Dr Matthew Wysel

Biography

Matthew Wysel is a Lecturer at the University of New England, Armidale and co-Founder of MadeWithData, a full service data agency that provides AI transformation, data strategy and digital uplift services to educators, professional services and primary industry.

With over 20 years’ experience working across Western Europe, North America and Australasia, in both university and commercial settings, Matthew helps blue-chips, SMEs and start-up businesses leverage their technology to capitalise their information and increase the reliability and scalability of their operations.

Matthew has managed global operations for an industrial R&D company who supplied visualisation technology into the mining, oil and gas, aerospace and FMCG sectors; taught Neuro, Spinal, and ENT surgeons how to operate with increased efficiency and safety using surgical guidance technology; developed a satellite refuelling system with NASA on their Zero Gravity ‘Vomit Comet’, and designed military aircraft for Lockheed Martin and the Boeing Company.

Matthew has a First Class Honours in Aerospace Engineering, a Master of Technology Management (International Business Strategy) both from the University of New South Wales, and a PhD (Economics, Computational Science) from the University of New England.

Matthew teaches Change Management, Information Systems, Innovation and Entrepreneurship to students from the University of New England’s Armidale campus.

Teaching Areas

Management Information Systems, Data Management, Software Project Management, Technology Operationalisation

Primary Research Area/s

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Wysel, M., Baker, D., & Billingsley, W. (2021). Data sharing platforms: How value is created from agricultural data. Agricultural Systems, 193, 103241.

Burgess, S., & Wysel, M. (2021). China’s social credit system: How robust is the human rights critique? Research in Ethical Issues in Organisations. In press

Conference Papers:

Baker, D., Cook, S., Jackson, E. L., Wysel, M., Wynn, M., & Leonard, E. (2021). Investment in Agri-Food Digital Transformation: Avoiding the technical fallacy. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Sydney, Australia.

Burgess, S., & Wysel, M. (2020). China’s social credit system: How robust is the human rights critique? Paper presented at the 27th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, The University of New England.

Gregory, B., Wysel, M., & Gregory, S. (2015). The Agile Learning Model: Using big data to personalise the acquisition of accounting skills. Globally connected, digitally enabled. Proceedings of ascilite 2015 in Perth.

Wysel, M. (2007). LandmarX CT Image Guided Sinus Surgery. Paper presented at the Manchester Calman Training Series, Manchester, England.

Wysel, M. (2019). Using Platforms to Operationalise the Valuation of Information in the Red Meat Supply Chain. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Melbourne, Australia.

Wysel, M., Baker, D., & Conway, L. (2019). Connecting Researchers with Customers through a Common Valuation of Data. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Melbourne, Australia.

Wysel, M. (2019). Using Platforms to operationalise the Value of Information in the Red Meat Supply Chain. Paper presented at the Symposium: Information in the Australian Red Meat Supply Chain, UNE Centre for Agribusiness.

Wysel, M. (2021). Data Sharing Platforms in Agribusiness. Paper presented at the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, Costa Rica.

Selection of Unpublished Papers:

Sullivan, J., Wysel, M., & Castro, J. (2001). Human Powered Helicopter Rotor Design and Analysis.

Wysel, M. (2003). The Development and Application of a Conceptual Design for an Inflatable, Portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. (Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering Honours Thesis), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Selection of Industry Reports:

Wysel, M. (2003). Preliminary Design of a Man-portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Restricted Access). Conducted with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Melbourne Australia

Wysel, M. (2018). Big Data in Australian SMEs. Retrieved from UNE Sydney

Post-Graduate Supervision:

SCI501 – Special Topics in Science

2019 Internet of Things for Smart Agriculture: A Review of Business Opportunities. Supervised with Dr Greg Falzon (50:50)

BUS599 – Innovation in Business

2019 A framework for evaluating the operations of virtual business incubators (VBIs): The case of The Rural Woman.

2020 UnicornShift – Uber for Traffic Control.

2021 Improving a Client’s Debtor Management System

2021 Mercury Nero: Developing an Australian Commercial Coffee Machine

Consultancy Interests

Matthew regularly consults blue-chips, SMEs and start-ups, design and manage enterprise and bespoke information systems, commercialising proprietary technology and streamlining internal operations using white-labelled and in-house workplace productivity solutions.