Meet the Salsarians
Digital enthusiasts with an open ethos and a genuine desire to deliver great work that is meaningful.
The full team
Akhil Bhandari
Business Development
Based in Canberra, Akhil is one of Salsa's engagement managers focusing on federal government clients.
Alan Cole
Frontend Developer
Alan brings high level frontend development expertise to all Salsa projects.
Alan Rako
Design Lead
Alan focuses on design and UX development for Salsa products and our clients.
Alfred Deeb
Founding Director
Salsa's founder, director, and open revolution advocate. Committed to open government and living Salsa's purpose.
Angela Rako
People and Culture Lead
Angela leads People and Culture at Salsa, focusing on recruitment, employee engagement and retention.
Armando Deeb
Junior Level 1 Service Desk Agent
Armando works on Salsa’s general service desk, to assist with and resolve tickets raised by our support clients.
Awang Setyawan
Senior Developer
Awang is both a frontend and backend developer, working on a range of Salsa projects.
Brendan Lewis
Sales and Marketing Development
Brendan is Salsa's Sales Development Representative, leveraging his customer service and problem-solving skills.
Chris Harrop
Board member
Chris serves on Salsa Digital’s board, helping guide the company’s direction and governance.
Christian Biggins
Drupal Technical Lead
Christian is one of Salsa's Drupal Technical Leads, shaping the architecture behind robust Drupal platforms.
Con Fountas
Strategic Account Manager & Board Chairperson
Strategic Account Manager, Board Chairperson, CFO and startup co-founder.
Daniel Grynenko
SDP Community Helpdesk Agent & QA
Daniel works on Drupal contributions and Salsa’s helpdesk to support Victoria’s SDP.
Des Drury
Technical Architect
Des is a technical architect, working on building an advanced, open source hosting platform.
Favour Yusuf
Content Writer
Favour is responsible for writing, editing and designing content for Salsa.
Fiona Morrison
Engagement Manager
Fiona is one of Salsa's engagement managers, managing the CivicTheme, Merlin and Launchpad products.
Gaurav Garg
Full-Stack Developer
Gaurav is a full-stack Drupal developer working across both backend and frontend, with a focus on backend.
Govind Kumar Malu
Drupal Developer
Govind brings a high level of Drupal expertise to the Salsa team.
Harry Morriss
Assistant Bookkeeper/Administration
Harry is Salsa's assistant bookkeeper and administrative assistant, supporting payroll and day-to-day operations.
Ines Vara
Engagement Manager
Ines is one of Salsa’s engagement managers, working with our clients from discovery to project delivery.
Ivan Grynenko
Technical Lead
Ivan is one of Salsa’s technical leads, working on solution design and technical architecture.
John Cloys
Senior Accessibility Consultant
John works as a senior accessibility consultant, helping Salsa clients meet accessibility standards.
Jonathan Nagy
DevOps Lead
Jonathan delivers robust cloud infrastructure solutions and maintains system reliability across Salsa's client projects.
Jorge Castro
Support Practice Lead & Service Desk Manager
Jorge leads Salsa's support practice and service desk operations, ensuring high-quality support for our clients.
Josh Walker
Technical Lead
Based on the Sunshine Coast, Josh is a Technical Lead at Salsa, working across our client projects to build and shape digital platforms.
Julia Topliss
Digital Practice Lead & Engagement Manager
Julia leads Salsa's digital practice, developing products and services while driving strategic growth.
Julie Erben
Engagement Manager
As one of our engagement managers, Julie works with clients from discovery to delivery.
Kate Swayne
Project Delivery
Kate helps deliver Salsa projects on time and on budget.
Kobus Van Wyk
Technical Lead
Kobus is responsible for technical leadership across Salsa’s Drupal projects.
Kristen Pol
Technical Lead / Business Analyst
Kristen works across Salsa’s projects as a Technical Lead and Business Analyst.
Kurt Foster
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
As Salsa's CTO, Kurt oversees our technical direction and provides strategic advisory services to key clients.
Leonardo Luz
Level 1 GovCMS Service Desk Agent
Leonardo looks after GovCMS support, helping our GovCMS clients with any questions and issues.
Mark Calvert
Senior Developer
Digital nomad and full-stack Salsa developer, working on frontend and backend.
Nathania Sudirman
Executive Assistant
In memory of Nathania
Nick Austen
Engagement Manager/Service Desk Manager
In memory of Nick
Nick Georgiou
Drupal Developer
Nick is one of Salsa’s full-stack developers, working across both the frontend and backend for Drupal projects.
Paul Morriss
COO, Partner and Board Member
Paul is one of Salsa’s owners and works closely with our government clients at a strategic level.
Peter Anderson
Application Support Engineer
Based in regional NSW, Peter works on the GovCMS Service Desk in application support.
Phillipa Martin
Rules as Code Practice Lead & Content Strategist
Phillipa leads Salsa’s Rules as Code (RaC) Practice and also works as a content and user research specialist.
Rahin Farook
Service Desk Agent
Rahin is a Service Desk Agent supporting Salsa and GovCMS clients with timely technical support.
Rashed Khan
DevOps Engineer
Rashed is a DevOps engineer, working on building Salsa’s new advanced hosting platform.
Richard Gaunt
Technical Lead
As a technical lead, Richard sets the technical direction for projects and provides guidance to developers.
Roman Barbun
Solution Architect
As a solution architect, Roman works with project managers and developers to set the solution direction for projects.
Shane Dineen
Chief Financial Officer
Shane is responsible for the overall financial management of the company.
Shivan Jaikaran
Drupal Training and Documentation Specialist & Senior Drupal Engineer
Shivan is a highly experienced Drupal tech lead, developer and Salsa's official Drupal/GovCMS trainer.
Shona Barton
GovCMS Service Desk Manager / ITSO
Shona works across Salsa’s projects as a business analyst and is also our assistant GovCMS Service Desk Manager.
Sonny Kieu
Technical Lead
Sonny is a highly experienced Drupal developer, who has led many high-profile Salsa projects.
Steven Kotevski
Service Desk Agent
Steven looks after GovCMS support, helping our GovCMS clients with any questions and issues.
Steven Worley
Board member
Steve serves on our Board and provides strategic technical input.
Stuart Rowlands
CTO
As Salsa's CTO, Stuart directs forward-thinking opportunities and oversees Salsa's overall technical direction.
Suchi Garg
Technical Manager
Suchi is responsible for technical leadership across Drupal projects and manages Salsa's development partners.
Tanaya Dipnaik
Quality Assurance Tester
Tanaya is a quality assurance tester supporting our digital projects and Salsa Service Desk.
Toby Wild
Level 3 GovCMS Service Desk / GovCMS Service Desk Tech Lead / Senior Developer
As a GovCMS tech lead and senior developer, Toby sets the technical direction and provides strategy for Salsa projects.
Yusuf Hasan Miyan
DevOps Customer Lead
Yusuf works across Salsa’s Drupal projects as both a backend developer and DevOps engineer.