Meet the Salsarians

Digital enthusiasts with an open ethos and a genuine desire to deliver great work that is meaningful

Adam Walton

UX Designer

Adam provides meaningful, human-centric design expertise, focusing on user experience and immersive interactions for a range of Salsa projects.
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Akhil Bhandari

Engagement Manager

Based in Canberra, Akhil is one of Salsa’s engagement managers focusing on translating business requirements into digital solutions.
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Alan Cole

Frontend Developer

Alan brings high level frontend development expertise to all Salsa projects.
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Alan Rako

Marketing Design Lead

Alan focuses on design and UX development for Salsa products and our clients.
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Alex Skrypnyk

Solutions Architect / Technical Lead

Alex is a skilled Solutions Architect and Technical Lead, shaping the technical direction of Salsa’s Drupal projects.
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Alfred Deeb

Founding Director

Salsa’s founder, director, and open revolution advocate. Committed to open government, and living and breathing Salsa’s purpose.
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Amey Mudras

Senior Drupal Developer

Amey is one of our full-stack developers, working across both frontend and backend.
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Angela Rako

Head of People and Culture/Salsa Service Desk Manager

Angela is our Head of People and Culture and also works as the Salsa Service Desk Manager.
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Antoine Osanz

Operations Lead

Antoine works on the Salsa business to standardise processes across new and existing products and services.
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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.
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Awang Setyawan

Senior Developer

Awang is both a frontend and backend developer, working on a range of Salsa projects.
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Brendan Lewis

Level 1 Service Desk Agent

Brendan looks after Salsa’s support clients, managing our dedicated helpdesk.
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Brooke Hendry

Content Writer

Brooke writes and edits content for Salsa and our clients.
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Chris Harrop

Board member

Chris Harrop is the Vice President, Asia-Pacific for Drift. Chris sits on the Salsa board to help steer Salsa's strategic direction.  
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Con Fountas

Strategic Account Manager & Board Chairperson

Diverse set of roles including Strategic Account Manager for Salsa’s major Victorian and Commonwealth programs, CFO and startup co-founder.
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Dalibor Matura

Drupal Tech Lead & Full-stack Engineer

Dalibor is a highly experienced Drupal tech lead and full-stack engineer.
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Daniel Grynenko

SDP Community Helpdesk Agent

Daniel works on Drupal contributions and Salsa’s helpdesk to support Victoria’s SDP.
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Deepali Shelar

QA Tester

Deepali is a highly qualified quality assurance tester.
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Deirdre Diamante

Board member

Deirdre is the founder and principal of Mia Consulting Services. Deirdre sits on the Salsa board to help steer Salsa's strategic direction.  
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Des Drury

Technical Architect

Des is a technical architect, working on building an advanced, open source hosting platform.
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Emil Jeyaratnam

Data Expert

Emil writes Salsa’s Open Data Insight series, including producing the data visualisations.
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Fiona Morrison

Engagement Manager

Fiona is one of Salsa’s engagement managers, managing three of Salsa’s main products: CivicTheme, Merlin and Launchpad.
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Gaurav Garg

Full-Stack Developer

Gaurav is a highly skilled full-stack Drupal developer. He works across both backend and frontend, with a focus on backend development.
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Govind Kumar Malu

Drupal Developer

Govind brings a high level of Drupal expertise to the Salsa team.
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Ian Watts

Business Development/ Account Management

Ian is responsible for managing key Salsa clients and for business development.
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Ines Vara

Engagement Manager

Ines is one of Salsa’s engagement managers, working with our clients from discovery to project delivery.
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John Cloys

Senior Accessibility Consultant

John works as a senior accessibility consultant, helping Salsa clients meet accessibility standards.
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Joshua Fernandes

Drupal Developer

Joshua is a highly experienced Drupal backend developer.
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Julie Erben

Engagement Manager

As one of our engagement managers, Julie works with clients from discovery to delivery.
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Kate Swayne

