Myself on a slide

1. 1) Woo
2) Strategic
3) Input
4) Positivity
5) Individualization
Insights
“Inspiring Helper”
 Most recently in Microsoft’s GSDS APAC team as their
Business Operations Lead
 7 years at Microsoft all up, including interning back in ‘99
 Built Oracle’s Competitive Intelligence GTM team in Asia
 Industry Analyst for both Gartner & IDC, building new products
 Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology,
Sydney – possibly the ugliest campus in Australia
 Worked as a bartender and in the men’s suit dept. of David
Jones so I could sort you out with a B52 or 52R
 Finding stories in numbers
 Problem solving
 Bringing people together to
focus on a common goal
 Process improvement
 Playing devil’s advocate
 Competitive & Market Intel
 Goalkeeping (football)
 Remembering useless trivia
 Married to my wife Simone for 6 years last October (‘14)
 Father to two amazing kids, Olivia (4) and Fraser (2)
 Ask me about the Arabic tattoos on each forearm!
 World’s worst handyman – seriously, the worst
 Lived in Asia for over 12 years
 Greatest sporting moment – winning the U21 NSW Club
Knockout in 1998, conceding 3 goals in 6 matches
 Could recite Billy Birmingham's “The 12th Man Again” word
for word, including voices
 Never met a coffee I didn’t like
 Helping others see the
bigger picture
 Seeing my team improve
every day
 Transparency &
communication
 Working with dynamic,
driven people
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages”
Henry Ford