THE FIVECAST TEAM
Spread across the globe with offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, our team consists of functional and industry experts and advisors with tangible real-world intelligence experience, all dedicated to optimizing our solutions to enable a safer world.
We have an established global advisor network that includes former senior executives from leading national security and intelligence organisations and an established partner network globally. Fivecast is formally accredited under the Australian Government Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) and the US NIST 800-171 standard.
DR BRENTON COOPER
CEO AND DIRECTOR
Brenton is a Fivecast Co-Founder and his 20+ year career has included technology and management roles across BAE Systems, Tenix Defence, Motorola, and Data to Decisions CRC.
DUANE RIVETT
VP CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Duane is a Fivecast Co-Founder and has more than 20+ years of experience in biotech, commercialization and start-ups.
ROSS BUGLAK
VP PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Ross is a Fivecast Co-Founder and his 20+ year career has included senior technical roles across the commercial and defence sectors with BAE Systems, Tenix Defence and Motorola.
DAVID BLOCKOW
VP ENGINEERING
David is a Fivecast Co-Founder and has more than 15 years of experience in senior technical roles with companies including BAE Systems and Tenix Defence.
MONICA BRINK
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Monica has 20+ years of international marketing experience in the High Tech sector across the US, EMEA and APAC with Microsoft, BMC Software and start-ups.
DON HEPBURN
US INTEL ADVISOR
Don served for over twenty-five years with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) retiring at the rank of Senior Intelligence Service Officer.
MIKE DOWNING
US LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISOR
Mike brings 35 years experience to Fivecast and has served as the Deputy Chief, LAPD and Commanding Officer, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau.
MAGGIE TITMUSS
EMEA ADVISOR
Maggie has 30+ years experience in international law enforcement plus 5 years in Financial Services, most recently as Lloyds Banking Group’s Director of Intelligence & Incident Response.
JOHN PATTERSON
EMEA DEFENCE ADVISOR
John is a former soldier, responsible for UK Strategic Command’s technology portfolio. He advises tech companies and the UK Government’s Innovation & Science Seed Fund.
MIKE BALLENGEE
VP CHANNELS & USA SALES
Mike leverages his 20+ years in global channel sales and alliance leadership positions to drive success for customers and partners across Government and Corporate sectors.
MALCOLM PURCELL
SR ACCOUNT DIRECTOR – APAC/ROW
Malcolm brings deep experience from both the Military and Public Sector to his role establishing new global markets for Fivecast and building lasting relationships with clients.
AMANDA HANDKE (CA)
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Amanda brings 15+ years’ experience working in the financial sector and for ASX top 200 companies developing policies and controls and providing strategic financial insights.
MATT ROSSITER
DIRECTOR OF TRADECRAFT
With 20+ years experience in Australian Government National Security, Matt brings a deep understanding of how Fivecast’s solutions can be practically applied.
Dr JASON SIGNOLET
DIRECTOR OF DATA SCIENCE
Jason has 10+ years of experience in research and data science including a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
