From regional Victoria to a national voice in the IT channel.
Born in Ballarat and raised in regional Victoria. Learnt IT through a VET program at school and started getting paid to solve IT problems in his early 20s.
Youngest Rotarian in the district; later recognised as Volunteer of the Year.
Went full time on Uptake Digital in Bendigo, focused on getting small businesses into the cloud.
Completed 50+ Microsoft 365 migrations before the Microsoft CSP program existed; invited into the first CSP intake. Earned Microsoft Silver Competency in 2015.
Vice Chair of Synergize Hub, Bendigo's co-working community, for a year, then President for two years. Profiled by Kerry Anderson in Small Business in the Cloud and interviewed on The Pointy End.
Featured in the Bendigo Advertiser as a cybersecurity expert - "Small businesses prime target for cyber crime" - and ran workshops at the Bendigo Small Business Festival.
Speaker at the AISA Australian Cyber Conference. Began co-hosting the Need to Know podcast with Robert Crane (CIAOPS).
Hired the first Uptake Digital employee as pandemic demand grew, and began building out a full managed services practice.
Mentor in the government-backed Digital Solutions program - featured in the Bendigo Times.
Quoted by ABC News as a cybersecurity expert on the PH Property Bendigo data breach. Speaker at AISA CyberCon Melbourne: Unite and Conquer - Fixing the adversarial relationship between your IT and cybersecurity service providers, with Corch (Shogun Cybersecurity).
Relocated to Melbourne. Profiled by Moxie Insights: "What would Biggie do?" When golden age hip-hop and country values collide.
Featured by ABC News on the risks families face hiring au pairs through social media. Guest on the MSP Mastery: Ctrl-Alt-Deliver podcast - Why People and Relationships are the Real Future of MSP. Panellist at ARN EDGE in Cairns on the skills gap, presented by GTIA. Guest on Owner to Owner and back on MSP Mastery for an SMB agentic cybersecurity deep dive. Spoke at AISA CyberCon Melbourne to a sold-out room: Securing Your Domain and DNS, with Patrick Kissane (Burger IT).
Member of the GTIA Executive Council, ANZ, and actively seeking additional board positions.