Keynote Speakers
Andrew Clay
Andrew Clay is the Managing Director at MathWorks Australia, leading the company's direct presence in the country. Andrew joined MathWorks in 2006, bringing with him some 16 years' experience in the information technology industry in Australia and across Asia Pacific.
Before joining MathWorks, Andrew was the Asia Pacific Vice President of the Solution Services organisation for Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), and before that spent six years with Peoplesoft, based in Sydney and Singapore.
Andrew entered the IT industry in 1991 with Oracle Corporation, where he worked for nine years in a variety of roles including sales, consulting and services, and sales management across Asia Pacific. During his career, Andrew has worked in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Andrew holds a bachelor of commerce degree (systems design, accounting and finance) from The University of New South Wales.
Loren Shure
Loren is a principal MATLAB developer and has worked at MathWorks for more than 20 years. She has co-authored several MathWorks products in addition to adding core functionality to MATLAB. Loren currently works on the design of the MATLAB language.
She graduated from MIT with a B.Sc. in physics and has a Ph.D. in marine geophysics from the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Loren writes about MATLAB on her blog, The Art of MATLAB.
Additional Speakers
Bobby Nedelkovski
Bobby is an application engineer at MathWorks Australia who focuses on MATLAB and technical computing applications. He helps clients accelerate algorithm and application development, through efforts such as integrating MATLAB in enterprise software systems and parallel computing.
Prior to joining MathWorks Australia, Bobby held several roles in a variety of industries with a focus in financial application development, scientific research and development, and production software engineering. A highlight of his professional career was his work as a nuclear physicist engaged in intensive research and development using MATLAB to improve the calibration process of elemental quality control analysers for the cement and coal mining industries. Bobby also worked in the finance and defence industries, delivering decisive project solutions based on his broad knowledge of mathematical analysis and software engineering techniques.
Bobby received his B.Comp.Sc. and B.Ma.&Comp.Sc. (Hons Pure Mathematics) from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Daryl Ning
Daryl is senior application engineer for the signal processing and communications industry at MathWorks Australia. He joined the MathWorks Australia sales team in April 2006 and transitioned to application engineering in March 2007. Before coming to MathWorks, Daryl spent 20 months with the Australian distributor of MathWorks in the sales team for the academic industry.
Daryl received both his Ph.D. and B.Eng. (electrical engineering) from the Queensland University of Technology, where he also spent a year working as a research assistant. Daryl's research was primarily in the field of speech and audio processing for biometrics and compression.
Sam Oliver
Sam is an application engineer at MathWorks Australia who focuses on simulation and Model-Based Design. Before joining MathWorks in January 2008, he spent two and half years with PBR Australia on application development for their Electromechanical Brake (EMB) Program. The primarily focus was on the development of estimation and control routines for both chassis systems, and the EMB callipers. A large proportion of the developed activities were completed using a combination of MathWorks tools and C.
Sam received his M.Eng.Sc. (mechatronics), B.Eng. (mechanical and manufacturing), and B.Sc. (computer) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He also spent 18 months working as a research assistant at the university. The research, conducted with industry partner PBR Australia (formerly Pacifica Group Technologies), was conducted in the area of software development within the automotive industry focusing on the verification and integration phases.