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Cisco, Innovation Central MelbourneDirector, Innovation Central Melbourne and Manager, Digital Innovation Hub
Oct. 2021Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn this role I work across technology architecture, project management and services, and with our partners, such as Cisco, Coles, Medibank, Gartner and Optus to deliver a world class services aimed at prototyping and new venture development. I work in the entire start-up to design and construct process, starting with developing the design intents, objectives, the design brief, managing stakeholders through the implementation phase and into scaling today's operations. Today I am managing the operation which includes technology prototyping and new venture platforms for 1. collaboration and visualisation, 2. advanced data and analytics using networks Meraki), 3. indoor 5G, 4. on-prem GPU Servers for developing large language models (LLMs), 5. maker-space prototyping, 6. landscape scale drone scanning, and 7. augmented reality.
myCSIInnovator || Mentor
Jul. 2021 - Oct. 2021Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australian Research Council (ARC)ARC Assessor
Oct. 2020Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaProvide expert peer review for Discovery Projects (DP) and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) funding schemes, evaluating research excellence, innovation, national benefit, and feasibility across interdisciplinary applications. Trusted to assess proposals involving AI ethics, digital governance, misinformation, and emerging technologies, with a focus on impactful and policy-relevant research. Recently assessed proposals on digital misinformation resilience and the governance of AI geolocation technologies.
Collective Social IntelligenceCo-Founder and Executive Advisor
May. 2016 - Mar. 2021Australia, USA, Singapore, IndiaA global technology firm that builds technology-enabled workplace Collaboratories based on our own 12-point-plan for effective collaboration: 1. An established innovation practice for Collaborative Workgroups (CWG) in support of a clients' business objectives 2. A leading software engineering team to make bespoke infrastructure solutions for improvement capability, using data analytics and visualisation within an interaction design practice 4. A global business development capability using facilitated workshops and project-portfolio management 5. the implementation (and sale) of a bespoke software solution for portfolio visualisation in healthcare, property, retail, cultural heritage, mining, agriculture and education CSI works closely with in-market vendors for bespoke technology integrations in Finance, Construction, Mining, ICT and Agile Software Development, Property, Agriculture, Government, and Higher Education
PwCR&D and Knowledge Management Executive
Jun. 2013 - Jun. 2014Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane AustraliaAfter helping the Australian government write the R&D tax incentive guidelines I was at Pwc as a Contractor in R&D and Knowledge Management advisory services.
CollaborationHubFounder and Managing Director
Nov. 2011 - Aug. 2015Australia, USA, Singapore, IndiaBusiness Development and Sales of a workplace SaaS platform that supports project portfolio for: 1. Business growth through design-led innovation and systems thinking projects 2. Project portfolios aimed at innovation and change initiatives for building improvement capability 3. Learning and development programs for people-capability improvement 4. Visualisation and collaboration used in decision making and complex problem solving Customers: AusIndustry, PwC, Lend Lease, Acqua Holdings, QLD Government, Imap Systems, Newcrest Mining and the University of Melbourne (just to name a few).
Queensland University of TechnologyProfessor of Interaction Design
Jul. 2006 - Sep. 2013Australia, USA, Singapore, India, Malaysia, China, JapanProject Director: The Cube, Science and Engineering Centre http://www.thecube.qut.edu.au/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXtCOvQYV1U Research Interests: 1. IP Management for Software Development and Commercialisation 2. Corporate R&D Evidence and Knowledge Management for Tax Incentives 3. User-interfaces for managing collaboration and Performance improvement
ACID CRCChief Executive Officer
Jul. 2003 - Jun. 2008AustraliaI raised $100M for a VC fund and implemented Industry-University Research Collaboration, Business strategy, IP Management, and Commercialisation. In my capacity as CEO I was responsible for managing the business day-to-day including many visualisation and simulation projects and spin-off companies that use visualisation and simulation. Amongst the industry award-winning, spin-offs were "Digital Songlines," a simulation of the Australian Indigenous landscapes (https://www.virtualsonglines.org/) in Queensland and Sydney and "Diversionary Therapy Technologies," a spin-off the uses 3D simulation for diversionary therapy in-hospital pediatric burns units worldwide. For a full project list see http://www.acid.net.au
3wsonlineFounder and Management Consultant
Jun. 2000 - Jun. 2012Australia, Singapore, USA, EuropeCollaboration Methods for Growth and Performance Improvement R&D and Technology Planning Process Innovation Business strategy, planning, and execution
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Professor of Communication Design
Jan. 1996 - Apr. 2003Brisbane, AustraliaI was recruited in 1996 from New York to start up the field of Interaction Design I became the Founding Director of Communication Design in the Academy of the Arts and the founding Director of Applications, CIRAC (Creative INdustries Research and Applications Centre) In addition to creating the full suite of undergrad and post-graduate degree programs, Jones was also responsible for industry-university collaboration and special projects. In particular, he developed programs for collaboration and innovation. In this capacity, I built strong cooperative links with international institutions, particularly in the USA, Sweden, Singapore and Japan
RadicalMediaLead Programmer
Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1996Greater New York City AreaLead Programmer on the simulation and adventure game Chaos and the first American Sign Language Dictionary on CD-ROM both published by Harper Collins. Chaos was based on 3-D simulation of Chaos theory that provided compelling and challenging simulation games in a highly-interactive 3D world.
American Museum of Natural HistoryExhibition Software Designer
Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1995Greater New York City AreaAs exhibition software designer Jones was responsible for Software Development, 2D and 3D Animation and Simulation, Programming, Science Writing and Project Management. In this capacity he was first to put images from James Hansen's climate change models (NASA GISS) in front of the general public in conjunction with the release of the first IPCC Study on Climate Change and the opening of the exhibition Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, which travel globally for many years. He developed innovative digital scanning techniques for simulating the human fossil record. He was responsible for scanning and simulating human fossils that are more than 100,000 years old and dinosaur fossils that are more than 80M years old. He worked to develop software exhibitions to simulate Human Biology and Evolution, Cultural Anthropology and Artifacts, Biodiversity, Astronomy, Ichthyology, and Global Warming. Many of these works can still be seen at the AMNH as well as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and the Biosphere facility in Arizona.
New York Hall of ScienceExhibition Software Designer
Jan. 1987 - Jan. 1990Greater New York City AreaJones was responsible for software design, 2 and 3D animation, programming, science writing and project management. In this capacity, he developed software exhibits for the physics of color and light, astronomy and the first animated software of the human immune system and the biology of AIDS just as the AIDS epidemic hit New York. Many of these works can still be seen at the HoS in New York and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
New York UniversityStudent, Masters of Professional Studies
Jan. 1987 - Jan. 1989Greater New York City AreaInteractive Telecommunication Program
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