Alumni Focus
Lex Pedersen – A passion for internal combustion
Lex Pedersen (BA 1999) is one of those people in business who others are just drawn to, and not just because of his depth of experience. There’s something about his approach (and no doubt success) that people clearly admire. But it goes beyond that. It’s his passion. Maybe it’s knowing that someone has scaled the heights of their own well-known business, surviving the flames in the proc...
Justus Hammer – Creating a better world through entrepreneurship
With over a decade of entrepreneurial experience in the Australian tech industry, Justus Hammer (MComm 2008) is no stranger to the start-up world. After graduating from Macquarie University in 2008 with a Master of Commerce, majoring in Information Technology, Justus saw early success with the group-buying start-up, Spreets, which he helped co-found. The website specialised in offering excl...
Michelle Price – The heart of cybsersecurity
It could be said that some of the most successful people are also those most comfortable with risk. It’s certainly true for Michelle Price (BA 1999), CEO of AustCyber, Australia’s Cyber Security Growth Network, who has made a career out of it. Well and truly in her stride, Michelle leads from the centre and is proving that even in one of the most technical and technologically driven indust...
Greg Moss – Shining bright
Speaking with Greg Moss from his New York home, where he has just enjoyed the rare chance to read his son a bedtime story, it’s easy to forget he is one of the youngest public company general counsels on Wall Street. ‘The days are very long, but I’m home now,’ he says with a touch of weariness. Still, he’s generous with his time and thoughts, relaxed even, and it feels like you’...
Sylvestre Mang – Global vision
Cameroon, France and Australia. There’s not an obvious link between the three countries, but in an increasingly global world, these connections are becoming all the more common. Still, it’s how people make sense of these seemingly disparate experiences that informs who they become – and makes life so interesting. And for someone like Sylvestre Mang (MComm 2008), who has a real sense of ...
Dr Julie Vonwiller and Chris Vonwiller – Innovation and Enterprise
2020 Alumni Award Winner – Innovation and Enterprise BA 1976, BA (Hons) 1980, PhD 1989; MBA 1975 They say two heads are better than one, but in the case of Dr Julie Vonwiller and her husband Chris Vonwiller – founders of Appen, a multi-lingual provider of high-quality training data that powers artificial intelligence for some of the world’s most well-known organisations – their succe...