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Bevan has a background in building successful Australian IT and telecommunications companies and an earlier career in administration in local and state government.

In 2013, Bevan established Megaport as the world’s first SDN-based elastic interconnection platform designed to provide a secure, seamless and on-demand way for enterprises, networks and services to interconnect. Bevan successfully launched Megaport in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong before the business was acquired by Megaport Limited in August 2015. Bevan oversaw Megaport’s listing on the ASX in December 2015.

Also in 2013, Bevan founded Superloop Limited with a vision to become the leading independent provider of connectivity services across the Asia Pacific region and the US. Superloop was listed on the ASX in July 2015.

In 2010 Bevan founded NEXTDC Limited, with a vision to become Australia’s largest independent datacenter provider. As the inaugural CEO of NEXTDC, Bevan oversaw its listing on the ASX and its initial facility rollout.

In 2002, Bevan co-founded PIPE Networks which grew to become Australia’s largest Internet Exchange and Australia’s third largest metropolitan fibre network provider. In 2009, PIPE Networks completed construction of Pipe Pacific Cable 1 (PPC-1), a $200 million submarine cable system linking Sydney to Guam. PIPE Networks was sold to TPG for an enterprise value of $420 million in May 2010.

Bevan holds a Master of Business Administration (Hon.) from Central Queensland University.

An experienced CFO, Sean has over 15 years industry experience and joins Megaport after having spent two years as CFO at Blu Wireless Technology Limited in the UK. In the four years prior to that, Sean held CFO Commercial Operations and Senior Vice President Finance – Consumer Group roles at Cable & Wireless Communications in Miami, USA. Prior to joining Cable & Wireless, Sean held senior finance roles with Digicel Group in Jamaica and Marks and Spencer in the UK.

Eric Troyer has more than 20 years of industry experience working in marketing strategy, business development, product management, and engineering.

Previously, Eric was Director of Network Edge and Interconnection Strategy at Microsoft where he led planning and engineering teams tasked with network expansion and IP capacity acquisition to scale Microsoft’s cloud strategy. Working at Equinix, he drove the Equinix Internet Exchange product to become the largest global IX platform and launched the company’s IPX product.

Eric played an integral part in founding the Global Peering Forum.

Melanie Vongswang, Chief People Officer, heads the global People and Culture team at Megaport. Melanie has more than 20 years’ international HR experience within the Technology, Accounting Software and Services, Business Process Outsourcing, and Airline industries.

Prior to joining Megaport, Melanie spent 8 years as CHRO with a global German organisation during which her span of responsibilities crossed 24 countries and over 50,000 employees. Her experience also includes working for Oracle Corporation as a Mergers and Acquisitions Specialist.

Melanie’s core expertise includes M & A skills, development of talent and performance strategies, plus the creation and deployment of award-winning international talent development programs. She holds a Masters’ degree in Strategic HRM and a Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. She is a member of the AHRI Institute, and also a Board Trustee for the Enable Trust which gives a stronger voice to pupils with complex, severe, multiple, and profound learning difficulties within the Educational context.

Jim Brinksma is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Megaport and has over 20 years of experience spanning the US Department of Defense, financial services, telecommunications, and technology startups. As CTO, Jim is responsible for supporting innovation, developing strategic technical relationships with vendors, partners, research & development organizations, and start-up communities, and delivering next generation products and services.

Jim’s previous roles include Co-founder & CTO of InnovoEdge (acquired by Megaport), VP of Strategy & Business Development at Ciena BluePlanet, VP of Sales Engineering & Customer Operations at Ciena, VP of Network Products & Strategy at Goldman Sachs, and 7+ years of service in the United States Navy.

Anna Tichborne leads the global legal activities at Megaport. She holds over fifteen years of corporate law experience working for large organisations in New Zealand and Australia. Her portfolio includes ASX listed companies, Transpacific Industries Group and Suncorp Group and the privately owned Ray White and Loan Market group of companies.

Anna’s experience spans various practice areas including corporate and M&A, competition and consumer, franchising, data protection and privacy, intellectual property, and more. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and is admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland, the High Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand.

Darren Wilson leads the global operations teams at Megaport. A recognized leader in services and operations businesses, with over 25 years of experience, Darren has proven skills in the delivery and management of telecommunications products, services, projects, and teams. He has also excelled in the financial and project management of large and complex infrastructure deployments in the international arena. Darren has spent the last 15 years with Telstra International, Mandoe Media, and Firstwave providing the leadership and vision to establish critical operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and the best people and systems to effectively grow and financially strengthen these companies.

Darren is customer focussed, results-driven, and highly knowledgeable; he brings strong reasoning, great communication, and excellent interpersonal skills to his role to drive business change and transformation.

Jeff Tworek has more than 30 years of combined cloud and networking industry experience. He brings a wealth of high growth and expansion-related expertise from his time spent at both start-ups and large, established organizations. Previously, Jeff was CRO at Contrast Security, where he helped the company scale its teams, bring in key leadership, and prepare the company for growth. Previous to Contrast, Jeff led revenue growth efforts at Akamai Technologies, where he was instrumental in scaling the company from $40M to over $3.5B in revenues.

Jeff’s career in the tech sector has focused on penetrating new markets with evolutionary technologies, helping companies adopt transformational approaches to solving problems that ultimately drive higher levels of customer experience, efficiency, and effectiveness.