The People
Peter MillerManaging Director, Adstream AustraliaWith over twenty-five years experience in the media industry wearing down media planners and buyers, Peter joined Adstream in 2004. He has previously worked in senior sales and marketing positions at ACP, News Ltd, Fairfax, Pacific and also ran his own consultancy Adsalesplus, a publishing strategy provider to publishers. Peter is also Chairman of the Salvation Army Media Advisory Board; a Director of the Cancer Patients Foundation; and a Trustee of the Sydney Theatre Company Foundation. |
Dhana SegaranFinancial ControllerDhana has worked at Adstream for the past three years. Formerly, he was Business Analyst at Abbott Nutrition where he managed the business unit financials from actual to budgeting, balance sheet and cash flow. |
Georgie CharlishAccount Director, NSWGeorgie joined Adstream in October 2006, previously working in the fast-paced world of magazine sales with over twenty years’ experience. She has held various senior sales roles at ACP Publishing and held the position of NSW Sales Director of Pacific Magazines. |
Shannon GulliverHead of Customer Service, BroadcastShannon joined the Melbourne Adstream team as our Senior account manager in April 2007. She has over eight years experience in multimedia, marketing and TV post production. Her interests include Travel and snow boarding. |
Jamie DavidsonGlobal Head of Print StrategyJamie has been working with Quickcut and Adstream since 1991…he’s seen a lot of changes! That’s probably why he’s been here so long..the market, the customers, the technology and our products are constantly evolving. Jamie has evolved over the years as well..originally working as an Account Manager installing Quickcut software for Agencies and Publishers, his current role makes him responsible for managing and launching adstream’s suite of print and digital products that make all our lives easier. |
National Radio ManagerNational Radio ManagerLiz has had a career in radio and advertising spanning almost four decades. She worked at 4BC in Brisbane straight out of school and this was to be the start of a passion for radio that she has maintained her whole career. Apart from working at six radio stations across two states, Liz has worked in radio syndication, advertising and film production. Liz has been with adstream since the launch of their radio business 2004. |
Daniel GregsonAccount ManagerDaniel has worked full time and freelance in print media for ten years across sales/advertising, account management, copy writing and more including ‘The Age’ and Australian Associated Press with stints as music reviewer and aficionado in print and via community radio. |
Kim KellerSunshineologistKim joined adstream in early 2008 shortly after landing in OZ. Now the resident “Sunshineologist” spends her days solving problems, just doing what needs doing and keeping clients happy. She holds a degree in Marketing and plans the future around a love of travel. |
Michael GieAccount Services ExecutiveBefore becoming part of the Adstream production team, Michael spent several years in London working in advertising and TV production before moving to Vancouver to work on feature films. Missing the sun and the surf he ventured back to Sydney and worked as a Production Manager before beginning his current role at Adstream. |
David LuntInstallation & Training ConsultantDavid brings over fifteen years of prepress expertise in the publishing and printing industry to the Adstream fold and provides Technical Support for the Quickcut software products, and related IT issues. Formerly a client, David joined our Quickcut team in 2005. Before Adstream David worked at various Prepress companies in Melbourne, throughout the transition from Bromide/Film to CtP. In all these roles, Quickcut was a standard tool. |
Dawn WarrenBusiness Solutions CoordinatorPrevious to Adstream, Dawn worked in the Accounts department at Marketforce and spent two years in Perth before relocating to the Adstream Finance Team in Sydney. After realising that she didn’t quite fit the Finance profile, she talked her way into the Business Solutions Team and has been happily schmoozing clients ever since. |
David HendersonNational Head of Account ManagementDavid joined Adstream 2003. He has over sixteen years experience in the media industry, with stints at Comcopy, Icon Digital Post and AAV Digital Pictures before joining Adstream. |
Rob ManningGlobal Head of Digital ProductOver the past twenty-five years Rob has been developing the skills and experience necessary to start a career at Adstream that will last for many years. He has a very strong general management, sales and marketing background in digital and communications markets and in more recent years he has developed a deep understanding of the operational and technical elements of the digital space. He has worked for Media and Creative Agencies as well as Publishers and brings with him a keen sense of making the lives of people who work in those three businesses easier. |
Nadine RimmerHead of Business SolutionsNadine spent eleven years in Creative Services roles in ad agencies in Australia and the UK, followed by four years of independent workflow consulting, where she focused on agency process creation and business streamlining. ‘Adstream were actually a client of mine back then, so when they offered me a role here, I just couldn’t say no!’ |
Tai TranHead of BroadcastTai worked in the wonderful world of post production at Digital Pictures Melbourne. One career highlight there was being cast as a backup dancer on Vanessa Amorossi’s film clip “Gossip”. |
