NUHEARA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director / Engineering Science
Mr. Buckingham is an experienced corporate professional with over 25 years' of experience across the rapidly growing and changing sectors of communications, media, technology and education. Mr. Buckingham has a diverse educational background and an impressive career which began in the UK with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later moved into the telecommunications industry where he devoted much of his early career working in several prominent finance roles for global companies. After migrating to Australia at the end of 2007, Mr. Buckingham joined iiNet as the internet service provider's CFO and Company Secretary. He was appointed CEO in 2015 prior to the company being bought by TPG, whereupon he left the telecommunications industry to join Navitas Limited in January 2016 as the organisation's CFO. In March 2018 he stepped into the role of Group CEO, before overseeing the successful privatisation of the company to a private equity consortium in Australia.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Co - Founder
- Executive Director
David is a seasoned international sales and marketing executive with experience across the consumer and technology sectors. David was the CMO for Sensear where he developed his passion for commercializing audio technology devices. He has advised many startups on go-to-market and growth strategies and was the founding CEO of ANZA Technology Network, a leading cross-pacific technology entrepreneurs network.
Mr. Cannington, who was based in San Francisco, California, US before his secondment to the Perth, Australia office in 2019, has over 25 years' global sales and marketing experience. He has held senior positions in sales and marketing for companies spanning consumer packaged goods (Cadbury Schweppes), advertising (McCann Erickson), data analytics (Neochange) and hearing technology (Sensear Pty Ltd). He has advised many startups on go-to-market and growth strategies and was the founding CEO of ANZA Technology Network, a leading cross-Pacific technology entrepreneurs' network. David has been recognized as one of the most influential Australian technology executives in Silicon Valley and brings a global perspective to technology commercialization.
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer
- Product Engineer
Alan is an experienced audio product engineer who has spent more than 12 years developing and bringing to market innovative audio technologies for consumer electronics and audio communication products. He holds a PhD in Digital Signal Processing from Curtin University, Australia. Alan has held management positions at Dolby Laboratories and Sensear, an industrial communications company.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Finance Executive
Jean-Marie is an accomplished senior finance executive with over 20 years' experience in the corporate sector and professional services, including almost 10 years as CFO and Company Secretary in ASX listed companies. She has held senior leadership roles at ILH Group Limited, ThinkSmart Limited, the Heytesbury Group and national law firm, Minter Ellison. Jean-Marie is a graduate of Curtin University, Perth, a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
John is a seasoned executive with strong general management and commercialization experience who has held leadership roles at all levels in starting, building, and turning around public and private companies in consumer electronic self-care devices and medical devices over a 29+ year career. John served as CEO, COO and Chief Business Development Officer roles with iHEAR Medical Inc. and EARGO, respectively. John's leadership roles with established and emerging growth companies successfully disrupted hearing healthcare business models, including InSound Medical's Lyric™ device, as an agent of change to provide innovative solutions globally. .
JUSTIN MILLER - CEO, Founder, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Co - Founder
- Managing Director
Justin is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a thorough knowledge of the global technology and innovation marketplace during his 25-year executive career. Justin was the founder and CEO of industrial communication company, Sensear, where he was responsible for growing the global business over a 10-year period. Justin is passionate about hearing technology and has hearing loss in one ear.
Mr. Miller is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a thorough knowledge of the global technology and innovation marketplace during his 25-year executive career.Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Miller has successfully founded and managed the aggressive and profitable growth of technology, manufacturing and service related companies. This includes strategic acquisitions, capital raisings, research and development,product development and onshore/offshore manufacture,significant staff growth and multi-million dollar sales deals involving both direct and channel sales models. Mr. Miller founded ASX-listed IT services company, Empired (ASX:EPD) and most recently was the founder and CEO of industrial hearing and communication company, Sensear Pty Ltd, where he was responsible for growing the global business from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ms. Foster has over 20 years' experience creating and running large internet-based businesses, starting in the late 1990's on Windows Update. Prior to becoming a professional director, Ms. Foster was Senior Director of Microsoft Store online where she managed the sales and merchandising team for Microsoft Store online across 232 geographies. As the Senior Director, she was responsible for an annual revenue budget in the low billions of dollars. Prior to that, for the inception of the Xbox Games Marketplace, Ms. Foster set business vision, strategy and drove the technical execution around digital and physical supply chain technology and operations to enable Xbox's billion-dollar business globally. Ms. Foster has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Class Limited since July 2015. She joined the QSuper Audit and Risk committee in March 2017, and the advisory board of Mine Hive Pty Ltd in May 2019. Ms. Foster is also the managing director of Foster Consulting, a boutique consulting firm focusing on strategic initiatives and direction.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operations Officer
- Senior Manager in Leading All Facets of Operations
Michelle is an experienced senior manager in leading all facets of Operations including Manufacturing, Customer Service, Compliance, Supply Chain and Continuous Improvement. Michelle has significant experience within an ASX environment working in large complex global organizations in key roles in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Nick has spent the past 20 years developing sophisticated Consumer Appliances with some of the world's top brands. He has led global teams, fostering a culture of consumer empathy, and driving product roadmaps to commercialisation and global launch. Nick holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from RMIT University, an Executive MBA from AGSM and has Lean Six Sigma qualifications at Purdue University. His work has been recognised with Red Dot and Australian Design Awards, he is named inventor on over 10 granted Patents.
Ms. Hunter has over 20 years experience in the corporate finance industry. She is founder and managing director of consulting firm Hunter Corporate Pty Ltd, which specializes in the provision of corporate governance and company secretarial advice to ASX listed companies. Ms. Hunter has previously held senior management roles at Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Bankwest both in Perth and Sydney. Ms. Hunter holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia Ltd.
Ms. Park has over 20 years experience in the corporate finance industry. She is founder and managing director of consulting firm Park Advisory Pty Ltd, which specializes in the provision of corporate governance and company secretarial advice to ASX listed companies. Ms. Park has previously held senior management roles at Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Bankwest both in Perth and Sydney. Ms. Park holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia Ltd.