Fractional CTO / COO

10+ years working with social enterprises and for-purpose companies, in tech, product and ops roles.
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Work expectations

Status
Actively looking
Not looking
Not looking
Open to new opportunities
Location
Sydney
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Open to relocating
Commitment
Casual / Freelance / Part-time, Join as a startup co-founder
Availability from time of offer
In 1 month or less
Years of experience
7+ years
Top 3 languages or frameworks
TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP
Also knows
Laravel, Next.js, React, Bubble.io
Preferred work environment
Fully remote, Hybrid
Strengths
Interested in working involving

Working with social enterprises, or organisations that are trying to change the world for the better.

Not interested in work involving

Other information
Able to work in Australia without visa sponsorship
Requires visa sponsorship to work in Australia

Pay expectations

Full-time
$
per year
Casual / Contract
$
120
per hour
Pay is negotiable in exchange for equity
Pay is negotiable in exchange for equity
Pay is not negotiable in exchange for equity
Open to equity only roles
Not open to equity only roles

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Work experience

Proudest professional achievement

Being a director at Australia's largest creative and digital agency for NFPs, raising over $75m every year for Australia's leading charities.

Casual Academic
Large Australian public university • February 2021 – Present

• Teach subjects including Entrepreneurship & Commercialisation and Fundamentals of Interaction Design within the Faculty of Engineering & IT

• Support student learning through practical design frameworks, technical communication and applied project work

COO / CTO
Early-stage film and media startup • August 2021 – June 2025

• Led and contributed hands-on to product development across design, engineering and data science

• Built the core technology foundation for a platform aimed at inspiring people through film-driven storytelling

• Oversaw product strategy, technical architecture and multidisciplinary execution

Technical Product Manager (Contract)
AI-driven grants platform • January 2025 – May 2025

• Led development of an AI-powered platform matching grant seekers to the most relevant opportunities

• Directed engineering, product strategy and design workflows to accelerate delivery of key platform capabilities

• Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements and convert them into actionable product roadmaps

Digital Director
Social impact-focused digital agency • November 2019 – June 2021

• Directed the Digital Development division spanning project management, UX, design, engineering and QA (~20 team members)

• Oversaw a portfolio of ~20 concurrent client projects for NFP and for-purpose organisations

• Served on the company board and contributed to strategic leadership post-merger of two digital agencies

Co-Founder
Digital agency for NFP and for-purpose organisations • June 2011 – October 2019

• Co-founded and scaled a digital agency from 3 founders to ~20 team members

• Led delivery of digital projects for many of Australia's leading nonprofit and for-purpose organisations

• Transitioned across multiple leadership roles: Technical Director → Strategy Director → COO

• As COO, managed all operational functions including HR, finance and delivery across ~20 active projects

• Played a key role in the strategic merger that integrated the agency into a larger digital group

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Technology
University of Technology Sydney • Jan 2025 – Jan 2029

• Research topic: 'Developing social enterprise as a scalable model of NFP innovation'

• Focus on Python programming and image processing

BScIT (Hons), Information Technology
University of Technology Sydney • 2009 – 2010

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