You can find out a little about me below. I've split things into "my journal" and "my professional profile"
About me
Below is a little snapshot of my history and lifes journey to date including big life milestones, achievements, professional engagements and of course interesting travel events
My Journey
Below is a little snapshot of my history and lifes journey to date including big life milestones, achievements, professional engagements and of course interesting travel events
Born in Adelaide, South Australia to parents Lin and Dave
1981
Expelled from private pre-school
1984
Attended Direk School (pre-school to year 7) where I met Ryan
1991
Attended Paralowie High School from years 8 - 10
1994
Started volunteering at The Riff Cafe
1996
Started playing the bass guitar in a couple of bands
1997
Awarded a Commonwealth Youth Service Award for involvement in The Riff Cafe
1998
Attended Thomas More College from year 11 - 12
1998 - 1999
Shared 18th Birthday party with Ryan in October 1999
1999
Achieved a perfect 20/20 for SACE music and was invited to Governor's House
1999
Studied and completed my Diploma of Information Technology
2000
Started working at Paralowie R-12 as a Technical Support Agent
2001
Started writing my own music in 2002
2002
Started performing around Adelaide as Chris Live
2002
Moved abroad to Malaysia
2003
Joined LeadingSide as a Project Lead in 2003, my first job in the software industry
2003
Visited Thailand for the first time
2003
Visited Singapore for the first time in 2003
2003
Moved home to Adelaide in 2005
2005
Joined TridentGLOBAL as a Application Service Consultant
2005
My nephew Jensen was born
2007
Visited New Zealand for the first time
2007
My niece Ava was born
2010
Visited Vietnam for the first time
2011
Visited the USA for the first time
2011
Moved to the USA for a project
2011
Moved home to Adelaide
2012
Completed my Diploma of Project Management
2013
Visited Maldives for the first time
2013
Joined Acumen Data as the Product Manager
2013
Visited Philippines for the first time
2014
Finally made it to Europe for the first time
2014
Visited Malta for the first time in 2014
2014
Promoted at Acumen Data as the Chief Operating Officer
2014
Visited Japan for the first time
2014
Commenced my Master of Business Administration
2015
Started consulting as Change Fox with organisations looking to offshore software roles
2016
Joined Graycorp as the Strategy Support Manager
2016
Visited Italy for the first time
2016
Visited Spain for the first time
2016
Visited United Kingdom for the first time
2016
Completed my Graduate Certificate in Management
2016
Moved to the Philippines
2016
Started relationship with Ericka
2016
Visited Hong Kong with Ericka for the first time
2017
Completed my Graduate Diploma in Management
2017
Completed my Master of Business Administration
2017
Started volunteering at Pasay Pups
2018
Joined InspireTek as the Chief Operating Officer
2018
Ericka visits Australia for the first time
2019
Visited Taiwan with Ericka for the first time
2019
Jaxon Alan was born April 13th
2020
Joined Thrive Themes as the Solutions & Business Analyst
2020
Developed the My Reflections app
2020
Started MentorPlace as a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer
2021
Developed the Medication Timer app
2021
Moved home to Adelaide with Ericka and Jaxon
2021
Visited Scotland for the first time
2022
Visited Romania for the first time
2022
Visited France for the first time
2022
Developed the Jaxons Universe game/app
2022
Thrive Themes was acquired by Awesome Motive and promoted to Operations Manager
2023
Visited Mexico for the first time in 2023 for the Awesome Motive retreat
2023
First big family holiday to Europe
2023
Visited Austria for the first time
2023
Visited Hungary for the first time
2023
Visited Romania for the first time with the family
2023
Visited Scotland for the first time with the family
2023
Visited England for the first time with the family
2023
Visited Italy for the first time with the family
2023
Visited Switzerland for the first time with the family
2023
Visited Ecuador for the first time
2024
Wrote my first book Jaxon the Astronaut - A mission to count all the Moons
2024
Wrote my second book Jaxon the Astronaut - A tour tonight of Dwarf planet delights
2024
Ethan Leslie was born July 6th
2024
Jaxon's first day of preschool
2024
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Software enthusiast, operations & project manager, MBA graduate, team builder, creator, developer, writer and father.
