Who am I?

My speciality is uncovering & imagining emerging realworld opportunities & forging viable pathways to their realisation. I’ve over 25 years of industry & academia demonstrable track record of successful notable Deep Tech / Robotics / AI / HeSaaS (Hardware enabled Software as a Service) endeavours, securing significant ventures, private, institutional &/or corporate funds to execute, & delivering viable companies, departments, innovation programmes, projects, outcomes & excellence. I drive success in startups, ventures, corporate innovation programmes/projects through leveraging my experience & expertise to underpin explosive growth.

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I have founded & served as a key executive, director/chair for several cutting edge robotics-AI-HRI startups (construction / mining / heavy-industries). I’m the Founder & Chief Evangelist at Presien (cutting edge AI vision systems for heavy industries, ConTech spinout from major Tier 1 construction company). I’m a Founding Director of the Robotics Australia Group peak body, I sit on the Advisory Committee for the ARC Research Hub for Human-Robot Teaming for Sustainable and Resilient Construction & I am on the Industry Advisory Board for the Advanced Fabrication Research Lab. I am a venture partner at one of Australia’s leading hardware-first Venture Capital firms; an Advisor for Robotics & Ventures at several very large organisations; an Advisor at a handful of additional Deep Tech / Field Robotics & AI early stage startups through to large corporates; a mentor - investigator for the internationally renowned, Startups Catapulting, Creative Destruction Lab. I’m an active, accomplished, recognised & awarded researcher & practitioner in this field. Previously I’ve served in high ranking roles such as the Head of Robotics at one of the world’s larger private construction companies & have held multiple academic appointments at Stanford University in California, the University of Technology Sydney & the Ohio State University in robotics, startups, & IP commercialisation.

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My formal education includes: Ph.D. Robotics at the Centre for Autonomous Systems University of Technology Sydney, a B.Engineering Mechatronics at the University of New South Wales, B.Science Psychology at the University of Sydney, Stanford University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Professional Certificate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business & School of Engineering, & Directorship at the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

Bringing elegant simplicity to the bottomless complexity of the venture pathway is my vehicle to deliver impact – Let’s talk!