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Executive Team

Gerard Ward

Managing Director / Owner

Gerard has over 10 years experience in delivering online human resources solutions in a recruitment and development context. Gerard has worked for TestGrid for over 7 years and, following a Management Buy Out in 2007, became Managing Director and major shareholder of the company. Gerard has initiated, negotiated and delivered successful solutions for many government and ASX Top 300 corporate clients. He has a practical hands-on understanding of assessment products, processes and best of breed online solutions.

Gerard has a BA in Marketing & Finance and is accredited in many of the tools on the TestGrid Platform.

Barrie Dobson

Executive Chairman / Owner

Barrie has over 20 years experience in initiating, negotiating and delivering corporate transactions in his role as an Investment Banker / Corporate Advisor with JPMorgan, Hambros and McIntoshs. Barrie is Managing Director of DST Group which focuses on advising and partnering with Owner Operators. He is also Managing Director of DST Corporate and AUC, which arranged all aspects of the 2007 Management Buy Out of TestGrid. Barrie is actively involved in seeking new business directions for TestGrid and forming joint ventures to host Intellectual Property on TestGrid's industry-recognised online platform.

Barrie has a BEng(Mech) and MBA from the University of Melbourne, is an Accredited Associate of the Institute for Independent Business and is accredited in many of the tools on the TestGrid platform.

Richard Ferguson

Non-Executive Director / Owner

Richard has over 25 years Sales and Marketing experience with the last 15 years focussed within the online/internet industry. He was the Sales Director of OzEmail Internet, helped pioneer a world first in online video banking with Citibank Australia and has been involved with several early stage online opportunities such as web TV, social lending, alternate online payment solutions and online directories. Contracted in 2005 to help TestGrid evaluate and establish the right channel structure he also helped facilitate the management buy out in 2007 and is assisting in maximising TestGrid’s online presence.

Richard is a qualified direct marketer, holds a marketing diploma and is an accredited associated of the Institute of Independent Business.

IT Development & Support

Eric Pau

Eric joined TestGrid as a Graduate J2EE Software Developer in early 2006. Since then he has been responsible for implementing and managing customised projects, including over 22 integrations as well many large corporate and Government Projects.

Eric has transitioned to being the IT Development Lead in 2010. Eric demonstrates an exceptionally high level of organisational and time management skills, including the ability to plan, manage multiple development tasks, set priorities and meet multiple software development deadlines using Agile Methodologies.

Eric holds a Master of Information Technology from Monash University.

Henry Tian

Henry has been a senior developer at TestGrid for 8 years and his responsibilities encompass the breadth of resource management activity involved in the design, development and deployment of the Online Testing application. His tertiary qualifications include Grad Dip in Computer Science (Australian Postgraduate Research Award), Bachelor of Engineering and Masters of Engineering.

Brett Carr

Brett joined TestGrid in early 2009 and has over ten years experience delivering high availability enterprise solutions in various industries such as finance, media and learning and development. Brett has expertise in a myriad of technologies within the enterprise java space and Flex RIAs.

Tony McDonald

Tony joined TestGrid in late 2008 as a J2EE Software Engineer. He is responsible for implementing customised solutions to meet the requirements of TestGrid’s current and future clients, including integration with external platforms using HRXML and other technologies.

Tony provides high quality deliverables and is able to manage multiple development tasks across concurrent projects. He uses Agile Methodologies to help him prioritise and meet development deadlines efficiently.

Anthony holds an Honours Degree in Software Engineering from the University of Manchester.

Luke Zhou

Luke joined TestGrid as a Graduate JavaEE Software Developer in 2010. Luke is excellent in grasping new concepts quickly with high attention to details. Luke is passionate in software development, especially in developing enterprise level Java applications in the OOP paradigm.

Luke holds a Master of Engineering in Distributed Computing from the University of Melbourne.

Psychology Solutions

Natalie Mattiuzzo

Lead Senior Consultant

Natalie has a Master's degree in Organisational/Industrial Psychology from Deakin University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Australian Catholic University. Her major research projects were centred around the topics of work life balance and migrant worker experiences.

During her career, Natalie has worked with the Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman on a quality assurance project, and with The Reach Foundation to update their Performance Management Processes.

Since joining TestGrid in 2007, Natalie has focused on delivering psychometric solutions for recruitment and development programs, benchmarking performance, test interpretation and data analysis. She has delivered assessment centre programs for BP Australia, has experience in customising training sessions for a range of TestGrid’s clientele including MARS Australia and Crown Casino, has facilitated customised Team Building workshops, and worked on Telstra’s segmenting talent project. Furthermore, she plays an integral role in TestGrid's development of leading edge products and services.

