Our People

As advisors, experts, and business partners, our people bring deep capability and experience to working with you.

Core Team

Co-Founder and CEO

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.

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer

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.

Principal and Consulting Lead

Nick Psanoudakis

Nick is an experienced consultant with a proven track record across Australian higher education, financial services, and mining sectors. He is a results-orientated thinker, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and data insights to deliver tailored and long-lasting solutions.

Senior Consultant

Dani Townsend

Dani is a transformation specialist with over a decade of experience supporting teams through periods of change and turnaround in higher education. With a broad background in Marketing, HR and operations roles, Dani enjoys working with clients to innovate product and service experiences and uplift internal capability to support long-term success.

Engineering Lead

Craig Handley

Craig is a seasoned software engineer and product manager with broad experience developing and maintaining enterprise SaaS applications. With a strong expertise in data science and engineering, Craig has excelled in various industries, including higher education, enterprise software, consulting, and government.

Senior Advisor

Louise Mercer

Louise has over 20 years’ experience working as a senior executive and consultant on large, transformational initiatives. She has broad experience across industries including education, financial services, insurance and technology. Louise has held senior executive appointments at large Australian organisations including Suncorp, Everledger and World Vision.

Consultant

Richard Ma

Richard is a skilled consultant and data analyst with a background in Engineering and entrepreneurship. Richard's professional experiences have been across higher education, e-commerce, and media. Known for his strategic insight and engaging style, Richard has contributed to numerous transformative initiatives across various sectors.

Partnerships Advisor

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.

Advisors

Non-Executive Director

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.

Non-Executive Director

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.

Advisory Board

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.

Advisory Board

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.

Advisory Board

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.

Advisory Board

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.

Advisory Board

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.