Joe Hayes
Chief Information Officer and Director
Extensive experience in ‘holographic’ diffusion technology for application in signal processing and psychoacoustics. Extensive experience in Quality Assurance, overseeing business start-ups and helping high growth manufacturing companies manage complexity. Joe founded New Audio and PASSAC, which manufactured and exported audio product throughout the world. He was also the Asia Pacific manager of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Systems for Dade Behring.
Rick Hooper – MAICD
Non Executive Chairman
Extensive experience in senior executive responsibilities as GM, Asia Pacific Industrial Director, MD, CEO and VP of companies M2, Metalformasia and Philips NV. Experience in volume manufacture including legal corporate compliance, strategic growth plans, product category repositioning, high value business turn-arounds, supply chain excellence and operational excellence programs and “Best Practice” governance policy and procedures to ensure and increase shareholder value in industries ranging from lighting to Thin Film Solar.
Jeff McDermid, FCA, GAICD
Non Executive Director
Partner of WMS Chartered Accountants and former partner of Ernst & Young. Extensive experience in capital raisings, strategies and business planning. Board member and/or Company Secretary for a number of private and unlisted public companies. He has also been a director of ASX listed companies. Jeff has a passion for intellectual property based Companies and is a Director of the not for profit, Gold Coast Innovation Centre Ltd, a business incubator co-funded by the Queensland Government, Gold Coast City Council and Griffith University.
Robert Starkey
Non Executive Director
Extensive experience in tier one engineering business development, mechanical and process engineering, market research, new business opportunity identification, bid coordination and development strategy, and project management.
Jennifer Dann
Non Executive Director
Jennifer has extensive experience in business investment. She has represented the state of Queensland in national science conferences and acts as Research and Development support to core IP works.