POSITION PARTNERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Executive Manager Geospatial
Adam currently manages the company's Geospatial business. After starting his career as a surveyor, he joined the civilcad CAD software team for 5 years.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director - Position Partners New Zealand
Alex has managed the New Zealand business since 2016, when his company Optical Services joined the Position Partners group.
Andrew manages Position Partners' mining, solar and landfill business across Australia, South East Asia and New Zealand.
Job Titles:
- Strategic Head of People and Culture
Bernadette is an experienced Human Resources professional with extensive experience across both private and public sectors.
Brian was a founder of Position Partners, who sadly passed away on 17th January 2016 after a battle with cancer. Brian commenced his sales career in 1975 with Banbury Engineering, then distributors for Kato excavators, and sold his first laser in 1976. He moved to Laser Alignment in 1980 and was one of the early pioneers of the use of dual grade lasers and machine control. Together with business partner Garry Fleming, he started Laserquip in Sydney in 1987, where they introduced the concept of 2D control for graders in 1990. Brian managed the NSW and ACT operation of Position Partners.
With a wealth of experience in sales, product management and business development, Cameron now leads the company's Customer Experience strategy.
Daniel Todd joined Mitsui & Co (Australia) Ltd in 2002 and has been in the role of General Manager of the Mobility Division since January 2018.
Job Titles:
- Executive Manager Building
With a strong sales and business development background, David leads the building business at Position Partners.
Having founded and managed Stadia Instruments with business partner Bernard Cecchele in the early 1980s,
which merged with four other businesses in 2008 to become Position Partners, Garry has an invaluable breadth and depth of experience in the business. Garry served on the company Board of Directors for many years, Garry now manages all Australian and New Zealand regions and is the Regional Manager for Western Australia.
Job Titles:
- Executive Manager Services
Gary started his journey with Position Partners as an installer and later a field support technician.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Marketing Manager
Gina began her career as a journalist in the UK, working for an online newswire at a London-based publishing company.
Greg has built his career in both the construction materials and equipment rental industries and holds a degree in Business and Marketing.
Job Titles:
- Strategic Business Development & Queensland Manager
Harry has been directly involved in the Laser and Machine Control business for 20 years commencing in the service area.
Having started his career as a surveyor, and then co-founder of a national IT company, Ian has an excellent technical background and understanding of business.
Isako Yamamoto joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd in 1992 as a member of the company's legal division.
Isako Yamamoto joined the Position Partners board as a Non-Executive Director in August, 2022.
James graduated with a Masters in Civil Engineering from Exeter University in 1999 and after a brief stint as a Structural Engineer, requalified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Job Titles:
- Executive Manager of Products
Joel is the Executive Manager of Products, with a primary focus on our key strategic partner and supplier, Topcon
After completing a Bachelor of Surveying (Hons) at the University of Otago, Joel has been raised in the industry over the last 20 years, having worked around the world in a variety of roles related to machine control and related technology.
With customers always front of mind, Josh brings a wealth of business development and technical capability to his role leading the Civil business at Position Partners.
Martin Nix - CEO, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Managing Director
Martin Nix is the CEO and Managing Director of Position Partners. He practiced as a surveyor until 1984 and then joined Leica Geosystems where he held a number of management roles in Australia, Switzerland and USA until 2009 where he held a number of management roles in Australia, Switzerland and USA until 2009.
Job Titles:
- Regional Manager - South East Asia
Mat is a qualified surveyor with extensive experience across a wide cross section of technologies including machine control, paving solutions, survey and GNSS equipment.
Job Titles:
- Executive Manager / Business Development and Planning
With a legal education, Seiya has been active in planning many of Mitsui's investment strategies since 2015.