Mentors
The Seed Accelerator™ Mentor Pool
We have built up and are still expanding our Seed Accelerator™ Mentor Pool: a group of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, accredited coaches, business mentors, lawyers, accountants, investors, technologists, telecommunications specialists, financial specialists, marketing & sales specialists, health specialists, education specialists, medical specialists and various other specialists. This great group of exceptional people is dedicated to support, assist and mentor all participants on our programs. They help them to success faster and better!
Below a selection of mentors on our Mentor Pool.
Entrepreneurs:
- Clay Cook - Founder & Chairman at Ineedhits, Co-Founder & Chairman at Gooruze, Co-Founder & CEO at Vibe Capital, Co-Founder & CEO at Minti
- Neil Ackland - Managing Director at Sound Alliance
- Curt Shi - Chinese serial entrepreneur, business mentor & skateboarder
- Ross Dawson - Chairman at The Insight Exchange & Founding Chairman at Future Exploration Network
- Martin Hosking - Co-founder at RedBubble, Chairman at Aconex
- Peter Sheahan - Gen Y expert, entrepreneur, author, trainer, speaker
- Chandan Kudige - Founder & CTO at Wintutis Inc., Founder & CEO at Kudang Technologies
- Craig Winkler - Founder of MYOB
- Sam Morgan - Founder at TradeMe.co.nz, Director at Xero.com, Director at Sonar6, Director at Visfleet
- Rod Drury - CEO of Xero.com, Founder at Context Connect, Director at NZX, New Zealand Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and 2007
- Ryan Junee - Sold his 1st startup to Google within 6 months. Now working on the next
- Andrew Barlow - Founder of Hitwise, Non-Executive Director at Nitro PDF, Executive Chairman at Adslot, Director at Nitro PDF Software
- Ron Cattell - Principal at M-Group Investments, Non-Exec Director at DataCraft Asia
- Chris Saad - VP Strategy at Echo, Co-Founder at DataPortability Project, Co-Founder at Media 2.0 Workgroup
- Tim Davis - Foounder & CEO at Fluc Media
- Bruce Joy - Founder & CEO VastPark
- Shea Writer - Founder & CEO of NSDB / BANGK!
- Chris Kettle - Founder & Director at my247.mobi, Co-Founder at Mobile Monday Brisbane
- Leigh Jasper - Co-Founder at Aconex
- Marc Lehmann - Founder & CEO at Saasu
- Adam Garone - Founder at The Movember Foundation, 2008 Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year
- Ben Keighran - Co-Founder & CEO of Chomp, Advisor at Clixtr
- Onno Bakker - Co-Founder & COO at eBuddy, Founder & CEO at Tritone Hosting
- Richard Bell - Founder & Non-Exec Director of Reverse Corp
- Naren Nagpal - Founder & CEO at ReadiMinds
- Jost Stollman - Founder & CEO at Tyro Payments, Founder & CEO at MoneySwitch
- Mike Walsh - Founder & CEO at Tomorrow
- Omar Khalifa - Managing Director at Livewire
- Chandan Kudige - Founder & CTO at Wintutis Inc., Founder & CEO at Kudang Technologies
- Colin Cardwell - CEO at 3rd Sense and Fizzy.com
- Chris Hitchen - Managing Director at GetPrice
- Ilkka Tales - Chairman at Mogeneration, CEO at Hostech, M&A Advisory at Myriad Group AG
- Barrie Harrop - Executive Director at Windesal Limited, CEO at Velocitimage Group
- Trent Davis - Founder & CEO at Netbox Blue
- Mike Aston - CEO at Distra
- Gary W. Whitehill - Founder at New York Entrepreneur Week, Board of Directors at CCSU School of Business, Founder at The Relentless Foundation
- Adrian Giles - Co-Founder at Hitwise
- Jeroen Tas - Partner at Exigen Capital, CEO at TASK-INC
- Patrick Wilson - CEO & Founder at Q-pon.nl, CEO at SMSHosting.nl
- Rob Antulov - Founder & CEO at 3eep, Director at Hall Capital Strategies, Director at AutoChic
- Michael Malone - Founder & CEO at iiNet
- Benoît Brookens - Principal at Social Interactive, Chairman at Trade Dock Co., Principal at Brookens & Co.
