04 · About · The Operator

Jon Spivey. Verge Tech.

An IT strategist and architect with twenty-five years of delivery across Australia's most demanding sectors. Brisbane-based. Engaged directly.

The architect on the deck is the architect on the floor.

Verge Tech runs lean by design. Strategy, architecture and program leadership delivered by one principal — Jon Spivey — with a curated bench of partners when scale demands it.

Twenty-five years across Defence, Government, Mining, Healthcare, Banking, Transport, Utilities and Airports. From classified network design to active-active datacentres, hybrid cloud strategy to satellite ground systems. The thread is the same: build architectures that hold under load, ship roadmaps that survive a change of CIO, and keep a single accountable line from the boardroom to the rack.

The current focus is the verge: AI infrastructure, sovereign space systems, and the security architecture both require. Engagements typically run between three and eighteen months — long enough to ship, short enough to keep the bench sharp.

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04.1 · Core competencies

What I do. And what I refuse to.

Architecture and strategy at the level where the trade-offs are real and the accountability is single.

IT Strategy & Roadmap Development

Strategy · 25 yrs

Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF-aligned)

Architecture · 20 yrs

Complex Program & Project Delivery

Delivery · 22 yrs

Vendor Management & Negotiation

Commercial · 18 yrs

Legacy Modernisation & Cloud Migration

Transformation · 15 yrs

Defence-Grade Security Architecture

Security · 12 yrs

AI Roadmap, Governance & Integration

AI · Current focus

Satellite Ground & Space Data Networks

Space · Current focus

04.2 · Track Record

The shape of twenty-five years. Selected.

A compressed view. Most engagements remain under NDA.

2024 — NOWPrincipal · Verge TechAI, Space & Defence — strategy and architecture lead.Brisbane · Direct
2019 — 2024Enterprise Architect · Multi-sectorHealthcare, Aged Care, Banking — modernisation programs.Melbourne · Brisbane
2014 — 2019Solution Architect · Critical InfrastructureEnergy, Aviation, Government — active-active estates.EnergyAustralia · Melb Airport
2008 — 2014Senior Architect · Financial ServicesActive-active datacentre, payments resilience, network refresh.NAB · AIG · Partners
2001 — 2008Network & Systems Engineer · ConsultingFoundation years across enterprise, telco and managed services.Aus · NZ
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