===Brian Evans===

Background

Born in Melbourne, Australia on the 1st August 1967, a published author and multi-disciplined Business and Management consultant, who has worked extensively around the development of key Internet based projects.

Co-founder Railpage Australia with David Bromage, later assuming the role of project director taking the project from its early development as a key reference site for railway information in Australia and New Zealand, to the large Web Portal based system it is today. He continues to drive development of Railpage in the key role of Project Director and is the principle provider of financial support to the project.

Brian’s has 12 years experience in the IT and telecommunications sectors covering analysis, design, outsourcing, management and delivery of telecommunications services with many of these roles in a business start-up capacity. Brian has considerable experience in the domestic and international telecommunications industry, including detailed work in Internet service deployment, e-commerce, IP mediation, billing solutions, systems integration and the Internet.

Is a key contributor to Railpage Australia and also the railfan community in Australia. A published author, he has contributed in the form of many digital publishing projects regarding the history and development of Australian Railways. Brian is credited with the stewardship and management of the content management system (CMS) which is at the centre of Railpage.

Current

Today Brian is a professional company director who is also the Managing Director of http://www.digitalriver.com.au Digital River Networks a Telecommunications Provider based in Melbourne, Australia and is involved in many community based projects across the telecommunications industry.