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Michael has been an invited speaker on the topic on ecommerce at multiple seminars and conferences, and taught numerous classes on internet fundraising for the Fundraising Institute of Australia. From 2007 to 2009, Michael resided in England and advised clients in Germany, Sweden, Russia, USA and London on a number of ecommerce projects. As a member of the Australian Domain Name Authority (AUDA) 2007 Policy Panel, Michael assisted in reviewing and recommending policy on key areas for .AU domains. Michael has also worked on enterprise change management projects for Mobil Oil, BP, Southcorp, General Motors Holden and a subsidiary of Colonial Bank. While at Colonial, he was responsible for creating a corporate intranet and developing the front-end for online superannuation enquiries and contributions used on the websites of a dozen industry super funds. Following this, he prepared numerous white papers on broadband networks and VPNs for NEC. In the USA, Michael worked for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on a contract with the US Air Force, and also worked on the telemarketing design for the DirecTV satellite broadcast network prior to moving to Australia in 1993. Over the last 20 years, he has authored numerous magazine articles, software manuals and textbooks.