About · trade-qualified, locally based

The technical side—
done properly,
by someone local.

Cockburn Cloud is run by Clint Stibbs — a trade-qualified electronics technician with a background in Defence and mining communications, now applying that same rigour to small business infrastructure in Perth.

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The background

15 years fixing things that cannot afford to fail.

Clint started in the Royal Australian Navy as an electronics technician, spending years maintaining communication systems aboard Collins Class submarines and naval frigates. That moved into senior roles at Raytheon Australia, working as a subject-matter expert on submarine external communications systems.

More recently: FIFO communications technician at a gold mine in regional WA, sole technician on site during each swing, responsible for diagnosing and rectifying faults unsupervised. Now a Communications Specialist at Fortescue, monitoring communications systems across five active production mine sites to keep autonomous mining fleets running.

Cockburn Cloud grew out of that same instinct — build it right, document it clearly, and make sure the people relying on it can trust it. That approach now applies to websites, hosting, and email for Perth small businesses.

Fault diagnosis, not guesswork

The training that went into maintaining submarine communications and mine-site telemetry systems is the same approach applied here — isolate the problem, understand the system, fix the cause.

Setup quality matters

DNS, SSL, email records, hosting, forms, and access details are not afterthoughts. They are part of the job.

Support should know the context

It is easier to fix problems when the person helping understands how the website, hosting, domain, and email connect.

Credentials & background

The experience behind the setup.

Not self-taught. Not a side hustle that became a website builder. A genuine technical background applied to a local problem.

Royal Australian Navy & Raytheon

Electronics technician and later Senior SME on Collins Class submarine external communications systems. Fault diagnosis, installation, set-to-work, and stakeholder reporting in a zero-failure environment.

FIFO Mining Communications

Sole communications technician on site at a gold mine in regional WA. Identifying and rectifying faults unsupervised across underground comms, leaky feeder systems, two-way radio, and site telemetry.

Fortescue — Communications Specialist

Monitoring communications systems across five active production mine sites. Triaging and rectifying P1/P2 incidents affecting autonomous mining fleet operations. IT/OT role in a high-touch operations centre.

Qualifications

Cert IV Electronics & Communications (UEE40711). Trade apprenticeship — Communications Tradesperson. IPC Specialist (IPC/WHMA-A-620 & J-STD-001). Australian Defence Medal.

What you actually get

Real technical depth, local enough to be a real person.

The background is in systems where failure is not an option — Navy submarines, autonomous mining fleets, live production environments. That standard carries over. Your website and email are not mission-critical infrastructure, but they deserve to be set up by someone who treats the details seriously.

Based in Cockburn, Perth WA — not offshore, not a reseller
Trade-qualified Cert IV Electronics & Communications technician
Defence, mining, and enterprise communications background
Plain-English support from someone who built the setup

Working principles

How the work is approached.

Clear scope

Work starts by understanding what exists, what needs fixing, and what the business actually needs next.

Clean setup

Domain records, hosting, SSL, forms, email records, backups, and access are treated as part of the setup.

Maintainable work

The goal is a setup that can be understood, updated, supported, and improved over time.

Plain communication

Technical details are explained clearly so business owners know what is being changed and why.

Fit

Who this suits.

Good fit

Local service businesses, trades, consultants, professional firms, and small teams that need a clearer online setup without managing every technical piece themselves.

You want one practical support path
Your website, hosting, email, or DNS feels unclear
You want proper setup, not just a quick patch

Not the right fit

Large enterprise delivery, complex custom software teams, or businesses looking only for the cheapest possible hosting with no support expectation.

Enterprise procurement and large delivery teams
Custom software platforms outside web presence scope
Bargain hosting with no maintenance or support need

Ready to talk?

Start with what needs sorting.

Websites, hosting, business email, migrations, support, and technical cleanup for Perth small business.

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The technical side— done properly, by someone local.