OpenLot.com.au

OpenLot.com.au is a consumer-first platform representing the entire new housing development market which includes land, house & land and townhouses.

Our platform allows buyers to research specific states, regions and suburbs for all projects and make enquiries to purchase.

With a sole focus on the new homes audience we provide the perfect solution for new home buyers, sales teams and developers.

https://www.openlot.com.au/contact-us

Founder & CEO

MessageMedia

[Acquired by Sinch in 2021]

• Drove a B2B product roadmap for multiple brands serving all UK, US, AU, NZ & CA markets.
• Worked directly with Support, Sales, Marketing, Design, Finance & Engineering from different geographies to ensure product roadmap alignment with the business goals.
• Spoke with customers regularly to solicit feedback and facilitate customer migration.
• Lead 3 - 6 distributed engineering teams across Australia and Asia by defining sprint goals and drive business outcomes.

Product Manager - The Hub

urban.com.au

Report to CEO of urban.com.au - the largest listing portal in Australian new apartments & townhouses space.

• Increased overall enquiry conversion rate & revenue 400% during the tough market condition.
• Built and led a distributed delivery team of 8 engineers across 3 countries/timezones.
• Developed a roadmap to uplift lead quality with a variety of techniques, including SMS verification, email nurturing.
• Launched the B2B customer portal for lead management & automation.
• Delivered a custom-build email & SMS marketing solution for process automation and lead generation. 
• Managed/implemented the data strategy across consumer behavioural analytics.

Manager - Product & Engineering

Landchecker

[Acquired by PEXA in 2022]

Driving a human-centric product vision by using lean start-up approach, which unlocks early customer value and revenue uplift.

• Validated business ideas by a series of customer research, user testing and rapid prototyping.
• Developed commercial partnership and collaborative product execution, such as RACV, CoreLogic etc.
• Organised delivery cycles with a local engineering team through a lean/agile methodology.

Product Manager

LoungeBuddy

[Acquired by American Express in 2019]

• Won the inaugural LoungeBuddy Hackathon with a chatbot idea.
• Organised and implemented a smooth user migration to Auth0 platform.
• Improved customer support across multiple channels with a transition to Zendesk.
• Managed backlogs for the main web product and internal tools.

Web Engineer

REA Group

[Patent granted for "Auction systems and methods" https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017139836A1]

• Invented and prototyped a brand-new commercial product through a series of Hackathon, pitching, user research, co-creation and inception.
• Received $20,000 funding & resources from CEO and Board members of REA Group, through "The Big Idea" competition.
• Demonstrated and iterated the MVP with real estate agents across Victoria and NSW, such as McGrath Estate Agents, Gary Peer Real Estate, etc.
• Applied and registered a commercial patent for the digital auction system.

RealBiddr Inventor & Product Owner

• iOS development using Objective-C/Swift at realcommercial.com.au
• Full-stack web development using Ruby on Rails, React.js, Scala at connect.realestate.com.au & 1form.com
• Organised & led internal Agility guild meet-ups

IT Graduate

DEK Technologies

• Developed core middleware on computer clusters using OpenSAF in Linux environment
• Got involved in the full development cycle, including technical design, coding, testing, integration, and releasing
• Worked in an agile/scrum Research & Development environment

Linux Developer

Maptek

•  Implemented 3D point cloud registration features with laser scan data in I-Site Studio using C++
•  Designed the graphical interface and integrated it into the Studio
•  Worked in an agile/scrum Research & Development team

Software Engineer Trainee

University of Adelaide

• Organised and supervised workshops for first year students
• Helped computer science students of all levels with their course work

Workshop Supervisor in Computer Science Learning Centre

College of William and Mary

• Worked at the front desk helping people in media services
• Provided technical support for hardware and software
• Got involved with media production projects with other campus units

Media Services Assistant in Earl Gregg Swem Library

OpenLot House + Land Expo - https://www.houselandexpo.com.au/
OpenLot.com.au - https://www.openlot.com.au/contact-us

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