Project Delivery

Kate helps deliver Salsa projects on time and on budget.
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Konstantin Sivakov

Senior Developer CKAN/Open Data

Konstantin specialises in CKAN development and works on Salsa’s open data projects.
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Kristen Pol

Technical Lead / Business Analyst

Kristen works across Salsa’s projects as a Technical Lead and Business Analyst.
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Mark Calvert

Senior Developer

Digital nomad and full-stack Salsa developer, working on frontend and backend.
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Matej Markovic

Search Engine Optimisation Consultant

Matej looks after search engine optimisation for Salsa and our clients.
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Ming Quah

DevOps Engineer

Ming is a DevOps Engineer working on Salsa’s dedicated hosting platform and our client platforms.
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Nathania Sudirman

Executive Assistant

Nathania supports the executive team and wider Salsa business.
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Nick Austen

Engagement Manager/Service Desk Manager

Based in Melbourne, Nick is the GovCMS Service Desk Manager.
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Nick Georgiou

Drupal Developer

Nick is one of Salsa’s full-stack developers, working across both the frontend and backend for Drupal projects.
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Paul Morriss

Director - Projects

Paul is one of Salsa’s owners and works closely with our government clients at a strategic level.
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Peter Anderson

Application Support Engineer

Based in regional NSW, Peter works on the GovCMS Service Desk in application support.
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Phillipa Martin

Content strategist & project manager

Phillipa manages all Salsa’s content requirements, writing content for both the Salsa website and clients’ websites. She also works as a project manager on Salsa projects.
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Rashed Khan

DevOps Engineer

Rashed is a DevOps engineer, working on building Salsa’s new advanced hosting platform.
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Richard Gaunt

Technical Lead

As a technical lead, Richard works closely with Salsa engagement managers and developers to set the overall technical direction for Salsa projects.
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Roman Barbun

Solution Architect

As a solution architect, Roman works closely with Salsa project managers and developers to set the overall solution direction for Salsa projects.
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Rose Duong

UX/UI & Visual Creative Designer

Rose is our UX/UI designer, looking after the visual design for the Salsa website and our clients’ websites, focusing on user-centred design.
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Shane Dineen

Chief Financial Officer

Shane is responsible for the overall financial management of the company.
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Shivan Jaikaran

Drupal Training and Documentation Specialist & Senior Drupal Engineer

Shivan is a highly experienced Drupal tech lead and developer, working as Salsa’s official trainer and as a Drupal lead/developer.
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Shona Barton

Business Analyst / GovCMS Service Desk Manager

Shona works across Salsa’s projects as a business analyst and is also our assistant GovCMS Service Desk Manager.
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Sonam Chaturvedi

QA Tester

Sonam is a highly experienced quality assurance tester.
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Sonny Kieu

Technical Lead

Sonny is a highly experienced Drupal developer, who has led many high-profile Salsa projects.
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Steven Kotevski

Service Desk Agent

Steven looks after GovCMS support, helping our GovCMS clients with any questions and issues.
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Steven Worley

Technical Lead

As one of our tech leads, Steve focuses on overall technical solution direction and liaises between our engagement managers and the development team.
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Stuart Rowlands

CTO

As Salsa’s CTO, Stuart helps direct forward-thinking and technically interesting opportunities and oversees Salsa’s technical direction.
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Suchi Garg

Technical Manager

Suchi is responsible for technical leadership across Drupal projects and manages Salsa's development partners.
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Tina Calabria

Senior Research Consultant

Tina helps Salsa clients understand user behaviours, needs and motivations.
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Tom Daniewski

CISO

Tom is a highly experienced cybersecurity expert providing strategy and implementation services to Salsa and our clients.
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Tome Cirun

CKAN Developer

Tome is an experienced CKAN developer working across Salsa’s open data projects.
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Yusuf Hasan Miyan

Senior Developer

Yusuf works across Salsa’s Drupal projects as both a backend developer and DevOps engineer.
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Interested in a career at Salsa?

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