Career Story

A school scholarship, plain and simple. I'd enjoyed programming at school, and being on an overseas student visa meant the fees were considerable. The scholarship made Bond a real option.

Programming was fun, but I wanted to understand the human side of software. Picking up marketing and human resources as majors felt like the right way to close that gap.

A fortunate start. I got to learn different parts of wealth management and observe how financial planners worked, helping them shape client conversations and use technology to articulate the value of advice. NAB didn't want to be a tech firm, so much of my time was spent defining problem statements, prioritising them, and working with software providers to bring solutions to life.

I came here to understand the mechanics of money flow, specifically how investments move through unit trusts and wrap accounts. The making of the thing, not the selling of it.

This is where it started. Iress was the dominant wealth management software platform in Australia, and Xplan was its flagship product. I joined as a Product Manager and spent four years learning what the craft actually meant.

I didn't know it at the time, but I'd spend the better part of a decade in this company's orbit.

My first product leadership role. Rubik was a financial services software company, and stepping into Head of Product meant owning the function, not just the features.

Rubik was acquired by Temenos in 2017. I'd move on shortly after, but this was where I first understood what it means to build a product organisation rather than just ship a product.

Returned to Iress in a bigger scope. Global Head of Product for Wealth Management. Four and a half years. This was the most formative stretch of my career as a product leader.

There's a particular kind of learning that only happens when you stay long enough to see the consequences of your own decisions. This was that.

Shifted from domain product lead to platform product lead. Same company, entirely different problem set.

This is when I started thinking in systems rather than features. The move from "what does this product do" to "what can this platform enable" changes everything.

A short, deliberate contract. Platform strategy for AMP's North business.

My first AI-native startup. A different pace, different problems, different rate of change.

Working in a company that was AI-first from the ground up changes your assumptions about what's possible and how fast.

Payments and banking infrastructure for Australian SMBs. Tyro sits at the intersection of POS technology, acquiring, and business banking, which means the product surface is wide and the stakes for the merchants using it are real.

FrankieOne builds the identity, compliance, and KYC/AML infrastructure that financial services run on globally. It is infrastructure in the truest sense. The problem is real, the market is global, and the AI opportunity in compliance is one of the most interesting I've encountered.

Still writing this chapter.