Benjamin

About me:

Candidate Info :
I am a hard working problem solver. I love to travel, especially the outback and am an avid off road driver.

I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs of any kind.

Experience :
Worked As Head of Technology, Telecommunications at AGL / Southern Phone from December 2017 to June 2022
Responsible for the design, build, and operation of the national NBN and Mobile telecommunications networks. Running a team of up to 350 resources across varied technical domains.

Worked As Head of Technology, Telecommunications at AINS from January 2012 to December 2017
Responsible for the design, build, and operation of bespoke commercial network and outsourced managed services for midmarket and enterprise customers. I managed a team of circa 50 resources.

Worked As Bus & Coach Driver at Ventura from June 2007 to December 2016
Manual crashbox experience

A combination of driving transit business across the Melbourne CBD and surrounds, and driving charter coaches. I worked this
position on both a full-time and then casual basis operating on a 24×7 roster..

Worked As Articulated Bus Driver at SERCO from January 2002 to December 2007
Working in a full-time capacity across a 24hr rotational roster driving articulated transit buses across the Adelaide CBD and surrounding areas.

Worked As Owner at Koala Telecom Pty Ltd from December 1999 to January 2002
Founder – Managing Director
Koala Telecom was originally my own business founded in the early concept days of commodity VoIP based on the SIPv2
protocol. As an early software developer and entrepreneur I saw a significant opportunity in developing consumer and small
business hosted voice services and successfully launched my business in 2000.

Shortly after my launch the business was acquired by the Unique Group of Companies which was the head of a multi- market
equity investment group. The business with additional funding significantly expanded its offerings and entered a government
funded program to build a 1400 sq/km wireless network targeted at removing broadband black spots in regional South Australia.

Worked As Internet Technical Support – Team Leader at Optus Limited from January 1998 to December 2000
Providing team leadership, mentorship, development, and management to a team of internet technicians. This was the early
days of internet in Australia where processes and systems were still being developed. I played a key role in the development of those processes and consistently achieved awards for innovation and leadership.