MACH is a private company in the telecommunications industry that provides services to Mobile Network Operators and other organisations. The main services are in the areas of roaming billing, financial settlement, and technology. MACH is the largest provider of data and financial clearing solutions for wireless roaming, and more than 50% of the world’s roaming calls are processed through MACH systems.

During 2008 my wife and I relocated from Australia to Germany.

QM was a public company (ASX:QMT) that provided business process outsourcing (BPO) services in the area of customer communication management to many of Australia’s largest companies.

Elderslie Services was a private company that provided technology services to companies in the Elderslie group, as well as to external organisations. The main services were software development, application hosting, and helpdesk.

Rio Tinto Technology was a division of the Rio Tinto mining group that provided technology services to Rio Tinto business units, covering 35,000 employees globally. The services included software development and knowledge management consulting.

InterWorld was a three-person partnership with five employees, and was one of the largest Internet service providers (ISPs) in Perth at the time, as well as one of Perth’s first web and e-business development companies.

Jarvis Software was a private company that developed and sold its own software products, as well as providing consulting and contract programming services.

Winthrop Technology was the on-campus computer sales and support department of The University of Western Australia.

UWA is a leading Australian research university, and is ranked second in Australia for the quality of its undergraduate programs.

Hollywood SHS covered year 8 (the first year after primary school) through year 12 (the final year of schooling) and prepared students to attend university.