- Marc Loveridge - CEO at Thinq Digital, Founder & MD at Market United
- Jason Hart - CEO at idOnDemand, Founder at NexKey Systems, Founder at Mission Peak Ranch
- Mike Zimmerman - CEO and co-founder at BuildingIQ, Managing Director at Bondi Ventures, President at Stanford Australia Association
- Steve Outtrim - Founder & CEO at Majitek, Chairman & Founder at ekoLiving
- Stephen Baxter - Co-Founder & Non-Exec Director at PIPE Networks, Founder of SE Net
- Bevan Slattery - Co-Founder & Managing Director at PIPE Networks
- Matthew Crowe - Founder & CEO at Huckleberry, VC, author
- Ian Cumming - CEO at Travellr, CTO & Director at Tickit Systems, Director at Insight4
- Wout van Damme - Founder & CEO at Funbox
- Tony Faure - Director at Business Spectator, Chairman at MyTickets, Chairman at Torque
- Pablo Perez III - Co-Founder/CFO at Kibin, Entrepreneurship Mentor at BUILD, Principal at STS Ventures
- Graham Wood - CEO and Founder of Wotif.com
- Simon Button - Co-founder & CTO at Ozmota
- Berry Driessen - CEO at Komosion
- Trond Johannessen - Chief Strategy Officer at CTB Group, CEO at Blackwolf, Director at Phire Works
- Simon Baker - CEO at Classified Ad Ventures, Director at 3eep, Director at Redbubble
- Matthew Tripp - CEO at Sportsbet
- Rod Johnson - Founder & GM at SpringSource, SVP Middleware at VMware
- Simon Clausen - Founder & ex-CEO of PC Tools
- Simon Ford - Founder at EventsListed.com, Founder at SocialTraffic.biz & The Zoo Group
- Bart Jellema - Co-founder & CEO of Tjoos.com, Founder at Startup-Australia.org, Founder at XS2.me
Technology Experts:
- Mark Pesce - co-inventor of VRML, Honorary Associate at University of Sydney, Lecturer in Interactive Media, author
- Simon McNamara - CIO Consumer Bank at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore)
- Roger Kermode - Internet & New Media expert, CTO, Chief Privacy Officer at Effective Measure
- Michael Gindy - Head of Engineering at Westpac Banking Corporation
- Torben Lundgren - CTO Accenture BPO at Accenture
- Catherine Eibner - Dynamics Developer Evangelist at Microsoft
- Leon Vandenberg - CTO at Rights Commerce, Founder & Chairman at GET IT
- Timothy Hitchens - Senior Partner at Quawelsh, Founder at Techshin Ventures, Advisor at mooify.com
- Daniel Biondi - Chief Technology Officer, Financial Services at HP
- Michael Princz - Application Lifecycle specialist & Sales Manager at Sikkra
- Alexander van der Laan - CEO at SEMA Group
- Tim van der Werff - Enterprise Architect at HP Enterprise Services
- Kerry Crampton - ex-CIO and now CIO mentor
- David Backley - Managing Director Retail Technology at DBS Bank
- Scott Anderson - Senior Consulting Architect at Dell
- Michael Coomer - Chairman at Esined Technologies
- Ari Berman - Founder & CEO at Mobile Applications
- Hedde Schuitemaker - Partner at Analytics8
- Jason Goecke - Vice President of Innovation at Voxeo Labs, Advisor at Zephyr Financial Technologies, Partner at Adhearsion
- Rajesh Kumar - CEO at Auspower Consulting, Founder at Myindianlinks.com
- Hubert van Dalen - Managing Director at Itility
- Michael Harte - Group CIO at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- Youssef Moussa - Data Centre Commercial Manager at Westpac
- Leroy Mason - Microsoft Practice Leader at HP
- Arjen Dalebout - Technical Lead & Oracle DBA expert
- Stephen Kowal - General Manager at CSC, ex-CIO at CSC, ex-CIO at BHP Biliton
Corporate Mentors:
- Annalie Killian - Director Innovation, Communication & Collaboration at AMP
- Billy Tucker - Business Development Director, Consumer and On-Line, International at Microsoft Corporation
- Roland Slee - Vice President Database Product Management at Oracle, Guest Lecturer in Organisational Leadership at University of Technology Sydney
- Craig Scroggie - Vice President & Managing Director at Symantec Corporation, Board of Advisors at Computers Off Australia, Chairman at Storage Networking Industry Association
- Dominic O'Hanlon - Chief Strategy Officer at MYOB
- Basil Anastasatos - Director Global Solution Center APAC at Oracle
- Steve Pryce - General Manager Asia Pacific at EMC Document Sciences
- Geraldine Chin Moody - Chief Operating Officer at Baker & McKenzie, Winner 2008 Young Manager of The Year
- David Miller - Vice President at NCR Corporation
- Ferry Kamp - Marketing Director Foods Australasia at Unilever
- Udaya Devineni - Vice President Global Services Delivery at Oracle
- Munib Karavdic - Group Strategy Principal at AMP, Visiting Fellow - Australian School of Business at University of New South Wales
