Mike completed a Bachelor of Engineering
in Electrical Engineering at Sydney University in 1975 and has since worked in the computer industry.
Mike has participated in a pivotal way with both hardware
and software development for many government authorities. He established systems for the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and the national telecommunications carrier Telstra Bigpond Internet provider service. He led teams to scale IT infrastructure for Telstra Bigpond billing systems and Fairfax Publishers (f2) - Australian Stock Exchange stock price and trade information.
Mike
has extensive expertise with relational and object oriented databases including SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres; Real Time Programming – joystick and motor controls and video capture; Fax Communication Software – Broadcast, ISDN, E1 links; TCP/IP sockets; Internet Protocols – HTTP, FTP; Graphic Images; Security
– encryption, authentication, firewalls; and video capture and in numerous programming languages.
