TLR - Key Persons


Bill Ratcliffe

Job Titles:
  • Founder ( the Genius )
Bill, our founder, was the heart and soul of TLR. Bill worked in the Australian Government, critical infrastructure, and the defence sector in both Australia and the entire Asia-Paciļ¬c market. Through his work life, he helped many, made them better people whilst they didn't realise that was happening. He was a mentor, supporter, wrangler and protector and most importantly one of nature's gentlemen. Sadly Bill is no longer with us but his security knowledge and insights will forever be the driving force behind the entire team's mission in delivering stellar services to those that need it.

Braedon Ratcliffe

Job Titles:
  • Product Owner
  • Product Owner for the Cyber War Games
Braedon is the product owner for the Cyber War Games and a Cyber Security Analyst for TLR. He is responsible for overseeing deployment of the games and supporting a variety of TLR clients in education, government, and defence.

Dave Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Founder, CTO ( the Mad Scientist )
Dave carries 30 years of Cyber experience, across broader Government, Industry and Defence Sectors. Dave is the creator of the TLR-SOAR and Automated Threat Management Platforms and the co-founder TLR's C.A.V.S automated vulnerability testing platform. Dave is the creator of the TLR Self-Healing Network and co-creator of the TLR Cavalry, our proprietary automated vulnerability scanner. Whilst focused on deep technicals of everything relating to Cyber, from building systems to breaking them, Dave uses these skills to be translated (decrypted) and passed on to unsuspecting victims, oops, students through the various training programs Dave builds and delivers. Using knowledge and skills gained, he has a strong affinity for automation in the Cyber realm, he believes humans cannot and should not be replaced by automation, preferring to build automated systems that help the human operators fight the bad guys better. "Humans can't work as fast as the RansomWare attacks can, so why try"

Jarrah Gosbell

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Product Owner and Architect
Jarrah is the product owner and architect of the TLR's proprietary system, CAVS. Committed to making CAVS as robust as possible, he also gets his hands dirty and keeps his skills sharp as one of the pentesters on the TLR team.

Melanie Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Business Services Manager
Melanie is the Business Services Manager for TLR and has supported TLR its inception in 2014. Melanie has diverse experience over an illustrious career. Most recently she worked with Fujitsu Australia in the Project Management office overseeing financial performance and governance of an annual budget of $60 Million. Melanie has also had her own Tax Agent Business and was a lecturer at the Canberra Institute of Technology.

Paul Buckley

Job Titles:
  • Problems & Solutions Manager
Operating strategically, Paul assesses problems and rapidly devises dynamic solutions for customers that can be tailored or adjusted as the problem scope and definition becomes clearer. Paul is currently using his skills to significantly enhance the Australia Defence Force's capability, where he is Chief Instructor Cyber Security within the Defence Security Operations Centre.