Maryanne TyrrellHead of Traffic, BroadcastMaryanne joined Adstream in 2004 bringing with her 32 years experience in the media industry. Prior to Adstream, she worked with the TEN Network for 15 years as well as various post production houses for 13 years. |
Annelle (Nelly) PaemaaPrint and Online Project ManagerOur MediaLink queen! Nelly joined Quickcut as a Tech Support Engineer in 2002. Being a Graphic Reproducer by trade and holding Certificate III in software support, an Apple Certified Engineer with experience in Magazine Publishing, she has been a great asset. Having worked in our London office to help grow Print, she is now a Senior Project Manager in Sydney – scoping many new initiatives within Adstream. Nelly is excellent at following up and pestering people to finish tasks. |
Craig DickBusiness Development Manager, VICCraig has over twenty-five years sales experience starting his media career with Australian Associated Press in Sydney. He has a wealth of experience in the pre-press and publishing industries and has added broadcast and online workflow to his repertoire. Craig has now been with Quickcut/Adstream for 10 years and was the major contributor in establishing the Quickcut business in the southern states. |
Peter FinchSenior Account Manager, VICPeter joined Adstream in 2003 with the launch of Adstream Melbourne’s operation. Peter has a wealth of industry knowledge. Starting his career at WIN Ballarat as a junior, he followed this with stints in production at 7, 9 and SBS. The fourteen years since, including a client service role at Comcopy, have been spent working directly with Ad Agencies on all their broadcast and workflow requirements. |
Erin BanningDirector of HappinessIn 2006 when Adstream and Quickcut merged, Erin joined as the first receptionist/ office manager. She quickly moved up the ranks into Marketing & Events where she worked for the UK division and back again to settle in TV Production in Sydney before moving to Adstream Melbourne. During this time she offically became the Director of Happines – a title with which our Clients agree! |
Shruti Patel-TurnerState Account Manager, QLD/NTShruti has been part of the advertising community for ten years – six of which have been with adstream. |
Tom DysonWorkflow ConsultantTom graduated from UMIST University in Manchester and joined Adstream in 2004. |
Murray BurdenBusiness Development Manager, BroadcastMurray has seventeen years experience in television and broadcasting and has been with Adstream since the company launched in 2003. |
Jeff HarrisonCustomer Support ManagerJeff has played in the TV broadcast industry for fifteen years and arrived at Adstream in 2003. Prior to Adstream Jeff worked at Comcopy in the days of 1 inch tape cutdowns and air freight despatches. Oh how things are different today, with everything now just a mouse click away. Jeff holds a degree in Adult Education, and enjoys travel. He used to be Jeff le chef and cooked his way from Melbourne to London and back. He continues to cook up a storm! |
Jasmine RezekMarketing ManagerA more recent Adstream acquisition, Jasmine joins the sales and marketing team having worked in the advertising industry on a range of clients such as Air Pacific, Sunbeam, Cricket NSW and Ssangyong. |
Jeff StrongBusiness Development ManagerJeff started his working life as a colour retoucher at John Sands Artarmon. With over twenty years experience in pre-press from the days of hand planning to the digital era of Scitex and Macintosh his skills are vast and varied with local and overseas experience. |
Grace van UdenClient Relationship ManagerGrace van Uden has over twenty years experience in television broadcast services in both New Zealand and Australia. Grace joined Adstream in 2004, and now works specifically with clients ensuring the seamless execution of their broadcast projects. Grace attacks her role with adstream as she did her performances as a Cheer leader and in her role in the stage show Miss Saigon. Born Performer. |
Josh StanesAccount ManagerFresh out of highschool in ‘93, Josh started his own design business on the sunny coast in QLD. Spreading his wings to NZ (yes, for a girl), he ran his own web design and branding company and also became Communications Manager for Matisse International Furniture. Josh joined Adstream in 2005. |
Amy LambertState Manager, SAAmy has over ten years experience in the Advertising and Design Industry. Her career began back in 2001 as a Graphic Designer, and has since worked as a Digital Media Producer and Digital Account Manager, enabling her to gain experience in numerous facets of the industry. Prior to joining Adstream, Amy was self-employed producing work for print, online and TV. With such a broad range of skills and extensive knowledge of the industry, she can now combine all this experience in the one job. |
Gabrielle WallingtonState Account Manager, WAGaby joined the Adstream Sydney office in 2009 following ten fantastic years of Agency land both in Sydney and London. She then toddled off to Perth in 2010 where she is now loving her position as State Account Manager for WA. |
Belinda SwanAccount Services ExecutiveBelinda joined Adstream in 2004 working in the TV Production department, specialising in Multi-media. She has worked in the industry for 16 years in various roles with companies including Omnilab, Digital Pictures, Comcopy and AfterPost. |
Marcus DavisPrint & Online Tech Support ManagerMarcus started working for QuickCut Tech Support in 2005 specialising in DTP apps and colour workflows. Previous to Adstream he worked as a Graphic repro specialist for sixteen years with several high-end graphic repro houses. He left Sydney’s sunny shores in 2003 and headed for the motherland (UK) to rediscover his roots. Had a stint of managing bars in a few country gastro pubs and surf travelled parts of Europe. |