Matt Spurrier
Owner & Founder, SenseICT

Hi, I’m Matt.

I’ve been in technology since the early 2000s, starting out in Adelaide doing network engineering and systems work.

Before going fully independent, I spent a few years at Squiz Pty Ltd, working in systems administration and development on their Squiz Matrix product.

Then, I moved to Moodle Pty Ltd as their ICT Manager from 2012 to 2018. Moodle was genuinely interesting work. I inherited infrastructure with no configuration management, no documentation, and essentially no audit trail.

I rebuilt it properly from scratch. Puppet, LDAP, a full VPN, proper monitoring – the works. I also presented at Moodle MOOT in Melbourne in 2013, which was a good experience even if public speaking isn’t really my natural habitat.

In 2018, someone ran me off a freeway at 100km/h. I came out of it with a lower spinal injury, constant nerve pain, and the reality that conventional employment wasn’t going to be an option anymore.

No disability support to fall back on (seriously, 25ish grand a year and you’re penalised if you do any work? I’d go crazy…), so I put everything into making SenseICT® sustainable.

I was also diagnosed with ADHD around that time, which explained quite a bit about how I’d always worked. I tended to hyperfocus on complex problems.

I work from home, keep my own hours, and work with clients remotely across Australia and further afield.

Day to day, I’m across PHP, Golang, Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, Ansible, and increasingly AI and agentic tooling.

SenseICT® is deliberately small. The point is that you get me, not a tiered support queue or an account manager who passes things on.

I work best with business owners and technical teams who want senior involvement from day one.

SenseICT® is LGBTQIA+ friendly. I fully support my friends & family who are members of these communities.

If you want the longer version, I’ve written about it at digitalsparky.com.

You can also find me on GitHub, LinkedIn, and Bluesky.

Or just use the contact page.