PelicanCorp have established a highly skilled management team, which when coupled with our overall organisational capability, offers a strong competitive advantage and is a fundamental driver to our success globally.
"Individuals can and do make a difference, but it takes a team to really shake things up."
Management Team
Duane
Rodgers
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO of PelicanCorp and a member of the company's board of directors, Duane has over 40 years technology industry leadership and executive management experience, with the past 29 specifically focused on damage prevention and the global One Call industry. Duane manages corporate direction and strategy at PelicanCorp and is the leading strategic head of all international deployments of the One Call solution. He is active in sharing PelicanCorp's mission and vision with clients, partners, and shareholders.
Marcus
Edwards
Chief Product Officer
As a founding director and board member of PelicanCorp, Marcus has been serving the One Call industry across the UK and Australia for over 25 years. As the Head of Product across the range of PelicanCorp technology solutions, he with the support of his team of product managers are responsible for the ongoing product management and roadmaps of the software systems globally. Prior to taking on the global Product role, Marcus was the Managing Director of PelicanCorp's UK One Call service LinesearchbeforeUdig.
Heinrich
Zepter
Chief Information Officer
With over 30 years industry experience across a wide range of disciplines, Heinrich is responsible for PelicanCorp's technical direction and driving a "Security First" model across the organisation. As Chief Information Officer, he provides leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment. He manages the Technical and GIS Teams to deliver global infrastructure, applications, security and services for both internal and external customers.
Adam
Paver
Chief Finance Officer
Adam is a finance professional with extensive local and offshore experience across multiple sectors. With over 15 years' under his belt at PelicanCorp, Adam has an intimate understanding of the business and a deep appreciation for the importance of the asset protection industry. As an important component of the senior management group that has grown PelicanCorp into a multiple jurisdiction leader in its field, Adam places a strong emphasis on team work and the empowerment of staff.
Denny
Michael
Chief Marketing Officer
Denny brings over 25 years of innovative marketing and sales programs to PelicanCorp. Denny manages the end-to-end marketing strategy and operations: brand, messaging, corporate communications, product marketing, analyst relations, demand generation, field marketing, and event marketing. Denny emphasizes a creative work environment, empowering and encouraging his marketing team to deliver their best efforts.
Nick
Holly
Sales Director - APAC
Being exposed to nearly every market PelicanCorp operates in over the past 20 years' has provided Nick with a wealth of knowledge and experience. The damage prevention industry is evolving and growing at exciting speed, requiring a new level of knowledge sharing and information exchange. Nick is working closely with the growing list of customers in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Asia with the local and international internal teams to ensure PelicanCorp are at the leading edge and adapting product strategies accordingly.
Jan-Willem
Nijman
Sales Director - EMEA
Jan-Willem has over 30 years' of experience in the industrial automation and techonology industry. He has held several senior management positions at different globally operating companies. For over half of his career he has been actively operating in an international business growth environment. As the dedicated Sales Director across EMEA, Jan-Willem is bringing the value of beforeUdig to the region and building a loyal network of partners and clients.
Michael
Pegam
Sales Director - Geolantis
Michael Pegam has been working in the utility industry for more than 20 years. He was founder and CEO of Geolantis-an Austrian based company developing cutting-edge, future oriented spatial solutions for the locating & utility industry. Their core focus is cloud enabled mobile solution to manage field crews in locating & surveying. The flagship product is called Geolantis.360. It is a cloud-based platform with mobile apps to manage mobile workforces and map & survey above and underground infrastructure. Michael is responsible for partnerships and the strategic growth of PelicanCorp's Geolantis products. His vision is a utility industry without accidents.
John
Young
Chief Sales Officer - ANZ
John Young is a professional, experienced ICT executive with a successful track record in government and private domains spanning more than 40 years, as a senior manager, director and consultant covering engineering, project management, marketing, and business development roles. He served Ericsson for 15 years (9 years at Director level), and two years as a Vice President of Nortel Australia, as well as active participation on various internal and external boards. His more recent activities as a private consultant are focused on business and strategy development for a range of private clients including telecommunications service providers, consultancies, and e-health providers.He is currently the Chairman, and independent non-executive Director at Buroserv, a Sydney based wholesale and retail telecommunications provider.
Bryon
Sackville
General Manager - Canada
Bryon has over 22 years' experience in the protection of overhead and underground infrastructure in the Province of Ontario. He has held Senior Management positions within the contracting industry, including the role as the first Centre Manager for Ontario One Call. As the General Manager for Canada Bryon often speaks at industry events on various topics and has participated as a government representative on several commercial Boards and committees.
Mario
Bisson
Chief Technology Officer
Mario Bisson is a computer technician with an educational background in business administration from HEC Montréal. He worked for TelDig, a well-known damage prevention software company, from 1997 to 2018. He started his career as a Software Developer, and then became Technical Support Representative, Head of Operations and President. Since the acquisition of TelDig by PelicanCorp in November 2018, Mario is now the Chief Technology Officer at PelicanCorp.
Business Development Team
Jason
Manning
Vice-President of OneCall Services
Throughout 25 years' in North American damage prevention Jason has seen the industry from both client and supplier sides of the business. As one of the first employees at Quebec’s Info Excavation, he worked with the centre from the day one. Since then he has worked with dozens of One Calls, utilities and locators as a technology supplier. Jason works directly to engage the Canadian stakeholders and ensure the PelicanCorp solutions are easily integrated into the mix.
Sid
Munivelu
Vice President of Sales, North America
Sid has a Masters in Business Administration and brings well over 18 years of experience in Sales, Business development and Account management roles working across multiple industries including Telecommunications, Information Technology and Supply Chain / Logistics. This includes a wealth of sales experience working with senior stakeholders in Local, State, Federal Government authorities as well as commercial organisations and is the PelicanCorp Account Director promoted to look after the Southern region including NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS and some key national accounts. Sid is passionate about helping his clients achieve their organisational goals and maximise their investments by providing them with innovative cloud based solutions for the protection of their critical and essential infrastructure.