Our leaders
At Arinco, our leaders don’t just talk about our values, they show them, every day. They help our crew think bigger, back ourselves and do work that genuinely matters. We learn together, share openly and continuously push what’s possible for our crew, our clients and our communities.
Senior leadership
Chris Padgett
CEO & Co-Founder
Chris leads Arinco’s strategy, growth and culture, helping organisations across Australia and New Zealand build secure foundations for AI and bring it to life across their business.
David Lee
CTO & Co-Founder
David shapes Arinco’s technical direction and supports its teams to build deep capability across cloud, data, AI, security, modern work and application innovation.
Lara Wright
CFO
Lara leads Arinco’s financial strategy and operations, bringing a practical, balanced approach to governance, business integration and sustainable growth.
Marc Tricksey
National Sales Director
Marc leads Arinco’s sales strategy across Australia and New Zealand, helping customers align their business priorities with practical AI, cloud, data and security outcomes.
Daniel Lund
General Manager, NZ
Daniel leads Arinco’s growth in New Zealand, bringing more than 20 years of experience helping organisations align strategy, people and technology to deliver meaningful transformation.
James Westall
Sales Manager, VIC
James works with organisations across Victoria to connect their business priorities with practical solutions across AI, cloud, data, security, modern work and application innovation, drawing on his deep technical background in Microsoft technologies.
Dean Oelkers
Sales Manager, QLD
Dean works with organisations across Queensland to turn data and AI ambition into secure, scalable outcomes, drawing on more than 20 years of experience across enterprise and government transformation.
Zoe Potter
Head of Marketing
Zoe leads marketing for Arinco, translating complex technology capability into clear, credible programs that support growth, strengthen partnerships and showcase customer outcomes.
Practice leaders
Clancy Whittle
Intelligent Apps Practice Manager
Clancy leads Arinco’s Intelligent Apps practice, helping organisations design, build and modernise applications using AI, cloud and modern engineering practices.
Matthew Mills
Intelligent Data Practice Manager
Matthew leads Arinco’s Intelligent Data practice, helping organisations build secure, scalable data foundations that support trusted insights, analytics and AI.
AJ Bajada
Intelligent Platforms Practice Manager
AJ leads Arinco’s Intelligent Platforms practice, helping organisations build secure, scalable and AI-ready Azure environments across cloud foundations, platform engineering, DevSecOps, modernisation and AI platforms.
Tim O'Neill
Intelligent Workplace Practice Manager
Tim leads Arinco’s Intelligent Workplace practice, helping organisations improve how people work through Microsoft 365, security, automation, business applications and AI.
Joanne Spencer
AI Transformation Practice Manager
Joanne leads Arinco’s AI Transformation practice, helping organisations turn AI ambition into sustainable adoption through clear strategy, governance, operating models and people-centred change.
Mitch Bagan
Intelligent Co-Ops Practice Manager
Mitch leads Arinco’s Intelligent Co-Ops practice, helping organisations operate, optimise and continually improve their cloud, data, security and AI environments.
People & Culture
Olga Rankin
Head of People & Culture
Olga leads Arinco’s people and culture strategy, building strong employee experiences, high-performing teams and scalable people practices that support growth.
Dylan George
Talent Acquisition Specialist VIC
Dylan supports Arinco’s growth and employee experience across Victoria, helping attract great talent and strengthen connections within the local technology community.
Terri Kennie
Talent Acquisition Specialist VIC
Terri supports Arinco’s growth and employee experience across Victoria, bringing broad recruitment experience to attract specialist talent and strengthen the talent acquisition processes.
Claire Byrnes
Talent Acquisition Specialist VIC
Claire supports Arinco’s growth and employee experience across Victoria, partnering with leaders and teams to strengthen employee experience, career development and a positive, high-performing culture.
Simon Haynes
Talent Acquisition Specialist NSW & QLD
Simon supports Arinco’s growth across New South Wales and Queensland, helping attract specialist technology talent through a consultative, relationship-focused approach.
Jason Bidwell
Talent Acquisition Specialist NSW & QLD
Jason supports Arinco’s growth across New South Wales and Queensland by connecting the business with high-quality technology talent through a consultative, customer-focused approach.
Louise Walsh
Talent Acquisition Specialist NSW
Louise supports Arinco’s people and culture across New South Wales, helping attract great talent, build strong teams and create a positive employee experience.
Briar Turvey
Talent Acquisition Specialist NZ
Briar supports Arinco’s people and talent priorities in New Zealand, helping attract great people and strengthen recruitment and HR practices.