Expertise
Over the past 30 years, Skeeve has accumulated extensive experience across a wide range of fields and industries. Below is a selection of his areas of expertise, along with some of the industries he has worked in.
Expertise
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Cybersecurity
As a former hacker, Skeeve has provided consultation to a wide range of organisations, including government bodies, law enforcement agencies, the legal profession (lawyers, courts, judges), corporations, and more. Over the past 20 years, he has delivered keynote addresses at numerous events, focusing on current and emerging cybersecurity challenges.
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Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Automation / Robotics
Skeeve has been delivering keynotes and workshops on the practical risks of A.I. for over five years, well before the emergence of ChatGPT. His experience extends to working with commercial-grade robotics and automation, including the deployment and associated risks of these technologies.
Additionally, Skeeve has been involved in digital automation through the Internet of Things (IoT), implementing solutions across various sectors such as retail, commercial, military, security, and more.
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Network Engineering
Skeeve has spent 20 years as a Network Architect and Engineer, building over 350 ISP networks globally and coining the term 'Elastic Fabrics.' He has spoken at industry events like CommsDay over a dozen times and many others. Skeeve holds numerous certifications, including Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), multiple Juniper certifications such as JNCIP-SP, JNCIP-SEC, JNCIP-ENT, and various product specialisations. He is also a former RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and, in earlier years, a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) under NT4.0. Notably, Skeeve was one of the first Juniper Network Certified Champions.
He was a pioneer in deploying some of the earliest Open Network Operating System (ONOS) based networks and developed the largest VXLAN networks in Australia. He was the architect behind AXONVX, the Elastic Fabric of NextDC, and designed and built the NSW Government's networks for the automation, access control, and security systems of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, ANZAC Bridge, and various other bridges and tunnels across NSW. Skeeve also designed the network for World Youth Day 2008 during the Pope's visit, supporting over 1,000 media personnel around the clock for two weeks across multiple venues.
Additionally, Skeeve was the architect behind Hoyts' Digital Cinema network conversion, transforming hundreds of screens across Australia and New Zealand.
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Internet of Things (IoT)
For the past 15 years Skeeve has been working with Residential, Commercial and Industrial systems and designing and building neworks and security solutions. He has spent the last few years focusing on the risks associated with IoT infrastructure and everything that relies on it.
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Risk Analysis / Threat Assessment
Taking a bigger picture, Skeeve has been focusing on the Risks and Threats associated with all forms of technology including Cyber, IoT, Social Media, Critical Infrastructure. He has spoken at numerous (Counter)Terrorism, Cyberwarfare events about how technology can be weaponised.
​Beacon and Tracking Devices
Skeeve has worked multiple organisations, most notably Australia Post on deploying Beacon technology using Apples iBeacon and Google Eddystone technologies for the tracking of items across networks.
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Virtual Reality
Skeeve founded and operated a Virtual Reality consultancy called VR The World, which specialised in advising companies on the applications of Virtual Reality technology. He also lectured filmmakers and students at various organisations on VR filmmaking, covering topics such as direction, lighting, sound, screenwriting, storytelling, and other key aspects of the craft.
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Gamification / Scenario Simulations
Skeeve has conducted gamification and scenario simulation workshops aimed at risk and threat analysis, as well as the development of response playbooks for significant risk events. He has delivered these services to law enforcement, military, corporate, and legal organisations.
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Telecommunications / Internet Service Providers / Data Centres
Skeeve has collaborated with most major telecommunications companies in Australia, offering expert advice and network infrastructure design. He has been instrumental in designing and building networks for over 350 micro-internet service providers across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Additionally, he has worked with several prominent data centre providers, including NextDC, Equinix, and Globalswitch.
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Construction / Building Infrastructure
Skeeve has worked with multiple Construction companies where he has designed the fibre infrastructure to serve thousands of resdidential properities in housing estates or in large multi-dwelling buildings.
Short Term / Mobile Events
Skeeve designed and built the entire network for World Youth Day 2008 to serve thousands of media and visitors to multiple venues. Skeeve has also worked on web and streaming services for numerous big acts touring Australia having to build, serve, tear down and relocate in rapid fashion, all across Australia.
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Security Industry
Skeeve has worked with numerous Security providers across a few countries to skill them up to use Internet of Things technology such as sensors, cameras, automation to enhance their solution offerings.
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Critical Infrastructure
Skeeve was responsible for designing, deploying, and managing the infrastructure for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, ANZAC Bridge, and various other bridges and tunnels across New South Wales to support access control and thousands of cameras. This work included installing switching and routing infrastructure in locations like the top of the Harbour Bridge.
Additionally, Skeeve collaborated with state-owned and former state-owned electricity providers to develop service provider capabilities over their fibre networks, integrated with long-haul electricity infrastructure.
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Digital Cinema
Skeeve designed and managed a large team to deploy the new infrastructure to support the deployment of the Digital Cinema Network of Hoys all across Australia and New Zeland and other cinema providers.
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Retail PoS Networks (QSR)
Skeeve as deployed national and international networks, both physical and virtual for Point of Sale infrastructure for organisations such as Max Brenners, Sumo Salad, Guzman Y Gomez, and others.
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Aged Care
Skeeve has a deep passion for Aged Care, developed during his two years of work in the sector. He has created infrastructure to support both administrative and medical staff across numerous facilities. In collaboration with Aged Care and medical organisations, he has also designed systems to track equipment and automate various processes. Additionally, he conducted research on the use of Virtual Reality and microchip implants within Aged Care to help identify residents with cognitive impairments, such as those suffering from dementia.
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Military / Defence
Skeeve has participated in several Joint Task Forces for the Australian Department of Defence, with a focus on his expertise in micro-drones and the weaponisation of emerging technologies. His work primarily centres around the militarisation of consumer-grade technology and the future of warfare involving these advancements, which could be utilised by civilians, terrorists, and non-state actors. Additionally, Skeeve has guest-lectured at various institutions on Technology Terrorism and has provided strategic advice to special military units regarding the use of technology by both state and non-state actors.
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Hotels / Resorts
Skeeve has designed, built and managed the network and internet infrastructure for organisations such as Wyndham, Hilton, Adina, Vibe, Travelodge, Rendezvous and others.
He also designed, built and managed the infrastructure of Planation Island which consisted of multiple resorts in Fiji.
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This is just a glimpse of the extensive expertise Skeeve has cultivated over 30 years of professional experience across numerous industries. His specialty lies in integrating these diverse areas of knowledge into a meta, comprehensive, cross-industry perspective, focusing on how they interconnect and how they may be exploited by bad actors or criminal elements​​​​​​​​​
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