Stuart Giglia, Founder, Newmarket Capital

 John joined Pinion at a time when the business was undergoing significant change following the company’s successful Series B capital raising and some exciting strategic developments in the US. With two thirds of the executive leadership team relocating to the US, John not only filled the management void created by their absence, but brought with him a pragmatic approach to decision making that had been missing to that point.

Within a very short space of time, John managed to clarify and quantify the key business metrics that would ultimately define Pinion’s future. He was instrumental in providing strategic guidance and council to the board when Pinion needed to make the strategic decision to pivot and reposition its business model to ensure the company was able to prosper in a rapidly evolving commercial and competitive landscape. Although Pinion’s founder’s found this change of direction difficult to accept from both an operational and cultural perspective, to a man they now agree that it was this course of action that ensured Pinion survived this tumultuous period.

I have absolutely no hesitation of recommending John for any future engagement and hope to be able to work with him again on future endeavours.  

Robert Alvarez, CFO, Bigcommerce

 Jodette was brought on to help expand our HR function in Sydney and was able to develop a global HR intranet and policies, systems, processes and programs to support the needs of our rapidly growing company. Jodette ensured employment legal compliance and effectively managed staff performance and issues and assisted to double the number of employees in Sydney while while establishing Bigcommerce as an excellent employer in the Australian tech market. 

Damon Pezaro, Head of Product, Domain.com.au

 Glenn worked with us at Domain to define best practice across our technology area of the business. This spanned architecture, process, culture and vision. I was very impressed with Glenn's ability to quickly grasp the underlying business need and how our investment in technology would need to enable the delivery of the business objectives. Glenn was able to expeditiously define the key challenges we face as a business and then provide key recommendations and an accompanying blueprint of how to tackle these. In the time Glenn worked with us at Domain, he was able to make a material difference and we will certainly be working with him regularly. I would strongly recommend Glenn to add value in any type of business and at any level of an organisation, be that a start-up or a mature enterprise. 

Scott Farqhuar, Founder & Owner, Atlassian

 We hired Jodette at Atlassian to take our HR practices from that of a small start-up, and professionalise them in preparation for our rapid growth. Jodette brought her wealth of experience to bear at Atlassian and quickly put in place policies and procedures that helped us grow, but maintain our corporate culture. I would recommend Jodette to any small/medium business that has identified HR as an area that they want to professionalise.  

Ted Tencza, Head of Technology and Design, finder.com.au

 Soren is an excellent VP of Engineering, able to lead companies from being start-ups to world class leaders in their fields. He is highly technical, detail oriented leader, but doesn't forget that developers are also people. I worked with Soren as he guided Atlassian and Bigcommerce Engineering departments through rapid growth, and he was always there, ready to meet all the challenges - both technical and personnel, with a calm steady approach. 

Tony Surtees, Director, Brandscreen

 Glenn is an executive with a never-give-up work ethic who both projected confidence and purpose into his teams. Glenn is instrumental in the creation of a high-performing culture across multiple teams against the conditions of intense competition, high service levels and the uncertainty that characterise startups. Glenn has not only recruited a top-notch technical teams, he keeps them organised and focused while instilling a customer centric set of values amongst technology personnel who had little direct client exposure. He also manages to promote a genuine sense of reciprocity and mutual respect across both the commercial and technology teams. This gave sales staff the confidence to make promises to clients knowing that their commitments would be delivered, all while maintaining a sense of pride, ownership and innovation in product and support. And clients love him! I’d recommend Glenn for any startup looking to professionalise engineering culture, and bring the full force of sales, engineering, and customer service to the business.