I have a thirst for knowledge and passion for learning. This comes in handy when working with customers who like to maintain a technology edge for strategic advantage. Hence I've established high value relationships with leading universities including:

• University of Western Australia (UWA)
• Curtin University
• Edith Cowan University (ECU)

This includes personally supporting the institutions by being a:

• Bachelor of Engineering Advisory Committee Member, Curtin
• School of Computer Science and Software Engineering Industry Advisory Panel, UWA
• Regular Guest Lecturer at Curtin University and UWA
• Student supervisor for Curtin and UWA industry projects

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PROJECTS

In 2001 I established a strong relationship with Curtin University, Western Australia. Each year I choose an R&D project and then host 3-4 final year students who are completing a Bachelor of Engineering Degree. As the student's "major project" they work one day a week on-site with me over 9 months. The students gain valuable knowledge and first hand industry experience. I benefit from the opportunity to vet for potential new employees and gain prototypes which can be used to convince customers to explore new technologies (ie - student R&D is an effective risk mitigation strategy before committing to emerging technologies).

PROJECTS

2009 - Agent Based Modeling (ABM) of Urban Terrorist Threats
2008 - Algorithms for Automatic Network Link Optimisation
2007 - Advanced Trend and Temporal Visualisation: "Periodic Event Arc Representation"
2006 - Web2 Technology: "Dynamic Web Forms with AJAX Frameworks"
2005 - Information Management: "Integrating New Desktop Search Technologies"
2004 - Data Visualisation: "Temporal and Grid Visualisation of Multi-Category Data Sets"
2003 - Data Visualisation: "Timeline Visualisation Techniques"
2002 - Geographic Information Systems: "Map Projection Investigation"
2001 - Geographic Information Systems: "Real-time Image Re-projection onto Maps"