Brice NeilsonBrisbane, Australia

Technology · Security · Operations

Leadership grounded
in real operations.

I lead technology and security teams in organisations where people depend on the service working.

My career spans founding a software business, leading an international technology function and coordinating decisions during public-sector emergencies. I stay close to the people doing the work.

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Brice Neilson
CIO · Founder · Musician

Security operations

Incident leadership

Cloud & assurance

Developing people

01 / Selected work

Accountability from
the platform to the board.

2025–present

Comtrac

Chief Information Officer · via BAI Projects

Technology, cyber assurance and operational resilience for a government-facing regulatory technology business.

2021–2025

Altia Group

Group Chief Information Officer

Led a distributed technology function, owned and managed the SOC, and led cloud migration and Azure Sentinel implementation.

2019–2021

VeriSaaS

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Built a frontline technology business, combining hands-on engineering, Microsoft consulting and the IRAP assessment journey before its sale to Altia.

Selected roles, 2016–2021

Queensland Police Service

Chief of Staff · State Disaster | Officer in Charge · State Intelligence Group

Operational intelligence leadership and executive coordination during major events and Queensland’s COVID-19 response.

02 / How I work

Clear decisions.
Capable teams.

During an incident, people need clear ownership, a shared view of what is known and a decision they can act on. I bring technical teams and executives into that conversation, then make sure the lessons change how the service runs.

Between incidents, the work is just as important: coaching people, setting useful service measures, working with suppliers and giving engineers the context and support to do their best work.

My Comtrac discussion on IRAP and assurance ↗
03 / Beyond the day job

Music has always
been part of my life.

My first job was in a music store. I went on to teach guitar and piano and work in live sound. I still make music and maintain a studio where emerging bands can record demos.

That interest continues through OnLive, my music technology project. Technology matters to me because of what it lets people create, share and experience together.

Explore OnLive ↗

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the work ahead.

me@briceneilson.comLinkedIn ↗