About Me

Hello! I'm Matthew, a digital delivery and product leader in the interactive technology space, with a strong foundation in software development and agile project management. I help organisations deliver complex digital products across education, retail, and emerging technology. With over a decade of experience, I've led teams and initiatives that streamline processes through innovative, user-centred solutions.

Currently Head of XR & Web Development at 3D Walkabout, leading the delivery of immersive XR experiences and web platforms across enterprise and commercial projects.

• Project Leader at CQUniversity: Led enterprise digital transformation initiatives, including the migration of legacy on-premise systems to cloud platforms, improving operational efficiency, security, and service delivery across multiple directorates.
• AI Taskforce Lead at CQUniversity: Established and led the Digital Services AI Taskforce, embedding GenAI and automation tools into operational workflows to improve productivity, reporting, and decision-making at scale.
• Staff Portal Transformation: Delivered the redesign and migration of the university's staff portal to SharePoint Online, increasing staff engagement by 126% through user-centred design and continuous improvement practices.
• Product Owner at EB Games: Led the delivery of an Uber-integrated checkout and fulfilment platform, enabling real-time delivery tracking and improving customer convenience across the retail ecommerce experience.
• Founder of FoVR Interactive: Founded and led an XR studio delivering immersive virtual experiences for education and innovation, and selected for Meta's Oculus Start Program supporting advanced spatial computing development.

• Digital Delivery & Project Leadership: Leading complex, multi-stream digital initiatives from discovery through delivery, ensuring alignment to business outcomes, timelines, and organisational priorities.
• Agile & Scrum Enablement: Applying Agile and Scrum practices to improve delivery maturity, optimise team workflows, and enable consistent, outcome-focused execution across cross-functional teams.
• AI & Automation Enablement: Embedding practical AI, GenAI, and low-code automation into operational workflows to improve productivity, reporting, and decision-making at scale.
• Product & Technical Delivery: Bridging product strategy and hands-on technical delivery across full-stack platforms, integrations, and cloud-based systems.
• User-Centred Design & Experience: Delivering intuitive, accessible digital experiences through close collaboration with UX, stakeholders, and end users.
• Stakeholder & Team Leadership: Building trust with senior leaders and delivery teams through clear communication, facilitation, and outcome-driven decision-making.
• XR & Emerging Technology: Designing and delivering immersive XR experiences and exploring applied spatial computing and AI for education, innovation, and real-world use cases.

• SAE Institute Australia: Bachelor of Creative Media, Major in Interactive Media

• Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org
• Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I), Scrum.org
• AgileSHIFT – Enterprise Agility, PeopleCert
• Microsoft AI Product Manager, Microsoft / Coursera
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Institute of Applied Technology (IAT)

My career spans hands-on full-stack development through to senior delivery and product leadership, with experience across software engineering, enterprise digital transformation, and emerging technologies.

FoVR Interactive is my business focused on designing and delivering work in XR, spatial computing, and immersive technology. It serves as a professional studio where I build and showcase interactive applications, virtual collaboration tools, and production-ready extended reality experiences for education and innovation use cases.

Outside of my professional work, I run Beardy Dev Adventures, a personal space where I explore game development, XR, and emerging technologies through videos, blogs, and hands-on experiments. It’s where I share insights, tutorials, and learnings from building and experimenting with interactive and immersive media.