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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie Weighs in on
Research Commercialisation at Prestigious Pearcey Foundation Panel
SYDNEY, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing
marketplace, will lend his insight to tonight's Pearcey Awards during the
panel discussion on research commercialization.
The Pearcey Awards are Australia's preeminent accolade for contribution
to Australia's Information, Communications & Technology industries. Through
these, the Pearcey Foundation aims to make Australians aware of the
achievements of ICT industries and of the work of the many Australians, young
and old, who have made those achievements possible.
Described as "crisp and robust", this year's panel will discuss the
opportunities and pitfalls of research commercialisation. With over 15 years
experience in the ICT industry, Barrie is the ideal candidate to talk about
turning ideas into revenue.
Prior to acquiring Freelancer.com, and turning it into a global
outsourcing giant, Barrie founded Sensory Networks, which was at the time a
leading developer of OEM high performance network security processors. His
work there earned him the 2006 State Pearcey Award.
Barrie is active with technology start-ups. For the last ten years has
been an external lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Information
Engineering at the University of Sydney, where he teaches Technology Venture
Creation.
"Getting Australian ideas from the research stage to the global market is
of the utmost importance," says Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com. "We have
great ideas and world-class academic institutions here in Australia. We need
to nurture the development of this research to ensure that the next Google or
PCTools comes from Australia," he continued.
"Much of the country isn't aware of the leadership role Australia plays
globally in ICT, and that is something that the Pearcey Awards does an
outstanding job of addressing," concluded Barrie.
About Freelancer
Freelancer.com is the world's largest outsourcing marketplace. We connect
over 1.8 million professionals from over 234 countries & regions. Through our
website, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such as software,
writing, data entry and design right through to engineering and the sciences,
sales & marketing, and accounting & legal services. The average job is under
US$200, making Freelancer.com extremely cost effective for small businesses,
which often need a wide variety of jobs to be done, but cannot justify the
expense of hiring full time.
SOURCE: Freelancer.com
CONTACT: Chris O'Brien, Communications Manager of Freelancer.com,
+1-917-216-0235, or
chris@freelancer.com
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