About
Shane Williamson has worked in both the information technology and mobile industries in various technical, marketing, strategy and management roles.
Shane’s extensive experience has included roles within the South Pacific and South East Asian regions, working for companies such as Microsoft, 3 Australia and Optus.
Throughout Shane’s career he has been involved in various aspects of the digital realm such as,
- Mentoring mobile industry Australian startup companies on successful strategy planning
- Chairing the Digital TV Interoperability Standards Board.
- Co-founding the Sydney chapter of Mobile Monday.
- Implementing one of Australia first interactive TV trials utilising Microsoft’s WebTV service.
- Launching Australia’s first multi-award winning 3G mobile application LOC3 with development partner MapShed.
- Technical lead for one of the largest software launches in Australian history, Microsoft’s Windows 95.
Active in industry development, Shane is a mentor for the Mobile Enterprise Growth Alliance (MEGA) http://www.mega.org.au program. MEGA is an annual event that assists Australian digital startup companies by bringing corporate experience & industry education together, so that startup companies can turn innovative ideas into real world businesses.
Shane is the co-founder of the Sydney chapter of Mobile Monday (http://www.mobilemondaysydney.com). Mobile Monday Sydney is a monthly mobile industry networking event that has been in operation since 2006.
Convergence and innovation of mobile technologies are Shane’s passions and he has established this Blog to publish his findings and articles written on these subjects and discuss them with the global community.
Residing in Sydney Australia, Shane is married with a daughter.
