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.
Daniel Keller
Senior Consultant
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Master of Business
With a recent move from Switzerland to the Gold Coast, Daniel is our go-to strategic IT consultant. With a wealth of knowledge in applying strategies and frameworks, Daniel goes above and beyond to make sure that clients are well-supported in reaching business goals.
When Daniel is not at work, you’ll find him experimenting in the kitchen, conducting diagnostic penetration testing, or spending time with his wife and son.
Caitlin McManus
Marketing Account Manager
Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media
Caitlin, a Toowoomba local familiar with the region, has experience strategising, managing, and implementing marketing for a range of industries. From talking strategy to creating high quality content, Caitlin's happy to assist however she can.
Specialising in Advertising, PR and English Literature, Caitlin is more than capable of finding the right solution for your next marketing campaign or website.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Sinead Harte
Digital Content and Copy Writer Specialist
Bachelor of Media & Communications (Advertising)
Joining us from Brisbane, Sinead is a wonderful addition to the Toowoomba team. With a background in marketing, social media and design, she brings a wide range of skills to support Clevvi’s clients. While her current niche is copywriting, Sinead enjoys working with and learning from a team of well-integrated specialists. In her spare time, Sinead can be found working on her cooking skills or getting lost in a good book.
Ella Paine
Content Specialist & Copywriter
Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations)
Originally from Winton, our content specialist and copywriter, Ella, helps to create captivating information for our client’s target audiences. With a background in marketing and agriculture, Ella brings to a team a unique understanding of many of our rural clients. A passion for learning makes the variety of work and clients that Ella works with, very enjoyable. Ella’s creativity isn’t limited to the office though, in her spare time she loves to paint and develop her artistic skills
Sen Baatarkhuyag
Developer / Programmer
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Master of Information Technology
Behind the scenes of our client’s website, you’ll find our backend developer, Sen, hard at work. Sen is right at home working closely with data and loves to stimulate his mind with anything IT related. Constant learning and growth in the tech world has influenced his passion for tackling clients' IT challenges head-on. The variety of frameworks with different clients keeps every day exciting for Sen!
Taylor Radke
Developer / Programmer
Studying a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
Coffee addict and full-time student, Taylor, is getting first-hand experience in the software development and tech industry. Applying real-world learnings to his university studies has given Taylor an invaluable upper hand on his cohort. He is loving applying the theory that he has learnt at university on real projects with the Clevvi team. In his spare time, Taylor enjoys motorsports, video games, and watching movies.
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.