- Rick Seeto - VP Enterprise Solutions ANZ & CMO Asia at Nortel
- Justin Cooper - Director Global Alliances APJ at EMC Corporation
- Michael Gindy - Head of Engineering at Westpac
- Robert Oudmayer - CEO at GE Money Switzerland
- Joop Gerlach - Director Global Indirect Channels - Asia Pacific at BT Global Services
- Ashish Saxena - Head of eCommerce Asia Pacific at DHL Express Asia Pacific
- Bob Coombs - Sales Director, Northern Region at Hyro, Chairman Faculty of Informatics Advisory at University of Wollongong, Chairman/Director at IPN
- Steffen Land - Vice President Solution Management at Oracle
Recruitment & HR Mentors:
- Kelly Magowan - Co-founder & CEO at Six Figures
- Annemarie Cross - Radio Host, Career Coach, Personal Branding Strategist
- Stan Relihan - CEO at Expert Executive Search
- Keith McArdle - Senior Consultant at Oryx People
- Birte Verhaegen - Founder & CEO at Boolos
- Matthew Booth - HR Specialist at AT&T
- Ed Kirby - Founder & Director at Interim Management Network
- Chris Frederick - Business Development Director at Kelly Services
- Gary Smith - Managing Director, ASEAN at Carmichael Fisher
- Rutger Hessling - Senior HR Business Partner at QBE
- Ross Clennett - Recruitment expert - speaker, trainer, writer/commentator and coach
- David Talamelli - Principal Recruiter at Oracle Corporation in APAC Region
- Ben West - Founder & Managing Director at Up Executive Agents & Search
- Karen Cariss - Founder & CEO at PageUp People, 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year
Networking & Social Media Mentors:
- Elias Bizannes - Start-up expert
- Clifford Rosenberg - Managing Director at LinkedIn
- Ross Dawson - Founding Chairman at Future Exploration Network
- Mark Parker - CEO at Smart Social Media
- Kate Carruthers - Strategy Consultant at Hyro, Director at Creation Nation, Digital Strategy Consultant at Digital Business Group
- Piers Hogarth-Scott - Managing Director at Community Engine
- Roeland Reinders - Founder & Director at E-Factor, Advisor at Clubs of the World, Advisor at MT Company, President, Co-Founder at OHM, Inc
- Iggy Pintado - CEO at ConnectGen, Sales & Marketing business leader, Social Media specialist, Coach, Trainer, Author
- Ian Lyons - Social Media Advisor at IanLyons.com
- Sam Mutimer - Social Media Strategist at Thinktank Media & Social Media nut, energetic Web 2.0 strategist, Speaker, radio host on kiss.fm and all round people connector.
- Ivan Roth - Co-founder at lava people
- Walter Adamson - CEO at NewLeaseG2M, Founder at Digitalinvestor.com.au & Australian Partner at Social Media Academy, Certified Social Media Consultant
Legal Mentors:
- Mark Toohey – Founder & CEO at Adroit Lawyers
- Willem Stevens - Attorney at Law & Tax Counsel at Equitas
- Lucy Meadley - Lawyer & Trade Marks Attorney at Optim Legal
- Chris Baxter - Principal at Baxter IP
- Mark Neely - Head of Strategy at Hyro, Founder & Trustee at Umbrella Trust, Co-Founder at Rife Media
- Dr. Michael Bates – Principal at 1 Place Patent Attorneys & Solicitors
Accountancy Mentors:
- Michael Derin - Founder & Managing Director at Azure Group
- Willem-Jeroen Stevens - Founder & CEO at Transparent
- Anna Kyriacou - Founder & CEO at AKA Group (accountants – advisors – mentors)
- Jeroen IJntema - Group Reporting Manager at Sinclair Knight Merz, ex-Senior Manager at PWC
- Cornelie Broekhuysen - Director at PWC
Finance & Fund Raising Mentors:
- Daniel Kleijn - Head of M&A, Southeast Asia at UBS
- Harmen Frederikze - Group Corporate Finance Manager at iSOFT
- Matthew Costello - CFO & Executive Director at Hostech, Director of Strategy at Flaxton Hunter
- Dennis Doornbos - Manager Transaction Services at KPMG
- Andrew Lorking - Director at Polaris Capital
- Paul Niederer - CEO at Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB)
- Menno Veeneklaas - Managing Director & Partner at Barrack & York Corporate Advisors
- Steve Hobbs - Managing Director at Achieve Capital
- Simon Pillar - MD & Founder at Pacific Equity Partners (PEP)
VC & Angel Investor Mentors:
- Tristen Langley - Investment Director at Southern Cross Venture Partner
- Nick McNaughton - Founder at Blue Cove Ventures
- Yinglan Tan - Head of Projects at National Research Foundation / Singapore Prime Minister's Office & Author at The Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your Board
- Bill Bartee - CEO at Southern Cross Venture Partners
- Bill Woo - Chinese Investment and Business Bevelopment at Eastman Chemical, & CEO at Fuyoo Software Technology Co.
