Hi, I'm Brett.
Senior Client Partner, Public Sector · Cloudflare
I've worked at every altitude of technology: answering support calls, running service delivery, leading IT teams, engineering solutions and selling for vendors. That means I can translate between the strategy in the boardroom and the delivery on the ground. I bring the technical depth to be credible with engineers, the leadership experience to be useful to executives, and the conviction that none of it matters unless people are better off for it.
What I'm working on
Cloudflare · Oct 2025 – PresentDay to day, my focus is securing AI adoption across human and agentic workflows, advising on data governance and compliance, managing traffic across hybrid environments, defending against bots and volumetric attacks, and lifting application performance at the edge. Building a better Internet.
AI without the exposure
Securing AI transformation across human and agentic workflows, reviewing data governance and compliance so agencies can adopt AI with confidence, not caveats.
Access built on identity
Making Zero Trust practical: access tied to identity and sensible policy, so corporate data stays protected wherever people work best.
Faster, safer at the edge
Managing traffic across hybrid environments, handling real threats like bots and volumetric attacks, and lifting application performance at the edge.
Technology only matters when it actually helps people.
Twenty years, four chapters
2006 → Present-
Oct 2025 – Present
Cloudflare
Australian state & federal government · Named higher education
- Senior Client Partner, Public Sector QLD/ACT/NT
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Dec 2017 – Oct 2025
Dell Technologies
Government, utilities, higher education & large enterprise
- AI Solutions Strategy (NVIDIA & AMD), ANZ / APJ · 2024–2025
- Principal Solutions Executive · 2022–2024
- Data Centre Solutions Executive · 2021–2022
- Senior Systems Engineer · 2019–2021
- Systems Engineer / Solutions Consultant · 2017–2019
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Feb 2009 – Dec 2017
The University of Queensland
Institute for Molecular Bioscience · multidisciplinary life science research
- Senior IT Manager · 2012–2017
- Service Delivery Manager · 2010–2012
- Desktop Support · 2009–2010
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Jun 2006 – Feb 2009
IBM
L3/4 technical support, quality assurance & customer experience
- Senior Technical Support · 2008–2009
- Customer Relations Manager · 2007–2008
- Technical Support Officer · 2006–2007
Areas of expertise
Four domainsSEC Security & Network
AI AI Strategy & Engineering
INF Infrastructure & Data
GTM Public Sector & Leadership
Speaking
Keynotes & panels
The Perfect Research Cloud, by Researchers
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Unlock the Power of Data, with AI
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6D.ai · Standouts Panel
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I'm based in Brisbane and work across Queensland, the ACT and the Northern Territory. If there's a problem worth solving, let's talk.