CBA is Australia?s largest bank
National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia
CBA is Australia?s largest bank
BT Financial Group is the wealth management arm of Westpac, one of Australia's oldest banks
While relocating to Australia, I took an extended period to travel the world
Nordea is one of Northern Europe?s largest banks, offering innovative digital financial services
Neofonie is one of Germany's leading digital consulting agencies with clients all over Europe
Deutsche Post is Germany?s postal service; ePost Brief is a modernised, digital post service
PayPal is the leading international internet payment and money transfer portal
Immobilien Scout GmbH is Germany?s leading real estate Internet portal.
MyBet.com is one of Europe's largest Internet sports betting and online gaming companies.
Actix Ltd. is a market-leading producer of software for optimizing mobile networks.
European Aeronautics Defence and Space is Europe?s premier aerospace company.
TABCORP controls the main network of gaming machines in Australia.
RACV merged with NRMA to become one of Australia?s largest personal insurers.
2003
Bachelor of Applied Science (I.T.) ? R.M.I.T. Melbourne, Australia (incomplete)
1997
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology) ? University of Queensland (incomplete)
1995
High School certificate ? Maroochydore State High School (very high results)
Agile Trainings
2010
Rapid Testing; Communication; Automated Web Testing
Additional Courses/Certifications
2004
Agile Trainings Developed and Delivered
Quality and delivery leader with over 20 years in software, combining a decade leading QA and test organisations at ImmobilienScout24, PayPal and EADS with a decade of enterprise agile coaching across four European and Australian banks. Cut one release testing cycle from four weeks to 48 hours through automation and continuous delivery. Led coaching guilds of 30+ coaches, built capability programmes for 150+ Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and implemented SAFe across digital, marketing and analytics functions.
Most recently designed, built and shipped an agent-based AI system inside a major bank. This covered architecture, systematic evaluation of output against independently held reference data, elimination of several reproducible failure classes, and full data governance clearance through the organisation's ethics and data protection committees.
Former Chairman of German Testing Day. Works in German and English. Available for remote and hybrid engagements across the DACH region.
Testing: test strategy, test design, test management, test automation, integration and system testing, performance testing, non-functional testing
AI and data: LLM evaluation, agentic workflows, prompt design, AI governance and data clearance, data analytics, reporting and dashboards
Delivery: CI/CD, DevOps, release management, continuous delivery
Tools: Jira (configuration and administration since 2010), Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally, Power BI
Documentation: requirements, user stories, test concepts, test reports, incident reports, management summaries
Awards and Speaking Engagements on request
Achievements on request
CBA is Australia?s largest bank
National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia
CBA is Australia?s largest bank
BT Financial Group is the wealth management arm of Westpac, one of Australia's oldest banks
While relocating to Australia, I took an extended period to travel the world
Nordea is one of Northern Europe?s largest banks, offering innovative digital financial services
Neofonie is one of Germany's leading digital consulting agencies with clients all over Europe
Deutsche Post is Germany?s postal service; ePost Brief is a modernised, digital post service
PayPal is the leading international internet payment and money transfer portal
Immobilien Scout GmbH is Germany?s leading real estate Internet portal.
MyBet.com is one of Europe's largest Internet sports betting and online gaming companies.
Actix Ltd. is a market-leading producer of software for optimizing mobile networks.
European Aeronautics Defence and Space is Europe?s premier aerospace company.
TABCORP controls the main network of gaming machines in Australia.
RACV merged with NRMA to become one of Australia?s largest personal insurers.
2003
Bachelor of Applied Science (I.T.) ? R.M.I.T. Melbourne, Australia (incomplete)
1997
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology) ? University of Queensland (incomplete)
1995
High School certificate ? Maroochydore State High School (very high results)
Agile Trainings
2010
Rapid Testing; Communication; Automated Web Testing
Additional Courses/Certifications
2004
Agile Trainings Developed and Delivered
Quality and delivery leader with over 20 years in software, combining a decade leading QA and test organisations at ImmobilienScout24, PayPal and EADS with a decade of enterprise agile coaching across four European and Australian banks. Cut one release testing cycle from four weeks to 48 hours through automation and continuous delivery. Led coaching guilds of 30+ coaches, built capability programmes for 150+ Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and implemented SAFe across digital, marketing and analytics functions.
Most recently designed, built and shipped an agent-based AI system inside a major bank. This covered architecture, systematic evaluation of output against independently held reference data, elimination of several reproducible failure classes, and full data governance clearance through the organisation's ethics and data protection committees.
Former Chairman of German Testing Day. Works in German and English. Available for remote and hybrid engagements across the DACH region.
Testing: test strategy, test design, test management, test automation, integration and system testing, performance testing, non-functional testing
AI and data: LLM evaluation, agentic workflows, prompt design, AI governance and data clearance, data analytics, reporting and dashboards
Delivery: CI/CD, DevOps, release management, continuous delivery
Tools: Jira (configuration and administration since 2010), Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally, Power BI
Documentation: requirements, user stories, test concepts, test reports, incident reports, management summaries
Awards and Speaking Engagements on request
Achievements on request