Bob Quodling is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Simmersion Holdings Pty Limited. He has been instrumental in establishing and growing Simmersion from start up. As CEO he has been the frontline business and financial entrepreneur raising $4.5m in equity investment and steering the existing line of business, Simurban, to success in Australia.
Bob has extensive experience as a leader and motivator of high performance teams in the defence and aerospace sectors at the operational and executive level. His skills have been gained in a diverse range of activities including project management, marketing and business development in both operational and development contexts. He has also held a range of command and operations appointments in the Australian Army.
Prior to his current role, Bob held appointments as Director Business Development and General Manager – Operations and Marketing at Electro Optic Systems (EOS), in Canberra, Australia.
Jeff Cotter is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Simmersion Holdings Pty Limited. He is also the inventor of the Simurban and Mycosm software suites.
Jeff was formerly the Senior Software Engineer for Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd (EOS), one of the leading engineering/aerospace companies in the Australian Capital Territory. As the head software engineer for EOS he was instrumental in the design and development of the software for their Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) facilities in Japan and Australia, remotely controlled telescope observatory facilities in the USA and India, and the World’s first optical space surveillance facility at Mt Stromlo for the tracking of space debris in Earth orbit.
Jeff continues to lead the technology vision, research and development at Simmersion for Mycosm to ensure that an Australian software company remains at the forefront of 3D visualisation engines.
Nick has a strong heritage in IT Investments and has a long track record of helping to build and grow software and web companies. Prior to founding Blue Cove Ventures in 2007 he was co-founder of Quivalent Pty Ltd an email and blog marketing company behind zookoda.com. From 2002-2004 he was Director, Asia / Pacific for Wily Technology, establishing their presence in the Pacific. In 2001-2002 he was VP Strategy for Soulmates Technology, which provided an ASP dating solution for MSN. From 1997-2001 he was Director, Asia / Pacific for Allaire, establishing distribution throughout the Pacific.
John has over 40 year's experience at all levels of management in property, construction and investment in Australia and overseas. He is Executive Chairman of Hindmarsh, an organisation established in 1979 which now has an annual turnover approaching $300M. The company has interests in project and construction management, consulting, general contracting, property development and investment, car parking, retirement village operations, investment syndication and venture capital.
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