Summary
Gordon Williamson is a product manager with 14 years’ experience blending hands-on development and public-sector product leadership, currently shaping digital services at the Clean Energy Regulator from Canberra. He has led cross-agency teams to launch and scale platforms like data.gov.au and the Observatory, driving 300% growth in open data and turning analytics into a cost-neutral product used by dozens of agencies. Gordon’s background as a developer and DevOps engineer informs pragmatic API-first approaches—he built the DAFF Treatment API to let exporters submit compliance evidence directly, cutting integration costs dramatically. He has a track record of moving initiatives from zero to one, aligning executives, designers and engineers to deliver regulatory and citizen-focused services. Active with Code for Australia as an advisor, he balances product strategy with delivery coaching and a developer’s attention to implementation detail. His ANU IT education and long tenure in government give him a rare combination of technical depth and public-policy fluency.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University