Need to weave new technology more effectively and fairly into your organisation and customer experience?

Want to progress to better or more joyful use of technology in a post-COVID society?

Are you asking soul-searching technology and innovation questions, but don’t quite follow your tech people’s answers?

I can help. I offer:—

• whole-of-org technology strategy and architecture, delivered through careful development of shared awareness and insight, and smart orchestration of technology approaches.
• calm, confident stewardship of people and resources within complex and ambiguous landscapes.
• wide-ranging development and operations skills, from front-end and back-end software to internet-of-things devices, to robust infrastructure and systems integration.
• accessible and friendly investigation and communication around technology, translating between disciplines and mindsets, and overcoming knowledge silos.
• socially-progressive thinking that prioritises equality, cultural diversity and inclusion.
• national and international remote collaboration and team management.

If any of these sound useful to you, then let’s talk. You can contact me below.

Clients include:—

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• State Library of New South Wales
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Art Gallery of New South Wales
• National Film & Sound Archive
• ABC, SBS
• Syrinscape

The IC has been creating best-in-class interactive technology for the cultural, educational and non-profit sectors (and a few carefully-selected commercial clients) since I helped begin it in 2008.

At IC my team and I consulted on websites, collection interfaces, APIs, and other digital things. I architected GLAMkit, a CMS for museums that has been used by SFMOMA, Art Galleries of NSW and SA, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, National Film and Sound Archive, Bundanon Trust, ACMI and others.

We helped build and launch experimental innovation startups for Graeme Wood (of Wotif) and Bendigo Bank, and community organisations Robots & Dinosaurs (a Sydney maker space) and the Sydney Awesome Foundation.

I am also proud to have been a founding member of the Django Code of Conduct Committee, promoting diversity and inclusion in the Django open source community.

As CTO, I led a multi-million-dollar step change in ACMI's already advanced use of technology in its exhibition-making and audience experience design. I architected XOS, an integrated content toolset and internet-of-things ecosystem, which gives life to The Lens, a physical/online hybrid device given to ACMI's visitors.

Along the way I:–

• grew and managed a team of creative technologists
• oversaw ACMI's DevSecOps transformation
• developed a new Internet-of-Things strategy
• helped develop technology procurement strategies
• procured several major technology contracts
• streamlined our video workflows
• specified ACMI's network and power requirements
• helped develop corporate and research partnerships
• led specification of interdepartmental technology standards

All that good stuff.

For my Doctoral thesis, titled A Supportive Methodology and Technology for Creating Interactive Art, I carried out a study of Artist-Technologist collaborations, focussing on how technology design can become more supportive of creative cognition and interdisciplinary collaboration. As part of my research I collaborated on several internationally-exhibited and peer-reviewed interactive art installations.