About AptoNow

Tom O’Connor

Tom is a proven leader and education expert with a decade of experience across government and Australia’s top-tier management consulting firms. First at McKinsey & Company, then Nous Group, Tom has worked with senior executives from some of Australia’s leading educational institutions to solve their most challenging operational and strategic problems.

Dr. Kenneth Moore

Dr. Moore is one of Australia's leading experts in tertiary education data engineering and analysis. His PhD focused on optimising productivity and performance in Australian higher education. Dr Moore also worked in industry as a Senior Data Scientist at Nous Group, developing sophisticated data models to help organisations optimise business operations.

Wenfei Lian

Wenfei has 10+ years experience leading high-performing software engineering teams. He has deep expertise in the end-to-end design, build and deployment of new cloud applications. Wenfei previously led engineering teams at Qantas, Infosys and Foundr, a Melbourne-based EdTech start-up. He also completed his MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Eugenia Yuan

Eugenia is a Marketing & Business Development Specialist with comprehensive experience in the education sector, working across universities, training institutes, and industry service providers. With her background in Commerce and Social Work, she is passionate about empowering business decisions that create sustaining impact.

Dr. Garry Garside

Dr. Garry has extensive corporate experience and has successfully established and operated a variety of significant businesses. He is the Chairman at Rent.com.au and the Managing Director at Watersun Property. Previously, he was the Managing Director at Endeavour Healthcare. Dr. Garry is also a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians.

Sami Sara

Sami Sara is the co-founder and senior partner at Lawcrest, a successful and fast-growing Melbourne-based law firm focused on commercial law with a specialisation in technology and start-ups. He has a passion for startups and SME’s and has an extensive client base within the telecommunications and information technology sectors.

Jon Baldwin

Jon is an experienced technology and higher education executive, and has worked across the UK and Australian higher education systems for almost 35 years. Jon has worked in senior roles at both Tribal Group and Worktribe, two of the UK’s largest higher education technology companies. Prior to this, Jon was Chief Operations Officer at Murdoch University.

Sally Hill

Sally is an experienced strategist, digital communicator, and purpose-driven business expert. Sally founded successful businesses, led creative studios, developed brands, and ran effective digital communications campaigns. Her previous roles include Founder and Director of Wildwon, General Manager at Sydney of Today, and Engagement Advisor for Climate 200.

Neville Hiscox

Neville is a widely respected university administrator, with over 20 years of experience leading student administration teams at Australia’s largest universities.

Neville is currently the Chief Student Services Officer at Curtin University, and Chair of Heads of Student Administration Australia and New Zealand.

Prof. Darrell Evans

Professor Evans is a proven education innovator who has held senior roles in both Australia and the UK as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Newcastle and Pro Vice Chancellor (Education) at Monash University. He is also the founder of globalDARBE, a bespoke agency offering industry-leading consulting and training for higher education.

The Hon. Lisa Singh

Lisa Singh is a former Australian Senator and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the Australian Parliament. She is currently the CEO of the Australia India Institute and Deputy Chair of the Australia-India Council. She has worked extensively with universities in both India and Australia.