Ben King

Co-Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia19 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Aviato Consulting, driving industry transformation.
  • Led AI initiatives in health management with Nabu.ai.
  • Expert in cloud solutions across multiple platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Solutions Architect with expertise in AI and IT transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ConsultingIt TransformationArtificial Intelligence (ai)Technology LeadershipIt StrategyLeadershipCloud ComputingBusiness TransformationSoftware Project ManagementSalesCloud SolutionsEnterprise ArchitectureCloud Infrastructure

Other Skills

Early Stage VenturesGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Application DevelopmentCybersecurityInformation TechnologyStrategic PlanningBusiness StrategyStakeholder ManagementPeople ManagementKubernetesCommunicationCross-functional Team LeadershipGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cloud

About

My mission at Aviato is to bring the best of Google Cloud technology to your toughest business problems. I founded Aviato Consulting to do things differently, we want to deliver as much value as we can to our customers, and help them transform not only their business but their industry. We have helped a global real estate compony gain insights from data using the power of Google Cloud BigQuery, built engaging apps for a global insurance company running on Google Cloud Run and built AI tooling to reduce manual tasks by ~22%. We're different because we prioritize solutions, not billable hours.

Experience

19 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Nabu.ai

Chief Technology Officer

May 2024Present · 2 yrs · Sydney · Remote

  • Revolutionising health and wellness management, the AI powered Nabu advocate app empowers users to navigate their journey with unprecedented support and insight.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Technology Leadership

Aviato consulting

Founder

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

LeadershipEarly Stage VenturesGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud ConsultingIT TransformationApplication Development+2

Éthica capital

Senior Tech Advisor

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

  • As a Senior Tech Advisor at Éthica Capital, my expertise lies in advising on technology transactions, blending my in-depth understanding of tech innovation, and startup advisory with strategic financial insights.
  • Committed to Éthica Capital's ethos of sustainable economic growth, I play a pivotal role in steering technology investments that align with ethical and environmentally conscious practices, contributing significantly to the global discourse on sustainable development and climate change solutions.

Google

3 roles

Manager - APAC Application Modernisation

Promoted

Jul 2021Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • I lead a team of engineers and consultants across APAC who work with Google Cloud customers to transform industries through the use of IT with a focus on modernising existing applications or developing new applications.
LeadershipStakeholder ManagementPeople ManagementCloud ComputingBusiness Transformation

Cloud Consultant

Jul 2019Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • My role was to assess the specific needs and requirements of Australia's largest organizations and help them leverage cloud technologies effectively to meet business objectives.
KubernetesCommunicationCross-functional Team LeadershipGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cloud Computing+1

Customer Engineer

Jan 2018Jul 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

CloudKubernetesSalesGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cloud Computing+1

Swiss 8

Board Member

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Australia · Remote

  • Responsible for making strategic decisions, providing oversight, and ensuring the organization operates in line with its mission and goals with a particular focus on IT strategy formulation and governance, and cyber risk.
LeadershipStrategic PlanningIT StrategyBusiness Strategy

Dell emc

3 roles

Solutions Lead - Cloud Practice

Feb 2017Dec 2017 · 10 mos

  • Recognized as a technology, solution or competency leader, this role is responsible for inspiring, leading and contributing advanced technology, analytical and architectural subject matter expertise as part of opportunity pre-sales, and project delivery for complex large scale IT transformation based on cloud solutions.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Microsoft AzureCloud Solutions

Senior Cloud Architect

Promoted

Nov 2015Feb 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Provided advanced technical and business consultative services during the pre-sales and post-sales cycle. Including technical or business analytical leadership for large scale IT transformation deals based around cloud solutions.
Stakeholder ManagementEnterprise ArchitectureSolution Architecture

Senior Cloud Architect - Global Cloud Services

Apr 2015Nov 2015 · 7 mos

Information Technology

Vce, the virtual computing environment company

2 roles

Solutions Architect - Cloud Practice

Promoted

May 2014Apr 2015 · 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • VCE, formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving time to market for our customers. VCE, through the Vblock systems, delivers the industry's only fully integrated and fully virtualized cloud infrastructure system. VCE solutions are available through an extensive partner network, and cover horizontal applications, vertical industry offerings, and application development environments, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure. For more information, go to www.vce.com.
  • VCE is the market leader in converged infrastructure that dramatically reduces the cost of IT while improving time to market. VCE’s Vblock™ Systems deliver the industry's only fully integrated and virtualized cloud infrastructure system allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure.
StorageCisco NetworkingCisco UCSCloud Infrastructure

Solutions Architect (Contractor)

Jun 2013Oct 2013 · 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • VCE, through Vblock™ Systems, provides an optimized information technology system that accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving time to market for customers.

Dimension data

Technical Consultant (Contractor)

Oct 2013Apr 2014 · 6 mos · Sydney

Dimension data

Systems Engineer - Data Centre Solutions (Contractor)

Jan 2012Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Sydney

  • The focus of my role is the data centre, working with technologies such as:
  • VMware VSphere
  • Cisco UCS
  • Server Virtualisation
  • Data Centre Networking
  • Storage Networking
  • Backup
  • VMware vCenter Operations
  • Private cloud

Nbn co limited

Data Centre Engineer

Sep 2011Dec 2011 · 3 mos · Greater Sydney Area

  • Responsible for the provisioning and infastructure for over 2700 VM's utilising VSphere 4.1 running on Cisco UCS and EMC SAN's.

Data#3

Senior Systems Engineer

May 2010Sep 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • At a high level, Data#3 Limited (ASX:DTL) is an Australian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions company.
  • Data#3’s customers cover a wide range of industries including banking and finance, mining, tourism and leisure, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, government and utilities that are located throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.
  • Data#3 reported revenues of $530 million in the 2008/09 financial year, and has over 500 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, and has offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide.
  • The main focus of my role is the third line support of various clients with a focus on Virtualisation, Exchange, AD, and related technologies.

Oas computers

Senior Systems Engineer

Apr 2009Jun 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

  • Responsible for the design and implementation of:
  • Terminal server farms (MSFT and Citrix)
  • Exchange 2003 to 2007 migrations up to 250 users
  • Server 2003 to Server 2008 including P2V
  • Installed, upgraded, and configured HyperV and ESXi
  • Cisco Network hardware installation and upgrade

Pinpoint computer services

Network Engineer

Feb 2009Apr 2009 · 2 mos

  • Worked with existing clients to upgrade or install new IT hardware and software solutions.

Australian army

Rifleman

Jun 2008Feb 2009 · 8 mos · Australia

  • The role of infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture him, to seize and hold ground and to repel attack by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.

Newcastle onsite it

2 roles

Manager

Sep 2006Jun 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Achievements:
  • Sold Newcastle OnSite IT to the Merrigan Group
  • 25% QoQ growth for almost 2 years
  • 10x in staffing
  • Responsibilities:
  • Integration of Newcastle OnSite IT with Merrigan Group Finance
  • Integration of Newcastle OnSite IT with Merrigan Group Devices
  • Develop strategy to take advantage of synergies between entities
  • Contribute to new client acquisition for the group
  • Develop strategy for cross client opportunities

Founder

Jul 2003Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Founded Newcastle OnSite IT, a Newcastle based IT consulting firm that strives to exceed its clients expectations, from strategy, to hardware, we are a experts in all facets of technology for small to medium businesses.
  • Grew the business to the point where an approach was made for sale of the business.

Education

Charles Sturt University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Feb 2020Apr 2023

Charles Sturt University

Postgraduate Certificate — IT Management

Jan 2015Jan 2017

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