Our Team
Meet the professionals behind your next project
From Designers and Marketers to Programmers and Developers - we have the skills your business needs.
Brendan McDonald
Director
Post Graduate degree in Business
With over 20 years of industry experience, Brendan came to Clevvi after revolutionising the digital marketing and rebrand of Dingo Mini Diggers as their National Marketing Manager. As Export Manager Brendan also took Dingo to South Africa, UK & Europe, South Korea, New Zealand and Chile. In 2015 Brendan & Dingo were recognised as one of the winners of the ‘Regional Online Hero’ award, in recognition for outstanding use of the internet and digital technologies to grow their businesses. Winners of this joint initiative between Google and the Regional Australia Institute were flown to Google in Sydney for a Google masterclass at Google’s headquarters.
With a wealth of marketing experience and certifications in Business, Brendan is the mastermind driving projects along, talking strategy, discovering opportunities for better processes and keeping up with our current clients to ensure we’re hitting the mark. An enthusiastic runner, he’s the one waking up at 5:30am to go for a casual 10km run all while keeping up with his twin daughters!
James Deck
Director
Master’s in Business Administration
Our Canadian-born founder, James, is the other half of our leadership team with a fountain of knowledge for all things technical.
James works side-by-side with our clients to find ingenious and creative ways to bring their ideas to life using cutting edge digital technology. From configuring RFID tagging systems to confounding our FridgeBrain technology to improve the reliability of pharmaceutical/medical refrigeration - James has the skills to develop innovative solutions for our clients. When he’s not in the office, you can find James spending time with his wife, two kids and two black labs.
Rachel Innosent
Client Success Specialist
Multiple degrees in Business and Applied Science (Mathematics).
Extremely helpful in nature, Rachel is our clients’ first point of contact and prides herself on understanding your business. She is a resourceful part of our team with the ability to think on her feet, balance multiple tasks while meeting an assortment of deadlines. These skills make her the ideal first point of contact for clients.
Behind the scenes Rachel is chasing the team towards the finish line, checking in with clients, following up your queries all while answering the phones!
Trevor Presley
Key Account Executive
Over two decades experience in the Food Manufacturing and Production Industry.
After almost two decades in the food manufacturing and production industry, Trevor continues to grow his account management and client relation skills by working closely with clients to maintain solid, healthy relationships. Trevor's passion for client satisfaction shows through with his excellent problem solving abilities - he is yet to face a problem he can’t solve.
In his spare time Trevor loves taking his 2 beagles for a walk, having coffee dates with his daughters, Remi and Rudi, and enjoys playing golf.
Joel Dobson
Digital Marketing Specialist
Bachelor's degree in Business
Joel is our resident barista-in-the-making and certified Digital Marketing genius. Certified Google Partner, Joel is the ideal marketer for your next campaign. Whether you need to target your ideal audience through clever campaigns with defined goals or simply want to know what your metrics mean, Joel can help. He runs circles around our competitors - literally, he’s also a competitive cyclist!
Tristan Lostroh
Software Engineer
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and IT
Tristan’s brilliant brain is hardwired to turn big ideas and rough outlines into fully-featured, hard-working, problem-solving, universe-conquering products. He applies his in-depth knowledge of IT and Engineering to some of our meatier, technical projects. Based mainly in our Gold Coast office, Tristan spends his downtime exercising the left hand side of his brain by producing beautiful furniture, woodwork and designing extraordinary lego creations.
Jonas Spohr
Web Developer
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems
From Porto Alegre in Brazil our Web Developer Jonas has more than 8 years experience as a front-end and back-end software developer using platforms like C#, nodejs and PHP. Jonas is based in our Gold Coast office and is our certified Scrum Master.
In his downtime, you can find Jonas having a surf at the beach or watching movies.
Gareth Mason
Designer
Diplomas in Multimedia, Visual Art and Design
With over 20 years experience in design, interactive media and business, Gareth describes his ideal workday by creating graphic design content and digital products that result in a deeply satisfying user experience and client satisfaction.
Gareth is constantly discovering new ways of building things and solving complex problems thanks to his fun-loving and curious young son, Henry.
Lindsey Kidman
Graphic Designer
Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia
Lindsey is the second part of our dynamic design duo. You can usually find her behind the video camera, inspecting code to find irregularities or making herself comfortable in Illustrator.
Rest assured when Lindsey is on the job - her attention to detail is as impeccable as her flawless curls! Lindsey relaxes by spending time in nature with her sketchbook.
Caitlin McManus
Digital Content & Copywriting Specialist
Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media
Caitlin, a Toowoomba local familiar with the region, is an adaptable Content Writer who works across all aspects of our creative process. From talking strategy to creating high quality content, Caitlin's happy to assist however she can.
With a major in Advertising, minors in PR and English Literature, and prior experience in Graphic Design, Caitlin is more than capable of finding the right words for your next marketing campaign or website.
This could be you
We’re always looking for eager, intelligent professionals who will complement our team.
Submit your application to register your interest in working with Clevvi.