Chief Executive Officer.

Rob Newman has been CEO of Nearmap since October 2015, after having been a non-executive director for almost five years. He has established a unique track record as a successful Australian high technology entrepreneur in both Australia and Silicon Valley.

Rob is a trained engineer who has spent his career in marketing, business development, and general management as well as ten years as a venture capitalist.

Chief Financial Officer.

Andy provides strategic leadership to the finance and investor relations groups.  Andy has a proven track record in Australian and the UK of step-changing companies’ performance and increasing shareholder value in growth companies across technology, media, gaming, and professional services.

Following six years at the Walt Disney Company managing the global finances of the TV distribution business, Andy moved on to Betfair, the market disruptor in the highly competitive gambling and gaming sector.  At Betfair, Andy accelerated top line growth whilst building scalable solutions to allow the business to expand rapidly into the global marketplace.  Andy then joined tomwaterhouse.com as CFO during its high-growth phase prior to its acquisition by a major European competitor, and then moved on to Decimal Software Ltd, an ASX-listed fintech company providing a disruptive SaaS solution to the financial planning industry.

Chief Marketing Officer.

Harvey was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in 2018 to spearhead Nearmap’s global marketing and brand initiatives.

Harvey has over 25 years in senior management roles for some of the world’s most iconic tech companies and brands.

Previously, Harvey was the Chief Marketing Officer for Accenture Interactive Asia Pacific and Japan where lead Accenture’s Digital marketing capabilities across the region.

Harvey was the Marketing Director at eBay ANZ for 3 years where he led Australia’s largest ecommerce platform to a pure data driven marketing model.  

Before joining eBay, he worked as CEO for ClickView.  An Australian Edtech company focusing on video and curriculum mapped content for the education market.  ClickView was awarded Australia’s Most Innovative Company in 2012 by BRW Magazine.

Previously to ClickView, Harvey worked at Microsoft for 20 years in numerous roles, culminating as Marketing Director. Harvey was responsible for launching some of Microsoft most important and iconic products including Windows, Office and Azure.

Executive Vice President Sales, AU.

Shane is passionate about making a tangible difference for Nearmap’s customers by enabling innovation and a competitive advantage.  Committed to leading teams for which a culture of continuous improvement and customer orientation are central themes, Shane adopts a leadership style to take his team on a journey to high performance.

Shane’s experiences in founding, evolving, and growing businesses to achieve a position of market leadership come from focus on outstanding customer experience. Having founded and exited his own company and coached many executives in startup and scale-up technology companies, Shane has a unique perspective on organisational value maximisation. 

Executive Vice President and General Manager,  International Partnerships and Expansions.  

Patrick brings to Nearmap more than 25 years of experience helping international sales, marketing, and services teams deliver disruptive content and analytic solutions across a wide variety of industries.  His passionate leadership style, along with his customer-centric and consultative approach, has allowed his teams to tailor complex technology offerings into business solutions for his clients and partners in the global marketplace.

Prior to joining Nearmap, Patrick has held senior executive positions at both early stage and established leaders in software, content and technology such as SPSS, IRI, and MarkLogic. During his successful career, Patrick has been part of some of the industries more innovative times such as the emergence and growth of the predictive analytics space while at SPSS and the disruptive NOSQL Big Data movement while at MarkLogic.

Patrick holds a Masters in Business with a concentration in Marketing from DePaul University’s Kellstadt School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Dayton.

Executive Vice President, People & Culture.

Sue is responsible for developing and executing people strategies in support of the overall Nearmap business plan and strategic direction. Sue’s range of skills and knowledge has been gained through local and international experience in big corporates, small startups, and industry associations. Sue owned and operated her own executive search and consultancy company, and has acted as a consultant to small businesses and startups around staffing, management, mentoring, human capital, culture, and strategy.

Sue is a highly effective manager who cares deeply about fostering leadership, talent, and culture, as well as coaching and mentoring throughout Nearmap. She is passionate and effective in delivering and working towards the desired goal and strategically aligned to the core values of the business.

Executive Vice President, Technology & Engineering.

Tom has a successful track record and over 18 years' experience in technology innovation in leadership roles across Australia, Silicon Valley, and the UK, both in start-ups as well as large multi-national organisations. His broad experience includes software and hardware for networked consumer electronics, automotive systems, cloud-based machine learning for “big data” energy analytics and optimisation, cloud-based video security, and casino gaming products.

In 2004, Tom co-founded and was the CEO of venture-backed Avega Systems, which developed the world’s first Wi-Fi compliant home media distribution platform. Today, Avega powers the highly successful Denon HEOS range of networked audio products. More recently, Tom held the position of director of software at Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), where he managed software development teams across Australia, India, and the US during a period of transformation and rapid growth in shareholder value.

Tom was attracted to Nearmap as it is one of the few Australian companies built on “deep tech” – a combination of hard science and engineering that is extremely difficult to replicate. He is passionate about extending Nearmap’s competitive advantage through aggressive technology innovation while maintaining laser-sharp focus on commercial outcomes.

Executive Vice President, Product.

Tony leads our product efforts backed by 35 years of experience in product management, product marketing, marketing and sales engineering.   Early in his career, Tony was VP of Consulting Services for Inforum which achieved a successful IPO in 3 years.

He managed Group 1 Software’s Database Marketing product line for 7 years and later served as VP of Product Management at Paragren Technology where he was instrumental in the sale of Paragren’s campaign management and segmentation technology to Siebel Systems. Siebel Marketing and Analytics grew from $10 million to $70 million with the help of Tony’s product marketing team in 1 year.

Tony has held worldwide management opportunities at SPSS and Siebel.  His entrepreneurial spirit and drive have helped companies reach new levels of success.  Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master of Arts in Demography from the same institution.