OUR PEOPLE
Venn IT was established by experienced IT specialists with a knack for matching the best technology solutions to the business needs of some of Australia’s most successful organisations.
Geoff Hughes
Geoff brings more than twenty years of IT experience. He has specialised in datacentre technologies and virtualisation for the last seventeen years, giving him a strong foundation to help customers capitalise on the industry transformation occurring today. Geoff has worked with major education and healthcare organisations, as well as for a well-known technology vendor, before specialising in systems integration.
Rob Cargill
Rob has guided many organisations safely and effectively through the immense technology changes of the last 25 years in his role as a systems integrator. Known for his ability to quietly get the job done. Rob’s insights into business drivers have proven invaluable in devising technology solutions that stand out.
James Thomas
James has a background in systems integration, major cloud-related projects and customised technology solutions in difficult environments. Through this, he has earned a reputation as a hard-working, ethical technologist focused on outcomes that benefit every customer he works with.
Kate Switala
Kate is a financial accountant who has proven herself to be an integral member of the Venn IT team extending the traditional role to keep the business organised and compliant.
Trent Muller
Trent is a Venn IT Principal Consultant with 15 years’ experience and provides our clients with solutions which aim to simplify configuration, management and enhance security. Trent strongly believes in constantly learning and focusing on personal development to provide the best outcomes.
Trent is a specialist in Enterprise Data Protection, Backup and Recovery Systems, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Exchange, and Exchange Online Migrations and is a Generalist in Data Centre and Cloud, Server, Storage and Virtualisation.
In his down time, Trent likes to keep fit on the court, is an armchair AFL expert, and has been known to enjoy his Latin Dancing.
Lenny Too
Teiva Rodiere
Jakob Blakelock
Lucy Knowles
Fiona Ramsay
Fiona is an admin extraordinaire specialising in sales support in the information technology industry.
Thomas Vernon-Johnson
Thomas has a background in Infrastructure and Systems Administration focussing on deployment and management of Enterprise Backup and recovery technologies across a range of industries.
Mal Aziz
Michael Woodward
Paul McGuinness
Paul is an experienced ICT Manager with over 20 years’ experience in IT Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Management. He combines strong technical knowledge with a pragmatic, honest approach to people management and uses this incorporated skillset to work with his team and colleagues to drive and implement solutions for our customers.
He has a broad range of technical skills with a particular focus on IBM & Cisco Compute, Storage and Network infrastructure. He also has a strong focus on customer service and IT service delivery utilising ITIL/ITSM best practices.
Outside of office hours, Paul can either be found exploring Australia on his motorcycle or spending time with his family and cheering his kids on at sports.
James Vreeling
James is an experienced and skilled Systems engineer. He is outcome driven and excels in finding the ideal solutions to his client’s issues. His resolutions are centered around the fundamental goal of ensuring that every client’s work becomes simple and streamlined.
He is an experienced Microsoft systems all-rounder including Active Directory and Authentication, an SCCM specialist and has a solid working knowledge of Virtualisation, VMWare ESX, Microsoft Azure.
In his spare time, James loves to travel with his family and enjoys exploring what the world has to offer. He loves a good BBQ (both the cooking and the eating), as well as spending time at the beach.
Gareth Lee
Gareth is a senior Systems Engineer with 20 years’ experience in the IT Industry, with a particular focus on Storage and Data protection. He uses his prior experience in System Engineer roles to provide a balanced view of IT Infrastructure in order to provide a high quality of service with impeccable attention to detail.
Having worked extensively with Commvault, NetApp and HPE SAN Storage (including Primera and 3PAR), Gareth has applied his technical expertise across a variety of different sectors including Private, Public and Government.
Dan Swinbourne
Dan is an experienced engineer with 7 years’ experience in ICT administration, support, design, and deployment. Dan ensures companies and their employees can achieve their desired outcomes with ease by keeping our clients running on the latest operating system technology and safe from external cyber threats.
Dan is particularly experienced within Windows environments and programs, Azure, Office 365 and Exchange. Additionally, he is skilled in network planning, deployment and configuration as well as management and deployment of VoIP solutions.
When not on the clock, Dan can be found in the sky or on the road either flying planes, riding motorbikes or restoring classic cars.