Our People

Brendan founded ITNewcom in 1997. Since that time, ITNewcom has grown into a leading benchmarking and sourcing consultancy in the Asia Pacific region. Brendan has over 25 years experience in the ICT industry, and specialises in ICT sourcing, benchmarking, sourcing strategy and contract negotiations. Over the last 10 years, Brendan has worked on more than 50 major ICT programs in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United States and Europe. Brendan has also played a lead role in establishing of a number of key industry initiatives within the Asia Pacific region. As Managing Partner, Brendan provides overall leadership to all of our practices and to maintaining our commitment to excellent client service.

Debbie joined ITNewcom in 1998 and became a partner in 2003. She has over 20 years experience in ICT sourcing and contracting, specialising in sourcing strategy and sourcing transactions. Debbie has worked in all aspects of ITNewcom's business across both private and public sector organisations, and is recognised for her extensive knowledge of the ICT market, technologies and trends. She provides specialist advice on complex structuring, process and transaction issues. As the Partner responsible for ITNewcom's research practice and the development of ITNewcom's sourcing methodology, Debbie is responsible for ensuring our clients and analysts have ready access to the latest market intelligence, sourcing tools and best practice

Stuart joined ITNewcom in 2007, and became a partner in 2009. As ITNewcom's Canberra Practice Manager, Stuart has overall responsibility for the success of our Canberra based projects as well as management responsibility for ITNewcom's Canberra staff. Stuart has over 15 years experience in the ICT industry, with significant experience leading large scale programs with multi-disciplinary teams. He specialises in ICT strategy, governance, sourcing and program management. He also has extensive experience in commercial and service delivery management.

Brian joined ITNewcom in 2008. As ITNewcom's Melbourne Practice Manager, Brian has overall responsibility for the success of our Melbourne based projects. Brian has over 28 years experience in Defence Projects and in the ICT industry. Brian specialises in contracting strategies, multi-vendor governance regimes, strategic contract management strategies, problem project recovery strategies and IT sourcing. Brian is also highly recognised for his negotiation and dispute resolution skills.

Michael Wood, Practice Manager Benchmarking, Sydney

Michael joined ITNewcom in 2008, and has over 15 years ICT industry experience. Michael has extensive experience in evaluating ICT costs and performance having worked on a wide variety of ICT sourcing and benchmarking projects. As Benchmarking Practice Manager, he leads a team of highly qualified benchmarking analysts working on benchmarks across various industries and geographical regions. Michael has overall responsibility for the management and delivery of all our Benchmarking engagements including price, cost, customer satisfaction and value for money assessments.

Peter has an extensive finance, sales and business development background within the ICT Industry in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong spanning over 30 years. Peter is responsible for presenting the key value proposition that ITNewcom delivers to clients through our benchmarking, strategic sourcing and market research services. Before joining ITNewcom, Peter spent nearly 23 years working for IBM in various senior management, sales and business development roles across Asia Pacific. Peter works closely with our solution consultants and practice managers to identify opportunities for improving ICT value and achieving ongoing and continuous improvement across a wide range of industries and disciplines.