- Tony Surtees - CEO at HyperLocalizer, Exec. Director at iPrime, Advisor at Advance Australia Foundation
- Brett Morris - General Partner at NEO Technology Ventures & Managing Director at Fortune Group
- Bruno Bensaid - Angel Investor at AAMA Shanghai Chapter, Managing Director at Shanghaivest Ltd & Founder/Organizer at MobileMonday Shanghai
- Daniel Petre - Executive Chairman at Netus
- Owen Matheson - Director at Oasis Australasia
- David Kowalski - Director at Green Lane Digital, Director at Capital Caddy
- Tom Paffen - Owner at Byblos Ventures, Investor at ING Parcom Private Equity, Advisory Board at Fronton
- Chris Aitken - Partner at Borondi Group, Managing Director at Muzeview, Affiliate Director at LECG Board Member at Advance
- Thatcher Bell - Principal at Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures
- Aaron Rothenberg - Investment Manager at Giza Venture Capital
- Nick Birrell - Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Venture Executive at Innovation Capital, Managing Director at Kintan
- Adam Burck - Managing Director at Evergreen Equity
- Burton Lee - Principal & Co-Founder at Space Angels Network, Managing Partner at Innovarium Ventures, Director and Engineering Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Stanford University
- Lucy Lee - Partner at Citigroup Venture Capital
- Rob Scott - Chairman at Angels Shanghai
- Dave Rogers - Chief Coach and Master Trainer at XL Results Foundation, Investor Relations & Chief Coach at The XL Group, Director at E-ART-H Works
- David Landers - CEO at Allen & Buckeridge Emerging Technologies Fund
- Jimmy Hsu - Managing Director at Eagle Asia Capital
- Roger Allen - Co-Founder & Managing Director at Allen & Buckeridge
- Alberto Fattori - Business Incubator at China Media Lab, Innovation & Business Development at Italian Center Shanghai, Founder & Chairman at Meta-Solution LAB
- Alison Deans - Executive Director at Netus
- Dick van Druten - Fund Manager at Triple-E Fund, Executive at Kylla Group
- Andrew Heinrichs - Acquisitions Director at HK Strategic Venture Fund
- Michelle Deaker - Partner at Andover Venture Partners, Founder at OneVenture, Founder at E-Com
Business Development, Negotiation & Sales Mentors:
- Sandeep Balaji - Managing Director and Co-Founder at Qiu Inc & Non Executive Board Member at Eguardian
- Paul Izbicki - Founder & Managing Director of Total Interaction
- Erik de Boer - Head of Sales Effectiveness, Asia at Thomson Reuters, Asia
- Paul Zagoridis - Managing Director at Pellita Holdings, Producer at Edge of the World Productions
- Dipen Dhruv - Director Consulting & Systems Integration at SEMA Group, CEO at Leap Frog Consulting
- Richard Batka - Managing Director at Anthony Alexander Partners
- Matt Lohmeyer - Negotiator & Licensing Professional, Principal Consultant at Scotwork Negotiating Skills
Business & Leadership Mentors:
- Philip Scott - Mentor at Australian Institute of Company Directors, CEO & Business Mentor at Quantum Advantage
- Patrick Mooney - Managing Director at Asia Pacific Growth Partnerships and Adjunct Lecturer, International Entrepreneurship & Strategy at Australian School of Business
- Cheenu Srinivasan - Founder & Director at Ganges Consulting
- Jason Murray - Founder & Managing Director at Madston Black - Leadership Performance
- Harris Madden - Director & Managing Partner at LaVolta Principals, Non-Exec Director at Balance! Healthcare, Non-Exec Director at Creative Republic
- David Urpani - Investor Member at Melbourne Angels, Managing Principal at Significant Digits
- Brendan Harkin - Founder & Director at X|Media|Lab
- Mick Liubinskas - Web Strategist & Co-Founder at Pollenizer
