Brian Collins
Chief Executive Officer at FinTech Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Collins is a mission-driven CEO and ecosystem builder with 12+ years scaling startups, funds, and innovation programs across fintech and regulated markets. He co-founded Oceania’s first fintech-focused venture fund, led AWS fintech strategy for ANZ, and now heads Enterprize Tasmania while advising national fintech policy as Deputy Chair of FinTech Australia. Skilled at aligning founders, institutions, and policymakers, he combines hands-on startup experience—from insurtech founding and accelerator design to enterprise GTM and capital strategy—with deep regulatory and investor navigation. Known for launching large partner pilots and virtual accelerator formats, he excels at turning complex stakeholder environments into high-impact, scalable programs. Based in Ballarat, Australia, he brings a global perspective and a knack for building the organizational structures that let innovation move from idea to market.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, History, Bachelor of Arts, History at San Francisco State UniversityBachelor of Arts, HIstory, Bachelor of Arts, HIstory at University of AmsterdamHigh School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Rocklin High School
Github Skills (11)
plugin8
purchase-order8
sinatra7
java6
sequel6
pagination5
python5
rails5
ruby-on-rails4
ruby4
activerecord3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
Bwian/pops
Sep 2013 - Mar 2020
Purchase Order Processing System
Contributions:332 commits, 39 pushes, 66 comments in 6 years 6 months
purchasejavapurchase-orderpython
Bwian/tbr
Apr 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch, 3 tags in 6 months
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