Curriculum Vitae · Adelaide, Australia

Steve Ogilvie

Technology leader. Enterprise IT strategy, infrastructure and cybersecurity, and hands-on production AI.

Twenty-seven years delivering enterprise IT strategy, infrastructure transformation and cyber-secure operations across complex organisations. Then, after a deliberate pause to support family, two years of intensive, self-directed work building real AI systems: agentic platforms, autonomous automation, AI integrated into operational infrastructure. Working systems solving real problems, not theoretical exploration.

Few people hold both halves: the discipline of enterprise IT, where things must not break, and the hands-on craft of making modern AI actually run. For organisations, that combination is what turns AI experiments into AI in production, governed, secured, monitored and delivering.

Core capabilities

AI & Emerging Technology

Designing and deploying agentic AI platforms with autonomous task execution
AI-integrated infrastructure monitoring, alerting and operational automation
AI-assisted software development workflows and tooling
Practical AI adoption strategy, moving organisations from experimentation to production
AI governance, risk management and security

Technology Leadership

IT strategy, roadmaps and transformation programs aligned to business outcomes
Executive and board-level stakeholder engagement
Building, mentoring and leading high-performing technical teams
Translating emerging technology into risk-managed, adoptable solutions

Enterprise Technology & Security

Cloud platforms: Azure and Microsoft 365
Identity and access management: MFA, conditional access, zero trust
Cybersecurity strategy, frameworks and operational resilience
Infrastructure architecture and modernisation

Operational Excellence

Program and portfolio delivery
Vendor and contract management
Budget ownership and technology investment planning
Business continuity and disaster recovery

Professional experience

2024 – nowMay 2024 – Present

Independent AI & Automation Practice

Okavyx

Self-directed deep dive into modern AI systems, focused on building production-quality tools rather than theoretical research. Key projects:

Agentic AI Platform okavyx.ai

Designed and built an autonomous AI agent platform with persistent memory, multi-model orchestration, sub-agent delegation and real-time voice interaction. Deployed with infrastructure monitoring, automated health checks, cost analytics and role-based access control. Running in production as a daily operational tool.

BiasFeed biasfeed.com

AI-powered media bias analysis platform. An automated n8n pipeline ingests news articles, uses AI to extract neutral facts, then generates parallel narratives through three distinct AI personas: progressive, conservative and centrist. Multi-model workflow running in production with daily output. Demonstrates practical AI orchestration, workflow automation and responsible AI design.

Built AI-assisted development pipelines, content generation systems and workflow orchestration tools.
Developed practical frameworks for AI governance, security and responsible deployment.
Maintains a public technical blog documenting AI implementation approaches and lessons learned.

2015 – 2024Jun 2015 – Apr 2024

Group IT Manager

Ultimate Positioning Group

Founded and led the IT function from scratch, building a modern technology environment that supported sustained business growth across Australia and New Zealand. Responsible for strategy, cybersecurity, operations, infrastructure and executive technology advisory.

Built a greenfield IT function and operating model supporting rapid organisational expansion across multiple sites and countries.
Delivered enterprise-grade infrastructure with zero major outages across eight years of operation.
Led cybersecurity strategy including endpoint security, identity management and threat response frameworks.
Played a key role in achieving ISO 27001 certification through security architecture, policy development and governance frameworks.
Introduced modern identity and endpoint security platforms including MFA, conditional access and endpoint detection and response.
Managed technology budgets, vendor relationships and strategic procurement across the full IT portfolio.

2013 – 2015Aug 2013 – Jun 2015

Consulting Systems Engineer (Microsoft)

MACH Technology

Delivered enterprise infrastructure and cloud solutions to mid-market and enterprise clients as a senior Microsoft-focused consultant.

Designed and delivered hybrid cloud architectures for organisations migrating from on-premises to Azure.
Led virtualisation and infrastructure modernisation projects across multiple client environments.
Acted as senior technical authority for complex multi-site deployments.

2010 – 2013Oct 2010 – Aug 2013

Data Centre / Cloud Solutions Consultant

The CN Group

Enterprise infrastructure and managed services consulting focused on datacentre transformation and cloud adoption.

Led infrastructure audits and transformation programs across enterprise datacentre environments.
Designed resilient systems and monitoring frameworks that measurably improved operational reliability.
Worked directly with executive stakeholders to align infrastructure strategy with business objectives.

2008 – 2010

IT Manager

Queensland Eye Hospital

Complete IT infrastructure transformation for a specialist medical facility. Inherited an environment requiring significant improvement and overhauled it end-to-end.

Designed and deployed a VMware ESX virtualisation platform in a redundant three-server configuration, rebuilding all servers in a virtual environment.
Migrated all systems and services to new infrastructure with minimal clinical disruption.
Implemented endpoint security (Sophos), internet gateway and content filtering (Netbox Blue), and backup and DR solutions.
Built a standard operating environment (SOE) that remained in production unchanged five years after departure.
Delivered measurable improvements to uptime, reliability and disaster recovery capability.

Earlier career · 1995 – 2008 · the foundations

2006 – 2008Aug 2006 – Apr 2008

Senior Technical Consultant

Technology One

Enterprise technology delivery for government and large organisations, combining solution architecture with hands-on implementation.

Led nationwide technology deployments and infrastructure integration projects for government clients.
Translated complex technical requirements into practical, deliverable solutions.
Supported pre-sales and solution architecture engagements.

2004 – 2006May 2004 – Aug 2006

Senior Technical Administrator

City of West Torrens

Senior IT team member in a local government environment responsible for infrastructure, vendor management and operational delivery.

Led major infrastructure modernisation initiatives across the council's technology environment.
Project managed an IBM Blade Server and SAN implementation, then migrated servers from legacy hardware.
Implemented VMware ESX 3, Exchange 2003, ISA 2004, SQL 2000 and Citrix.
Managed vendor relationships and external contractor delivery.
Acted in the IT Manager role during leadership transition periods.

20083-month contract

Systems Engineer (Contract)

IMC Communications

Deployed point-of-sale infrastructure and SQL Server 2005 across Event Cinemas locations throughout Queensland.
On-site server deployment, configuration and support across multiple regional sites.

2001 – 2004

Senior Network Engineer

KAZ Computer Services

Scoped, designed, implemented and supported backend server systems, SQL databases and network infrastructure for enterprise clients.

Active Directory design, implementation and support across client environments.
Developed and deployed SOEs, group policies and software distribution.
Server and network infrastructure scoping, implementation and project management.
Promoted from Technical Administrator after demonstrating capability during a client secondment.

2000 – 2001

Technical Administrator

KAZ Computer Services

Windows 2000 rollout, SOE development, server maintenance across Novell and Microsoft environments.
Designed and implemented a corporate intranet; Lotus Notes and Novell NDS administration.

1998 – 2000

Network Services Officer

Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance

Network administration across Novell, Lotus Notes and Windows NT environments.
Second-level helpdesk support; hardware and software troubleshooting and deployment.

Education & certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)Microsoft
Certificate I & II in Information TechnologyTAFE SA

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