Douglas R.

Douglas R. has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Douglas is currently employed at Pepperstone as the Head of Enterprise Systems, a position they have held since January 2022. In this role, they oversee the enterprise systems and is responsible for talent management, vendor management, and data governance.

Prior to their current role, Douglas held the position of Head of Data Engineering at Pepperstone from February 2021 to February 2022. During this time, they proactively sourced offshore talent, improved data governance, and ran stakeholder learning and development sessions.

Before joining Pepperstone, Douglas worked at RDKS as a Consultant for a short period in 2018. Douglas also served as the CTO at Glow from 2013 to 2018, where they were responsible for team planning, mentoring, technical oversight, and product ownership.

Douglas gained experience as a Senior Web Developer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 2012 to 2013, where they developed and supported audience acquisition and retention initiatives.

In 2011, Douglas founded OrdersInbox and served as the Founder and Technical Director. Douglas designed and built the OrdersInbox service from scratch, handling various responsibilities such as user experience design, programming, and database implementation.

Douglas also worked as a Consultant Architect Developer at Peazie Social Media Group from 2011 to 2012, where they played a key role in designing and developing shared system components.

In 2005, Douglas founded R&D Knowledge Services, an Information Technology consultancy. In this role, they handled customer and supplier contract negotiations and was responsible for financial administration and service delivery.

Prior to their consultancy work, Douglas held roles at Royal Bank of Scotland and BSkyB as a Chordiant Configuration Manager and an Assistant Chordiant Configuration Manager, respectively. Douglas was responsible for system building, maintaining development environments, and troubleshooting problems.

Douglas started their career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Consultant, where they were involved in delivering documentation during analysis and design stages of projects at Norwich Union.

Overall, Douglas R. brings extensive experience in enterprise systems management, data engineering, technical leadership, and software development to their current role at Pepperstone.

Douglas R. obtained a Bachelor of Information Systems degree from the University of Melbourne, which they pursued from 1996 to 1998. Douglas then pursued a Master's of Information Systems degree from the same institution, completing it from 2008 to 2009. In 2012, Douglas R. furthered their education at the University of Melbourne by earning a Graduate Certificate in Arts with a focus on Philosophy.