.12.
• The T100: a new way to pass time, Topics, The Newcastle Herald, Saturday 28 December 1985, p.2.
• Big world map, The Newcastle Herald, Saturday 16 December 1978.