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Our Heritage

rhipe began as NewLease, having been founded by Doug Tutus and Dawn Edmonds in Melbourne in 2003. Together they realised there was an opportunity to deliver industry-leading solutions directly to Partners via a modern distribution channel.

Over the years, the business has grown rapidly in terms of the diversity of our products and programs, service offerings, vendors in our portfolio, our geographic locations and our people. We now employ almost 600 staff across 10 countries. We are constant learners, focused on continuing to grow our deep domain knowledge across all segments.

We have also made several acquisitions during this time, with the most recent being SmartEncrypt (2019), Parallo (2020) and emt Distribution (2021), enriching the breadth of offerings and value we deliver to our Partners.

Our Culture

Our Culture

We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and in which we all work together towards common goals. Our people are our greatest strength. Every single person at rhipe makes a valuable contribution, bringing new perspectives, skills and ideas that help shape who we are.

We believe that the development of teamwork and collaborative behaviours is essential to our success and enjoyment of our careers at rhipe. A culture of teamwork gives our business a competitive advantage.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion

Our incredible growth over the last few years has made us a diverse and therefore strong team. We leverage this diversity to innovate, problem solve and find solutions.

As a global company, we are committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce with equal opportunities for all. Our One Team Cultural Council is made up of a cohort of rhipe employees from across the business, who are collectively driving initiatives to create an environment where people can be themselves and thrive.

Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Dominic O’Hanlon

Chief Executive Officer

Dominic O’Hanlon was appointed Chief Executive Officer in August 2014. Dominic is a successful technology entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. He has served in prior senior executive roles for numerous high growth technology companies.

Mark McLellan

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Mark McLellan joined rhipe in September 2016. He was promoted to a dual role as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer in July 2020. Mark is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience, including leading acquisitions.

Warren Nolan

Group Executive, Partners and Programs

Warren Nolan joined rhipe in 2005 when it was called NewLease. Having served in a variety of roles, Warren is currently responsible for driving rhipe’s Sales, Support and RPO functions with a tight integration to drive customer success.

Tammy Vorster-Jones

Group Executive, Marketing

Tammy Vorster-Jones joined rhipe in September 2019. ​She is a B2B results-driven marketing professional with strong business acumen and experience across all facets of marketing in the IT/Technology sectors for both direct and indirect/channel marketing models.

Michelle Clements

Group Executive, Human Resources

Michelle Clements joined rhipe in 2013. At that time, rhipe had 40 employees across four countries. Over time, Michelle has used her multi-national HR, Operations and Training experience in Asia, the Middle East and UK, as well as Australia, to support the business’s growth (to some 600 people) across 10 countries.

Symon Thurlow

Group Executive, Parallo, a rhipe Company

Symon Thurlow joined rhipe in September 2020 when Parallo was acquired. Symon’s career in IT started as a Systems Engineer over 20 years ago. In 2011, he established Parallo with Shaun Webber and Nicole Schaefer.

Richard Rundle

Group Executive, emt Distribution, a rhipe Company

Richard Rundle joined rhipe in April 2021 when emt Distribution was acquired. Richard has over 40 years of experience in the IT and security distribution space, having co-founded emt Distribution in 1988 alongside Mohd Mobasseri.

Patara Yongvanich

General Manager, Partners and Programs

Patara Yongvanich joined rhipe in 2013, leading the Asia business. He has been instrumental in expanding business operations across Asia, recruiting over 2,000 resellers and leveraging industry best practices to facilitate successful ecosystem transformation to profitable, cloud-based business models.

Tovia Va'aelua

General Manager, Technology Solutions Group

Tovia Va'aelua joined rhipe in 2018. Tovia now leads rhipe’s Technology Solutions Group which focuses on bringing together the best technology portfolio and a leading team of technology and business experts, to benefit our channel and their end customers.

Recognition

Recognition

Winner of the Laos 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award

Winner of the 2021 Distributor Value Cloud Award 

Winner of the Microsoft APAC Services Partner of the Year

Winner of the Channel Asia Women in ICT Awards

Zoomtopia Partner Connect Award Winner 2021

Personal Innovation Channel Excellence Award