Darren Wu's Linkedin Analytics

Why MacGyver? I'm a multi-skilled, resourceful, engineer and non-violent problem solver. With a successful track record of driving growth, building communities, delivering projects, and ensuring customer success for various software vendors, I have extensive experience in B2B enterprise software, data solutions, and professional services. All this with a side of startup advisory, mentoring, and probono leadership positions. I've held diverse leadership and executive roles, my experience spans sales, tech support, customer success, project delivery, software development, product management, marketing, and partner management. Spearheading projects for government and industry clients in Australia and internationally, I've delivered innovative solutions for critical infrastructure operators (energy/water/transport), defense, emergency services, law enforcement, financial services, manufacturers, minerals processing, and retailers. My work has encompassed the entire data value chain, from generation and capture to data quality and governance, data matching, predictive analytics, presentation and storytelling across various scales and types of data including machine data, customer data, engineering data, retail product pricing data, point of sales data, and geospatial data among others. I've also been actively involved in not-for-profit organisations, serving as a non-executive director, chairperson, and in operational and marketing roles. I've also provided guidance to startups, and started my own IoT venture. I'm a technologist, a communicator, a resourceful pragmatist, and an orchestrator of activity in the business of technology, information management, information governance, working with a wide variety of stakeholders in public, private, and academic and research sectors. Scale has been from startups to the largest employers in the Australia. Described as entrepreneurial, versatile, curious, pragmatic, and a bridge-builder, I thrive in multidisciplinary environments. My strengths, as highlighted by assessments such as Cliftons Strength Finder, Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI Profile), Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and Via Institute Character Strengths, include being a learner, achiever, analytical thinker, educator, superconnector, and effective communicator. Beyond the professional realm, I'm a family man, home handyman, and connoisseur of cooking and cars. A self-proclaimed Star Trek 🖖 aficionado with a penchant for quality spirits, I'm always open to connecting and exploring potential opportunities. Let's connect and chat!