Danielle Huebner

Senior Consultant

Danielle has a Master's degree in Organisational/Industrial Psychology and a Bachelor Degree of public relations from Deakin University. Her major research projects throughout her psychology degree centred on the impact of cultural differences on person-organisation fit, work values and job satisfaction. Danielle has also conducted extensive research in the area of negotiation styles. Danielle’s research findings were presented at the 2007 Australian Industrial/Organisational Psychology Conference.

With TestGrid, Danielle has focused on delivering psychometric solutions centring around recruitment and development programs, benchmarking and validation studies, customized reporting, test interpretation and the assessment of workforce capability. She has delivered assessment centre programs for BP Australia, analysed benchmarking results for St George Bank and advised publishers on actual test outputs. In addition, she plays an integral role in TestGrid's development of leading edge products and services.

In addition to her experience with TestGrid, Danielle has extensive experience consulting around the use of psychometric assessments for recruitment and development purposes. She has also managed several large scale research projects with organisations such as Connex and ACROD. Additionally, as part of the Group Surveys team at ANZ Danielle managed their international engagement survey, liaised with a range of stakeholders and departments.

Christine Yeung

Consultant

Christine holds a Master’s degree in Organisational/Industrial Psychology from Deakin University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. Her major research projects were centred on the impact of the migration experience and cultural differences on levels of work stress and subjective well being. Christine’s research findings were published in 2009 Applied Psychology: An International Review.

Christine joined TestGrid team in February 2009. Since then, she has focused on delivering psychometric solutions centring around recruitment and development programs, benchmarking performance, test interpretation and data analysis. She has analysed benchmarking results for the Recoveries Corporation Group Limited and developed customised 360 reports for clients like Humanoeuvre who specialise in leadership development. Additionally, she has also played an integral role in TestGrid’s development of leading edge products and services, specifically because she has created a range of surveys and reports for measuring employee experiences throughout the employment life cycle.

In addition to her experience with TestGrid, Christine has worked on an industrial remuneration survey project for SafeSearch, and completed a succesion planning project with Peregrine Adventure. Christine will be contactable to deal with enquiries and recommendations around roles and projects for Clients.

Dina Imsirovic

Assosiate Consultant

Dina Imsirovic is a TestGrid Associate Consultant who has been actively involved in designing and implementing psychometric assessment solutions for recruitment and development purposes. With her background and qualifications in coaching, she has delivered training sessions and workshops for various clients in collaboration with her colleagues. Dina is also a part of the TestGrid team involved in designing innovative assessment solutions that will maximise value for TestGrid partners and clients.

During her career, Dina has worked within the Organisational Capability team at ANZ and the Consulting team at Chandler Macleod. During this time, Dina was involved in revising and updating assessment and talent strategies at ANZ, as well as assisting in the design of a survey to explore the needs of the organisation’s talent pool. She also has experience in developing and designing change management solutions and delivering assessment centre programs for the Australian Taxation Office.

Dina holds a Master’s degree in Organisational/Industrial Psychology from Deakin University and a Bachelor degree from Monash University.

Client & Candidate Support

Jason Brown

Support Desk Officer

Jason joined TestGrid during 2011 after several years experience providing technical customer support and project deployments in fast paced school environments. With a Bachelors Degree in Business and IT Jason is ready and willing to help your queries.

Katherine Geary

Project Co-ordinator

Katherine joined TestGrid as Service Desk Operator in 2006 and was transitioned to Project Manager in 2007. Katherine has worked on the successful implementation of many graduate and bulk recruitment programs, for clients that include Ford, MasterFoods Australia, BP Australia, National Australia Bank, and Deloitte NZ, as well as several Australian Government Departments. In addition, Katherine works with ATSs on the integration on TestGrid products.

Katherine returned to work in a part-time capacity in April 2010 after the birth of her first child. Katherine holds a BA from the University of Otago.

Sam Hettiarachchi

Project Manager

Sam joined TestGrid as a Project Manager in 2010 with over 5 years of project management experience. Sam’s responsibilities at TestGrid vary from managing the IT team to delivery of client projects.

Sam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from University of Peradeniya in Srilanka and is a PMP/PMI certified Project Manager.

Lauren Brigham

Service Delivery Manager

Lauren joined the TestGrid team in July 2010, she has extensive experience as an Executive Assistant and in Office administration across many industries including, legal, accounting, retail and sales and marketing. She also has a sound knowledge and experience in event management, conferencing and travel management.

Lauren works part time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and can assist with Service Desk requirements where applicable.

Adrian Baker

Account Executive

Adrian has held Account Management and Business Development responsibilities within recruitment agency as well as end-to-end delivery responsibility in an in-house recruitment function. He understands to benefits of a strategic approach to recruitment, improved recruitment processes, succession planning and learning and development.

Adrian has since taken on responsibility for matching client requirements to solutions across recruitment, learning and development & talent management. His responsibilities include demonstrating deliverable business outcomes through developing creative psychometric testing solutions. He is a relationship manager for corporate and agency based clients.

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