Our People

Rob Farley is the Owner and Principal Consultant of LobsterPot Solutions Pty Ltd. He has been consulting in database technologies since completing a Computer Science degree with first class honours in 1997. He lives in Adelaide, but has also worked in consultancies in Melbourne and London. He is a regular conference presenter both around Australia and overseas, heads up the Adelaide SQL Server User Group and holds several Microsoft certifications including MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS, MCPD and MCITP. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a six-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for SQL Server, and a past Branch Executive Committee member of the Australian Computer Society. Rob currently sits on the Board of Directors of the PASS organisation, and is the author of two chapters in the book SQL Server MVP Deep Dives and a chapter in the book SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2.

Martin Cairney is a highly experienced Database Administrator and Developer with well over a decade’s worth of experience with SQL Server. He has knowledge across multiple industry sectors including London’s global financial institutions and both State and Federal Government Departments. He has regularly worked with companys with hundreds of SQL Server instances and has experience in developing tools and scripts for managing such large environments. He is an experienced conference presenter, having presented a number of times at SQLBits in the UK and various SQL Server User Groups in Australia and the UK. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and holds a number of Microsoft certifications, including MCDBA and MCITP. He has recently moved to Melbourne to help establish LobsterPot’s presence there.

Heidi Hasting is the newest member of the LobsterPot team. She has experience working across a variety of technologies for some of Adelaide’s best regarded IT companies, and is regularly described as one of the smartest people around. Before joining LobsterPot, she worked at Internode, one of Australia’s leading Internet Service Providers. She is currently pursuing her first Microsoft Certifications, and is quickly establishing herself as a valued member of the company.

Roger Noble is a Business Intelligence Consultant for LobsterPot Solutions. Based in Adelaide, Australia he spends most of his time building BI solutions using the Microsoft stack. He is one of the industry leaders in PivotViewer, and is also a specialist in SharePoint and Analysis Services. He regularly attends and speaks at the Adelaide SQL Server User Group and Adelaide SharePoint User Group and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has multiple Microsoft certifications including MCITP, MCPD, and MCTS.

Ben McNamara was the first person to be hired by LobsterPot Solutions. He has a degree in Computer Science from the University of South Australia and ten years experience in the IT industry, including almost seven years at EDS. He is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional in Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2008, and has particular strengths in SQL Server Reporting Services, and Data Cleansing with SQL Server Integration Services.

Ashley Sewell joined LobsterPot with a number of years’ involvement in Business Intelligence projects within the South Australian government, both at a technical and project management level, and a background of teaching IT at a tertiary level. He has a strong reputation in the industry for providing value to projects through his combination of business acumen and technical ability. He is both a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Microsoft Certified IT Professional in Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2008.