Who we are

FrontierSI is a social enterprise focused on bringing the best people together to anticipate and solve large problems using our space and spatial expertise.

Through government, research, and industry networks, we help bring innovative ideas through to real-world products and services with a focus on creating both commercial and public good impact. We represent and collaborate with a network of organisations across Australia and New Zealand including research agencies, government departments and private sector companies who are global leaders in space and spatial solutions.

Our network has space and spatial expertise including positioning and geodesy, data analytics, and spatial data management. This expertise can assist any sector, from space to health and resources, to improve location-based information and increase data accessibility for improved decision support and service delivery.

We are a trusted advisor, facilitator and collaborator with a depth of experience delivering multi-party, multi-disciplinary collaborative R&D projects both locally and internationally. Through our extensive network, we can access the right expertise to meet the needs of each project, holding us in a unique position within the market. We offer several services including Advisory Services, Model Development, Applied Research & Research Translation, Case study development, Innovation Programs & Technology Testbeds, Technology Development, Stakeholder Engagement and Complex Project Management.

We provide the connection point, research services, expertise, technology, and collaborative model for our network to access, develop and apply space and spatial research development and innovation project outcomes into impactful and innovative solutions. Together with our network, we have transformed research outcomes into meaningful changes across several industries.

Our specialist teams and network allow us to define, formulate, negotiate, and deliver solutions within our technical expertise areas of positioning, applied geodesy, data analytics, and spatial data management.

Work with FrontierSI, and invest in the future. To learn more or discuss potential collaborative opportunities, connect with us here.

OUR VALUES

We value collaboration, future focus, agility, integrity, and communication.

  • We are solutions-driven and achieve high-quality outcomes through collaboration, being open-minded and embracing inclusion, working together as a team internally, and with our partners and clients;
  • We are future-focused, looking at what’s next: from tapping into the most promising technologies through to new application areas, to ensure we deliver;
  • We respond to our network needs with agility, flexibility and deploying teams and effort as needed to adapt to our rapidly changing environment;
  • We work with integrity, we do what we say, and we are professional and respectful of others;
  • We communicate and share information effectively, we listen first, seek to understand other perspectives and simplify complex concepts into understandable stories.

Our Team

Executive Management

Graeme Kernich

Chief Executive Officer
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Kate Williams

Chief Delivery Officer
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Patricia Sturgess

Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO
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Paula Fiévez

Chief Business Officer & Health Lead
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Phil Delaney

MapAI Chief Executive Officer
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Laura Spelbrink

Chief Growth Officer
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Business Development

Kate Williams

Chief Delivery Officer
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Paula Fiévez

Chief Business Officer & Health Lead
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Phil Delaney

MapAI Chief Executive Officer
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Eldar Rubinov

Positioning and Geodesy Technical Lead
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Alistair Towers

Property and Planning Lead
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Alex Linossier

Growth Initiative Lead
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Jia-Urnn Lee

Growth Initiative Lead & Space and Defence Lead
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Kat Salm

NZ Lead
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Annmarie Mabarrack

Environment Lead
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Amal Khatri

Mining and Resources Lead
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Veronica Perera

Communications Manager
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Operations

Patricia Sturgess

Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO
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Samantha Bain

Head of Finance
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Serena Sun

Accountant
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Molly Chiwombe

Business Administrator
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Research & Innovation

Phil Delaney

MapAI Chief Executive Officer
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Dan Woodrow

Business and Market Analyst
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Jess Keysers

Head of Delivery & Project and Program Management Team Lead
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Lachlan Hurst

Spatial Development Lead
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Chris Marshall

Positioning Engineer and Project Manager
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Caitlin Adams

Senior Data Scientist
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Alex Linossier

Growth Initiative Lead
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Jia-Urnn Lee

Growth Initiative Lead & Space and Defence Lead
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Roshni Sharma

Geospatial Project & Engagement Manager
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Lachlan Ng

Positioning Engineer
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Lavender (Qingxiang) Liu

Senior Earth Observation Scientist
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Claire Fisk

Project Manager and Data Scientist
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Gavin Kennedy

Geospatial Project Manager & Business Analyst
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Fang Yuan

Earth Observation Technical Lead & Insights Team Lead
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Madeleine Seehaber

Data Scientist
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Rebecca Thomas

Student Positioning Analyst
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James Leversha

Positioning and Geodesy Technical Lead, Spatial Developer, Solutions Team Lead
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Bremini Bremadass

Project Manager & Business Analyst
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Science Leaders

Phil Collier

Consultant - Geodesy and Positioning
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Ivana Ivanova

Research Fellow Spatial Information Infrastructures
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Matt Duckham

Associate Dean, Geospatial Science, RMIT University
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Matthew Wilson

Professor of Spatial Information
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Chris Pettit

Director, Smart Cities
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