Experience

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  Sales Miner Pty Ltd

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • CEO

    • May 2016 - Present
    • Brisbane, Australia

    Together with a group of experienced business and technology professionals we have founded Sales Miner to deliver a solution allowing businesses to discover their potential against selected target markets.Providing them with confidence sales and marketing strategies can and will be delivered and result in predictable returns and growth. We aim to make this a highly visual solution able to be used by senior management. The vision is for businesses to discover - mine - grow their market.

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  UNOVINO

  • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    CEO delivering a direct-to-consumer premium wine marketplace from Australia’s leading small to medium wineries. Creating the opportunity for wineries to market their premium products and to be an owner in this exciting new direct-to-consumer channel.Attract consumers who love their wine by providing consistently high quality wines and experiences.

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  Australian Centre for Business Growth University of South Australia

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Growth Expert

    • Sep 2017 - Feb 2023
    • Brisbane, Australia

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  Greenbox Systems Pty Ltd

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Non Executive Director

    • Mar 2017 - Dec 2020
    • Brisbane, Australia

    Board Chairman to an exciting fast growth company specialising in the deployment and asset recovery of end of life computer equipment. The company works to the highest quality standards to ensure all sensitive information is dealt with appropriately.

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  Five Faces

  • Bowen Hills

  • Chairman of the Board

    • Jun 2014 - Nov 2019
    • Bowen Hills

    Five Faces are leaders in digital solutions and implementationsFive Faces connects customers to their brand using digital signage, apps, self-service kiosks and mobile applications.http://www.fivefaces.com.au/

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  Group Advantage Consulting Pty Ltd

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • CEO

    • May 2013 - Jun 2019
    • Brisbane, Australia

    Group Advantage Consulting provides consulting and advisory services to technology based companies. Including:Board representationBusiness reviews Pre-acquisition reviewsPost acquisition restructures Marketing and Sales process including SalesForce deployments

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  Simient Pty Ltd

  • Brisbane CBD

  • Board Advisor

    • Jun 2012 - Mar 2019
    • Brisbane CBD

    Simient solves complex business problems for corporate and government clients through high quality information management solutions. Simient delivers information management and case management solutions that create value through increased organisational efficiency. Simient plan, implement and maintain Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint and custom software applications, as well as integrate software from different vendors to streamline your business operations.

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  InTouch Data Pty Ltd

  • West End

  • Chairman of the Board

    • Jan 2014 - Jun 2017
    • West End

    (ITD) is an Australian information technology company that provides customised data applications for the hotel industry. ITD’s suite of applications gives hoteliers’ unique access to guest data for Business Intelligence, CRM and Sales Production and Analysis. Established in 2001, ITD has grown to become a market leader, and the provider of choice for over 500 of the world’s leading hotels.

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  Group Advantage Pty Ltd

  • Brisbane

  • CEO

    • Apr 2008 - May 2016
    • Brisbane

    Chris Gorry has now co-founded Group Advantage Pty Ltd . The company is an investment and consulting company with the services now conducted via Group Advantage ConsultingChris Gorry was the Founder and CEO of Avand Pty Ltd, a Brisbane software company who specialised in document and information management and achieved over $10 million in revenues and employed over 70 staff. In his role as CEO, Chris provided the product vision and managed the marketing and sales process which resulted in over 170 customers in Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia. Chris managed a diverse team including product development, marketing, sales, service delivery and finance. Chris lead the company for over 13 years from its inception as a start-up, through its maturing and then finally negotiated the successful sale of the business. For the last eight years, Chris sat on the Avand Board, guiding the company and ensuring compliance and governance was addressed.

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  Queensland State Archives

  • Runcorn

  • Public Records Review Committee Member

    • Mar 2003 - Mar 2016
    • Runcorn

    Founding Member of the Public Records Review Committee

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  Hexagon Mining - Leica Geosystems

  • Brisbane

  • Business Development and Change Management (Contractor)

    • 2010 - Jan 2016
    • Brisbane

    Assisted withe merging of businesses post acquisition.Assisted with the restructure of the Product Development Team in Australia and USA. Provided sponsorship and support for the deployment of Salesforce CRM and Service Cloud globally.

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  i.Lab Incubator

  • Mentor

    • 2008 - 2011

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  GroundProbe

  • Manager Software Products

    • 2008 - Oct 2010

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  Software Queensland

  • Committee Member

    • 2003 - 2010

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  Avand Pty Ltd

  • CEO

    • May 1994 - Mar 2008

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  Avand

  • Managing Director

    • 1994 - 2007

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  Advanced Data Integration

  • Managing Director

    • 1994 - 2007

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  BHA Computer

  • Business Development Manager

    • 1989 - 1992