Product & Engineering Leadership Brisbane, AU Available for consulting

Over a decade of delivery.

01 / About

I lead product and engineering teams. Over a million users impacted around the world, within budget and ahead of schedule.

Portrait of Mostafa Motaweh — Mostafa Motaweh

I’m Mostafa, a product and engineering leader with over a decade of hands-on delivery across fintech, insurance, SaaS, and livestock technology. I’ve led cross-functional teams at Nasdaq, shipped SaaS to 261,000 users across 4,400 organisations, migrated waterfall shops to agile, and rebuilt a DOS-era claims system in React so younger consultants could actually use it. My favourite projects tend to sit where a spreadsheet meets a paddock meets a production incident.

Before software I was a paramedic and firefighter. That background is the reason I stay calm on day two of a new role when production breaks — and the reason I care about the people behind the keyboards more than the Jira board in front of them.

I currently lead product, engineering, and IT at ABRI, the Agricultural Business Research Institute, owned by the University of New England. When I took over, the team was capable but buried — leadership interference, constantly shifting goalposts, and a culture where people meant to lead were stuck on the tools or writing reports that went nowhere. Within months the team was shipping under budget and ahead of schedule, and we’ve stayed there.

A core part of that turnaround is believing in the brilliant people I work with, giving them the space to do what they do best, and leveraging the right tools. AI in the hands of a skilled developer is a force multiplier. The lesson is simple: invest in the people first. The tool amplifies whatever you give it.

Current: Chief Product Officer, ABRI
Discipline: Product & engineering leadership
Based: Brisbane, Australia
Status: Available for consulting
Earlier: Nasdaq · Apple · Emergency services

Selected roles.

02 / Work

2025 — Chief Product Officer ABRI — Agricultural Business Research Institute AgritechProduct LeadershipIT Excellence

Leads product, engineering, and IT at a genetic research institute owned by the University of New England. Took over a development team that was capable but buried — unclear governance, constant roadmap changes, and broken processes. Within months the team was shipping under budget and ahead of schedule. Introduced AI tooling that tripled backend engineers’ output and enabled them to ship production frontend code for the first time.

2025 Agile Product Owner Auto & General Claims DeliveryProduct ExcellenceProject Management

Helped modernise a legacy claims process by designing and delivering an API between internal systems and repairers, improving the customer journey.

2024 Agile Product Manager PCN Strategies Product LeadershipMicrosoft Dynamics 365Agile Enablement

Led a cross-functional scrum team building a Dynamics 365 replacement for a U.S. non-profit. Promoted within three months. Delivered PayPal and other payment API integrations under strict compliance.

2023 — 24 Solution Engineer EML Payments Project ManagementTechnical ConsultantService Delivery

Australian-market subject-matter expert for EML’s payment platform. Onboarded clients and architected REST integrations between EML and client systems.

2016 — 22 Agile Development Lead · Product Owner Nasdaq Corporate GovernanceProduct DeliverySolution Engineering

Led product delivery across three international scrum teams for Nasdaq’s Corporate Governance suite — 261,000 users across 4,400 organisations. Migrated three SaaS products off a legacy in-house login to Okta SSO, cutting password-reset tickets by 42%. Localised into 30 languages. Recipient of the 2020 International Service Excellence Award.

2015 — Technical Lead & IT Consultant Elite Livestock Auctions · StockLive Technical ConsultingIT ExcellenceSolution Engineering

Delivered the first Australian cattle auction to stream live video and audio in real time. Scaled the startup to multi-million dollar revenue in its first year. Ongoing consulting relationship since 2015.

2012 — 16 Mac Certified Repair Technician Apple Hardware RepairCustomer SatisfactionRepair Analytics

Developed a counterfeit-detection methodology using voltmeter readings to identify tampered iPhone processors during trade-ins. Diagnosed complex hardware faults and resolved escalated service cases that other technicians could not close.

Earlier Medic II / Firefighter · Critical Care Medic City of Alexandria Fire Department · Physicians Transport Service Emergency ServicesCritical Care MedicHAZMAT OPS

Five years in emergency services. Career firefighter and full ALS paramedic with the City of Alexandria Fire Department, and critical care medic with Physicians Transport Service on a specialty transport team. Qualified to NFPA 1001 and HAZMAT Operations. Served on a medical protocol review committee that wrote and refined field protocols used by medics on-road.

Selected projects.

03 / Projects

BreedLOGIC

ABRI ↗

ABRI’s new registry-first platform for breed societies. Animal records, pedigrees, member workflows, and registrations for registrars; public search, sale catalogues, EBVs, and a Mating Predictor for breeders, buyers, and agents. Built on the BREEDPLAN data backbone.

ABRIRegistryLivestock

CompEngine

Sports ↗

Competition management platform for powerlifting and strongman meets. Real-time scoring, attempt tracking, and live display boards — built for gyms running their own events.

CloudflareSports

CampSheets

Consumer ↗

A free, shared camping trip planner. Create a trip, send one link, and your whole group tracks packing, meals, and who is bringing what. Works offline at the campsite, with no account required. Built on Cloudflare and Neon.

CloudflarePWA