Our Team

 
 
 

Grahame J Leonard AM

Chairman

Chairman

A qualified lawyer and chartered accountant, Mr Leonard is also a professional director being a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He brings over 35 years experience in the corporate world including Lysaght (BHP), BTR Nylex and the Thompson Corporation. His numerous Board community positions include Commissioner, Victorian Multicultural Commission and Senior Advisor and Past Honorary CEO of Transparency International Australia.  Grahame’s extensive involvement in the Software Start Up industry includes his Role as Chairman of Redify resulting in a successful commercial exit.


William James Abbott

Director

Director

William specialises in commercial and company law and business structuring while maintaining his extensive international connections. William presently holds directorships in a number of private companies several of which are subsidiaries of overseas companies.


David Sajfar

Board Adviser

Board Adviser

David Sajfar is a key contributor to the Australian software industry. During his 20-year career with Microsoft, David was instrumental in the success of many local Australian software businesses. David’s understanding of Microsoft’s business and technology direction has been invaluable to the local Independent Software Vendors.

Following his extensive career with Microsoft, David continues to actively consult and mentor Australian technology companies in the creation of next generation Cloud based offerings.  In addition to his extensive practical experience, David has completed a Graduate Diploma in Business Computing. As expected, his hobbies include a passion for audio production, business and disruptive innovative technologies.


Graeme Armstrong

CEO - Skills and Diversity Advocate

Principal and Advisor

As a career entrepreneur and business owner across industries including Import, Export, Manufacturing, Software Development, and Management Consulting, Graeme is acutely aware of the importance and benefits of measuring and managing the diverse skills within an organisation.  Nowhere was this more pressing than in Readify where Graeme was founding CEO from 2001 to 2007, and Sales Director through their 2016 acquisition by Telstra. In 2019 the pursuit of a data driven solution to talent management led Graeme to discover competency frameworks, and ultimately the reunion with two former business partners, joining Seera as interim CEO from 2020 to 2021, and continuing as a non-executive advisor since then.


Anthony Sajfar

Competency and Compliance Advisor

Competency and Compliance Advisor

Anthony has been with Seera since 2016, during which time he’s had significant input to the development and success of the Seera solution, and with assisting our clients achieve their Talent Management transformation objectives.  A solid understanding of modern Cloud based technology concepts, along with his Bachelor of Business Entrepreneurship qualification, makes Anthony a valuable asset to the Seera sales and marketing team.  Anthony’s other hobbies include building & flying aircraft, and restoring vintage stationary engines.


Diego Francisco Castillo Velasquez

Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Diego is a highly-motivated Software Engineer who is passionate in analysing technical problems and finding innovative solutions, simplifying procedures, and designing systems. He is a pioneer developer of Seera since 2015. With a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from RMIT University, he has keen interests in Cloud solutions as well as in Microsoft tools and frameworks which are dominantly used to support Seera’s software development life cycle. Aside from his profession, Diego is definitely a foodie who also enjoys playing volleyball, video games and drums.


Vishal Jaiswal

Lead Test Engineer

Lead Test Engineer

Vishal is an ISTQB certified tester with 5 years of experience as a Software Tester, with a focus on Automation, Performance and API testing.  He also has full system development life-cycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test execution and test automation.  Vishal holds a master’s degree in Information Technology from Federation University, and outside the office, he enjoys cooking, playing badminton, and reading.


Upekha Wanniarachchi

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

As a Software Engineer in Seera, Upekha is responsible for designing new software solutions and software development. Upekha joined Seera in 2018 and she has been working on integrating new features and functionalities to Seera. She is a Computer Science and Engineering graduate and possesses 10 years of experience in the IT industry. Upekha has a solid understanding of software development principles, software development processes, latest web technologies, and cloud-based software solution designing.


Brent McAlpine

Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager

Brent has more than 20 years’ experience in IT across a range of industries and business types. Frequently recognised for his coaching style of leadership, he brings a seasoned set of management skills to the Seera executive team, and a pragmatic and efficient attitude to his delivery role based primarily on “getting the job done with a minimum of fuss”.


DBS

Authorised Reseller - Malaysia

Daya  Budi Sejahtera Sdn. Bhd (DBS) has a well-established and extensive educational, business and community network in the Asia Pacific Region. DBS endeavours to provide world class skills competency frameworks, edutech, industry skill-based and employability programs for individuals, tertiary institutions, peak professional bodies, industries, and government agencies. DBS programs support, upskill, cross skill, re-skill and inspire people across Asia to achieve human capital development whilst tackling national skills shortages and improving economies and societies.