John Corry
About

John Corry

Technically oriented manager with twenty-five years in the creation and delivery of digital solutions — from real-time optimisation engines to SaaS platforms and applied AI.

John Corry

Profile

Technically oriented manager with twenty-five years' experience in the creation and delivery of innovative digital solutions. Skilled in Agile practice and digital transformation across both startups and large-scale enterprises. A proven track record of bringing new products to market for SaaS environments, web portals and mobile — and of productising new IP and R&D into the commercial space.

Experience

Digital Product Manager — Rider Levett Bucknall

Jan 2022 – present · Melbourne

Leading digital product development within RLB's cost-consultancy technology environment, across the systems our estimators, contract administrators and project teams depend on:

Senior Product Manager — Damstra Technology

May 2021 – Dec 2021 · Melbourne

Damstra helps heavy industry manage personnel to maintain safety while delivering efficiency through machine learning and process automation. Led product development of the SaaS platform for global deployment, working with a distributed team across Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., the Philippines and India.

Digital Product Manager — Metro Trains Melbourne

Apr 2018 – May 2021 · Melbourne

Worked on the Smart Metro digital transformation programme — mobility, workflow and analytics — scaled rapidly to support Melbourne's transport infrastructure boom. Managed a varied portfolio of mobile apps and sites: long-term roadmaps and product vision, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and liaison with business stakeholders.

Senior Product Manager, Mobile — Nintex

Mar 2016 – Apr 2018 · Melbourne

Nintex is the world leader in workflow automation software for SharePoint. Brought mobile technologies into the existing suite of tools, enabling a post-PC experience for a global customer base.

Vice President of Mobile Technology — Constraint Technologies International

Jan 2006 – Feb 2016 · Melbourne

CTI is a Melbourne software house specialising in real-time schedule and resource optimisation for the aviation and rail industries. Worked closely with universities to develop solutions for major logistics operators in Australia and worldwide. Responsibilities spanned business development, academic paper writing and conference presentation, scoping studies, tendering, contract development, agile and waterfall project management, go-live deployment and the management of large teams.

Software Engineer — Preston Aviation Solutions

Jan 2001 – Dec 2005 · Melbourne

Worked on several projects with remote collaboration and travel to Boeing's offices in Seattle. Developed across C/C++, Motif/X Windows, Java Swing, Red Hat Linux and Solaris Unix, with TIBCO SmartSockets. Core skills: SDLC, continuous integration, regression testing, UML, issue tracking, cross-platform support and customer relationship management.

Education

RMIT University — Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), 1995–2000, and Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems) (Honours), 1995–2000.

Publication

Disruption is a Good Word — AGIFORS Airline Operations Symposium, Abu Dhabi, 2015.

What I work on

My own writing and side projects sit at the intersection of technology and the built environment — particularly the idea that AI has become an infrastructure story: power generation, transmission, cooling, construction capacity and skilled labour, not just models and chips.

I also write, produce and engineer documentary-style films for Long Arc Films, my own channel (@LongArcFilms), for which I built the production pipeline. It is a good excuse to work on research automation, image and audio generation, and data visualisation.

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