Philip Argy

Principal & Chief Executive

ArgyStar.com

Philip Argy, is an experienced commercial mediator and arbitrator, having successfully resolved thousands of disputes, many of them highly complex involving tens of millions of dollars. He specialises in intellectual property, science, technology, consumer, franchising and competition issues and has an Australian Government Negative Vetting 2 security clearance enabling him to assist in cases involving classified information. He has been a computer buff for over 41 years as well as being an experienced programmer. Philip left Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now called King & Wood Mallesons) at the end of 2007 after being with the firm for almost 32 years (24 of them as a partner). He established ArgyStar.com primarily to evangelise and implement dispute resolution and avoidance strategies in the IT sector, applying the  ADRoIT Principles, jointly promoted by the Australian Computer Society, IAMA, and the Project Management Institute. He is a director and founder of the Technology Dispute Centre and a Consulting Principal at Keypoint Law - an innovative model in legal service delivery.

Glenn Butcher

Investor and Consultant, Interim Head of People and Culture at Prospa

The Growth Execs

Glenn is a technology company builder with 25 years experience in senior management at Amazon, Atlassian, and diverse technology startups. He is currently an investor and interim head of people and culture at Prospa who lives in Sydney with his wife, two young children, and occasional pile of foster kittens.

Sam McLennan

Co-Founder

Unique Mentors

Sam is a founder of ‘Unique Mentors’ and has completed his own entrepreneurial journey having started, grown and exited his own business. His business knowledge and experience is broad after working with a wide range of businesses throughout the globe for over 25 years.

Danielle Neale

Entrepreneur in Residence

TechVouchers

Danielle has been starting, leading and advising successful businesses and innovative programs for over 20 years. Her entrepreneurial and innovation experience ranges from startup founder to coach, mentor, consultant, advisor, advocate and board member. She has represented Australia at the G20 Summit, been a Finalist for Women in Technology’s Entrepreneur of the Year, championed the iAwards Young Innovator as the Chief Judge and led innovative, state government initiatives. 

In her current role as Entrepreneur in Residence at UNSW Engineering, she represents the university in the Innovation Central Sydney Alliance and the UNSW Techconnect program which is funded by the NSW Department of Industry's $18M, "Boosting Business Innovation Program". She also supports staff and students to develop commercial ventures and knowledge exchange opportunities and led the 2017 pilot program for UNSW The Maker Games which recently won the Australian Financial Review's Innovation in Higher Education, Industry Engagement Award.