Professional Experience & Businesses

Microsoft Australia Pty Ltd
Lloyd recognised the enormous potential of emerging IT firm Microsoft and joined the company’s Australian branch as National Applications Trainer in Database and Development Tools. He quickly became Technical Marketing Manager for the Asia Pacific region. In 1995, Lloyd worked on the ‘On Australia’ Telstra-Microsoft joint venture, Microsoft’s first venture into internet services.

PowerUp Pty Ltd
In the 1980s, Lloyd and three friends developed a hobby company called PowerUp. Run from a garage in suburban Brisbane, PowerUp provided bulletin board access to other computer enthusiasts in Queensland. By the early 1990s, PowerUp was growing so rapidly it required Lloyd’s full-time attention.

Lloyd was the driving force behind the company’s success as it became one of Australia’s largest internet service providers (ISPs). PowerUp provided sophisticated services for customers beyond internet access, such as allowing customers to self service their own websites and email access.

OzEmail bought half of PowerUp in 1998 and the remaining business in 2000. The transaction valued PowerUp at $12 million,

WebCentral Pty Ltd
In early 1997, Lloyd saw a growing need in the Australian market for internet services designed specifically for businesses. In response, he established WebCentral to provide business web hosting. WebCentral is now Australia’s largest web hosting company, with more than 60,000 sites and domains under management and annual revenues in excess of $40 million.

In 2004, Lloyd and fellow shareholders sold their remaining stakes in Web Central to its existing significant shareholder FTR Holdings Limited for $19.6 million, which valued the WebCentral business at more than $40m.

XtreamLok
In August 2004, Lloyd became CEO of XtreamLok, a company of which he was a founding investor. XtreamLoc develops digital rights management software that is used by large software publishers. The company’s software is installed on over 30 million PCs around the globe. Lloyd facilitated the successful sale of XtreamLok to US security company Symantec in May 2005 for US$17.5 million.

SinoCode Ltd
Lloyd founded SinoCode as a new generation offshore development centre in 2004. SinoCode leverages China’s high-quality developer expertise to produce software for customers in Australia, the UK and the US.

Event Zero Pty Ltd - The Future is Event Processing.
Lloyd is a founding shareholder and Director of Brisbane based Event Zero Pty Ltd. Event Zero as developed a Complex Event Processing CEP platform which is design to provide organisation with Real time operational intelligence by analysing very large amounts of data in real time from disparate data sources. CEPs are seen as the future on IT systems, as business rely more and more on IT systems there is a need to add “Real Time” analysis to existing Database systems.

Going Green – a CEP Application
The Event Zero Platform is used to create the GreenTrac product set. Greentrac provides large organisations with real information of the PC Fleet such as energy usage, ideal time, potential energy cost saving, Power Management and PC Fleet life cycle management.

SonarLogic – Go to market
SonarLogic is a Distributor and Reseller of Greentrac and Event Centre in Asian and European markets, with offices in China, Philippines and United Kingdom.

Directorships

PipeNetworks
PipeNetworks operates one of Australia’s largest metropolitan fibre optic networks, offering clients in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney access to its ‘Dark Fibre’ service. The company also operates Australia’s largest internet exchange, with a network across six capital cities.

Industry Roles

Internet Industry Association Lloyd represented Queensland as a board member of the IIA for two years. He also spent a year as Deputy Chair.

Awards & Recognition

BRW Fast 50 - WebCentral was ranked as the 4th fastest growing company in Australia by BRW in 2003

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2003 – Finalist, Northern Region

Microsoft Global Hosting Partner of the Year Award 2004 – Winner

PEARCEY AWARD 2005 - Finalist