- Dr Martijn Driessen - Founder & CEO at Entrepreneur Consultancy Group
- Amanda Sheard - Partner at Madston Black
Leadership & Business Coaches:
- Angela Heise - Transformational Coach & Trainer
- Grant Herbert - Director & Coach at People Builders
- Ben West - Founder at Up Executive Agents & Leadership Coach
- Emma Lo Russo - CEO & Principal at 4C Growth, Director at Validity Coaching
- Denis Gianoutsos - Global Lead Executive & Key Talent Delivery at HP & Founder at Maximum Stretch
- Dave Rogers - Chief Coach and Master Trainer at XL Results Foundation, Investor Relations & Chief Coach at The XL Group, Director at E-ART-H Works
- Philip Scott - CEO at Quantum Advantage, Business Coach & Co-founder at Topikality.com
- Deano Gomes-Luis - Manager at HP, SMB expert, researcher & Business Coach, NLP Coach
- Wayne Spencer - Leadership Coach & Application Services Manager at HP Enterprise Services
- Erik de Jong - Executive Coach & Facilitator at Keystone de Jong Associates
- Kim Seeling Smith - Coach & Mentor at The Reinvention Guru
- James Clark - Excellence in Business & Personal Transformation. NLP coach & Matrix Therapies Trainer at Alchemy Consulting
- Bianca de Reus - Founder of The Power To Be & Transformational Coach
- Tom Olyslagers - Co-Founder & Director at KeyBusinessCoach
PR & Marketing Mentors:
- Jo Balfour - Communications Specialist at Progressiva
- Daniel Lizurek - CEO & Founder at Fast Profits
- Kim Heras - Editor at The Next Web Australia, Co-founder at One Eye Deer
- Dorit Grueber - CEO at BlackBlue Media Group
- Petra Buchanan - CEO at ASTRA (Australian Subscription TV & Radio Association)
- Esme Vos - Founder & CEO at Pajama Entrepreneur
- Ed Schmidt - Media & Marketing Strategy Consultant at Expedia Asia Pacific, Principal & Founder at Whizzm
- James Tuckerman - Publlisher & Editor-in-Chief at Anthill Magazine
- Sander Gielen - Commercial & Marketing Director at Telfort
- Graeme Gladman - Founding Principal at BrandQuest
- Sonia Higgins - Director at Sonova Media
- Bas van Herten - Client Services Director at Design Bridge
- Jen Storey - Director at Mutually Exclusive, Marketing & PR at Social Horizon, Founder at Interactive Minds
- Sander Dijkstra - Director Concept & Design at Synsation Graphic Design
- Jen Bischop - CEO of Loyalty Media, Chief Editor of Dynamic Business magazine
Health & Wellbeing Mentors:
- Dr. Rob King - Men's Health & Nutrition Specialist at Sydney Mens Health
- Stacey Demarco - Internationally respected Metaphysicist, Psychiatrist, witch & author, 2009 Australian Psychic of the Year
- Ross Windsham - Founder of Total Health Brookvale, Physiotherapist, Acupuncturist & Chiropractor
- Martine Vink - Fitness Trainer & Nutritionist, HR Manager at Funbox Media Group
- Sam Cancelier - Fitness Trainer & NLP Coach
Music & Entertainment Mentors
- Steve Clisby - Singer, Music Producer & Composer
- Dean Haitani - Singer, Guitarist, Song Writer, Music Producer
- Dane Laboyrie - Trumpet player
- Paul Muller - VP & Managing Director at Paramount Home Entertainment Australia
- Ngaiire - Singer, Guitarist, Song Writer
Government and R&D Mentors:
- Paul Wallbank - Manager Creative Industries - Investment and Industry Development at NSW Government & Columnist at Smartcompany.com.au
- Ellen Gorissen - Manager Commercialisation Business Services at CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Rob Fitzpatrick - Commercialisation Director at NICTA
Education & Science Mentors:
- Dr. Tom McKaskill - Global serial entreptreneur, world renouned author, ex-Richard Prat Professor of Entrepreneurship at Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.
- Michael ter Haar - CEO at Mind Resources
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