Thanks David & Lang for getting the ball rolling. And since everyone has put their hand up, I thought I'd say G'day as well :-)
Nowhere near as much experience as Lang or David and those that have introduced themselves previously (read: I still get pimples... sometimes :P). I started off as an application developer and systems administrator at the University of Technology, Sydney in their Institute of Media & Learning. Following on to working as a penetration tester at Ernst & Young within their IT security consulting division. After a few years at UTS and EY, I moved into a boutique called Sense of Security as a web applications/networks security penetration tester. Recently (i.e. 4 months ago) after a lot of thought I quit the comforts and glamour of being a corporate - suit & tie dude with the gold frequent flyer card - to now, enjoying time to myself in my PJs, in my bedroom... ... coding my own projects of course :D I agree with David that Innovation Bay, OpenCoffee, Barcamp, Mobile Mondays et al. have been great ways to network with like-minded professionals and hope the effort to share knowledge keeps going; and everyone could benefit & learn off those that have been through the process of being VC funded (or not) and even simple things like maintaining motivation through a long development lifecycle, getting the accounting right, incorporating, legal counsel, co-working spaces etc. Additional kudos to Elias for opening up this list to all, its a good way to figure out who else is going through the start up phase in Oz! Cheers, Shaon P.S. Not a huge fan of really, really long walks on beaches, 'cause bike riding is so much more efficient ;-) On 01/12/2008, at 8:10 PM, David Jones wrote: > Thanks Lang, I like what trying to be achieved here and at other > places like Innovation Bay - we need entrepreneurial bootstrap > support in this country. So about me... > > It all started when I was dropped on my head at birth, the damage > sustained caused me to be a geek and ignore my grandmother's desire > for me to become a lawyer opting to become an engineer (yes, I are > one). Now, when I pay USD$500/hr for legal mumbo-jumbo, I realise > her wisdom - but I digress. > > I am Founder and CTO of threatmetrix.com, we focus on fraud and > account hijack protection/identity verification for on-line e- > commerce sites. > This is a growing area as more Web2.0 business drive more value into > their sites protected only with username and password (think > phoshing and keylogging in your social networks and shopping carts). > Its just not practical for web based e-Commerce to run 2-factor > auth. I CEOed the company from inception until June08 where we > appointed a US CEO - I prefer to live in Sydney. > > Prior to that I was VP R&D of Surfcontrol, now WebSENSE a web and > email filtering business. Prior to that I was Founder and CEO of EmU > Tech, who Surfcontrol acquired. Prior to that I ran network > integration and Lotus Notes practices (this was the '90s) in Sydney. > --- > I am here to help and/or hinder from the experiences and scars, I > have a little more time as the CTO gig is not as all-consuming as > CEO. After a few years of focussing on the US and bootstrapping a > business against US competitors with 5x the funding, I am looking > forward to re-connecting locally and have been excited and delighted > by the initiatives locally despite the shortage of angel, VC and > withdrawal of grants. > > I enjoy brisk walks from Dee Why to Long Reef with a coffee at the > end. > regard dj > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Langy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi I'm Lang. > > I'm fashion designer of label Akina. (http://www.akina.com.au) I have > been in business since the 26th of January 2005. Akina is really > strong on the creative/PR front but needs work on the business side of > things. I feel I have spent the last few years building castles in the > sky and now I need to put in the systems to support it. > > I am here to throw around ideas with other entrepreneurs and learn > about new technologies I can incorporate into my business. > > I like long walks on the beach. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
