My passion for technology and its ability to change the world is in my DNA. I have siblings who are in the business. I also found out rather recently that an uncle ran a logistics operation in the Pacific in WWII using one of the first computer systems in use by the U.S. Navy. A cousin works in research and development center at Hewlett-Packard. There was no escaping technology as a career. Originally being from the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, I’ve now had the opportunity to reside on three continents; in cities that have included Seattle, Paris, and Los Angeles. I now call Sydney home. I’ve spent the better part of my career in digital media, marketing, and technology and I tend to go back and forth from full-time employee to independent consultant. During this time I’ve had the opportunity to travel widely for projects, including being based in the Silicon Valley, Europe, and Australia. Through the course of my career, I’ve gained expertise in digital media, software, and systems, with a view of the continual evolution of the Internet from a 'front-row' seat. I read and study new technologies at every opportunity, and this gives me enough data points to see the trajectory and peek beyond the horizon to see ‘what’s next?’ I have had the privilege of working with award-winning teams at Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft and Disney Interactive as well as many small and non-profit businesses. One of my passions is the study of leadership, and I’ve been superbly fortunate to work on digital projects relating to Sir Winston Churchill for both The Churchill Centre and Bloomsbury Digital. I persist in having a long-lasting, inquisitive relationship with technology, with a particular fascination for its effects on humanity. Having lived abroad instilled in me an ongoing passion for the study of different cultures and I continue to be an ardent student of history, leadership, and the human endeavour.

Partner | Investor @ From May 2015 to Present (7 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaDigital Strategist | Project Manager @ From 2001 to Present (14 years) Director of Digital Services @ From 2010 to Present (5 years) Sydney Area, AustraliaeCommerce Project Manager @ • Contract role. • Dick Smith was listed on the ASX November 2015 and was under private equity ownership for the twelve months prior. The initial eCommerce project was replatforming the existing site off of the infrastructure of the former parent company. • Assisted with the implementation of new ground-up ecommerce site built on the open source Magento Enterprise (EE 1.12) platform hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Launched June 2013 on time and under budget. • Engaged with the Magento Expert Consulting Group (ECG) for an architecture review and implemented all of the report recommendations for performance and optimisation. • Assisting with the implementation of Temando as a new fulfilment logistics model. • Managing the implementation of a drop-ship vendor programme, listing thousands more products for sale on the Magento site (without inventory) using EDI and custom code modules. • Liaised with strategic development partners for new mobile initiatives which include mobile website and native mobile applications built on iOS and Android platforms for the Australian and New Zealand markets. • Implemented Akamai for AU and NZ Magento sites on time. Dicksmith.com.au one of the top-ten ecommerce sites in Australia in addition to operating 320+ retail electronics stores. The growth phase is underway and plans have recently been announced for the opening of 80 new stores by the end of 2015. From April 2013 to February 2014 (11 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaCo-Founder @ • Co-Founder on a start-up product development project to create a three-dimensional, visual, social networking web application in the self-development space. • Leveraging the latest technologies, conceived and designed this Web 3.0 application with co-founder. From March 2007 to January 2010 (2 years 11 months) Founder @ The Life is Amazing Foundation was created to fund projects meant to inspire people to seek their passions. From 2001 to 2009 (8 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaProject Manager, Digital Producer @ • Managed a worldwide team of seven contractors and employees for the on-time and on-budget deployment of the Remedy IT Service Suite for Disney Interactive. • Project managed global effort for internal systems and products for the Disney interactive Business Unit, which included disney.com, disneystore.com, go.com, ESPN.com, ABC.com, all internal systems, and a variety of other Disney's Internet properties. • Successfully managed internal IT staff to create the first Disney Interactive intranet. From 1998 to 2001 (3 years) Product Manager @ Product Manager • Managed a matrixed team to rapidly deploy a global Human Resources Management System (HRMS) for use by Microsoft Human Resources (HR) worldwide. • Reduced the number of redundant HR systems (eliminating seven) by re-engineering business processes, standardizing global HR practices, and deploying a single integrated system. Product Manager, Project Manager • Received the “Regional IT Excellence Award” for work on one of the first European IT “virtual teams.” • Designed the Worldwide Account Management (WAM) application for use by the global Microsoft sales teams to preserve institutional memory of accounts, contacts, and marketing campaigns. • Successfully implemented WAM is 40+ offices worldwide, with project management responsibility for the deployment, training and support of the application for all of the Western European offices. Systems Analyst, Integration Engineer • Designed an automated template for use in sales planning based on the S.P.I.N. methodology. • Introduced and put in place systems and processes by which the field sales teams were paid on commission based on quarterly results. From 1991 to 1996 (5 years)

University of Washington From 1983 to 1985 John David Olsen is skilled in: Product Management, Marketing Communications, Salesforce.com, Digital Strategy, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Magento, Agile Project Management, Product Strategy, Software Project Management, MS Project, Communications Strategy, Strategic Communications, Joomla, Agile Methodologies