About

Our leadership team

Chairman of the Board since 1995. Surveyor, Cartographer, Inventor, Software Developer, GIS Consultant and Entrepreneur since 1980.
He does not have an MBA, but learned how to run nfoldROI from the School of Hard Knocks.
Walter likes to spend time with family and friends, ride his classic 70’s BMW motorcycle long distance (Europe, Canada, USA, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia) and sail his 1960’s Corsair dinghy.

Dr Walter Hesse

Group Managing Director

Mindy is the main driver of commercial strategy and business development for the global group of companies, reporting to the Group Managing Director. She is responsible for making decisions regarding sales, marketing and product development to drive business growth and Global market share in order to meet growth targets.
In her spare time, Mindy loves spending time with her family, including her three beautiful children. Legos and photography dominate her spare time along with an affinity for travel. Mindy has lived in the USA, Norway, UK, Spain and Australia.

Mindy Gerber Alexander

Chief Commercial Officer

Company Director, Company Secretary, & CFO. Responsible for Statutory Compliance in all jurisdictions the Group operates in. Responsible for Board Governance for all Group entities including reporting to the Board and Shareholders.
Phil enjoys swimming to the extent of 4.30am daily starts 6 times per week, 49 weeks of the year!

Phil Young

Chief Financial Officer

Paul is leading a global R&D team and is also responsible for the IT systems and security of the Group.
Paul likes to cook, walk in the bush, and rock climb. He gets woken up every morning by a smiling Samoyed.

Paul Joyce

Chief Technology/Information Officer

Natalie has a career spanning more than 15 years, having been with us since 2010 contributing to substantial global business growth and success. Natalie is responsible for our most important assets, our people.
Natalie is a mum of 2 gorgeous boys that keep her busy! She loves spending time with family and friends and has a passion for health, fitness and travel.

Natalie Amar

Chief People Officer

Hanmanth has over 23 years of experience in the GIS industry and is responsible for the overall Hyderabad Rightshoring operations improving efficiency by developing strategies and creating a great work culture.
Hanmanth likes spending time with family and friends and loves watching and playing cricket. He is health conscious and practices yoga regularly.

Hanmanth R. Marikanti, CEO nfoldROI (India) Pvt Ltd

Hanmanth R. Marikanti

CEO India

Daniel brings extensive expertise in artificial intelligence and telecoms. With a proven track record of leading innovative projects and teams, he leverages his deep knowledge to drive strategic growth and technological advancement within the company. Outside of his professional life, Daniel enjoys adventures with his family, sailing, racing cars, and exploring new tech startups within the VC community.

Daniel Sciro

Daniel Sciro

CEO North America

As a serial entrepreneur for the last 3 decades specializing in the geospatial space, Tony's favourite part of the journey has been the relationships created along the way. He truly believes that successful business partnerships are forged in advocating for the client, trust, friendship and loyalty. He and his wife are empty nesters living in Northern California, where they're joined by two energetic Golden-Doodles, as they explore the amazing beauty of their home location. In his leisure time, Tony travels globally in pursuit of dumb trout with his fly rod and crafts heirloom furniture.

Tony Alex

Tony Alex

VP Sales North America

Peter is the General Manager for nfoldROI Australia and New Zealand, with a career in IT since the 1990s. Passionate about technology and continuous learning, Peter oversees operational matters and various aspects of delivery for the Australian and New Zealand branches. Outside of work, he enjoys long walks in New Zealand's stunning nature, indulging in the beauty and tranquillity it offers.

Peter Katelaan

Peter Katelaan

General Manager AU & NZ

Sourabh Sakhare has been helping utilities and telecommunications companies in the US and ANZ with IT OT convergence through data and systems integration for over 17 years. Currently representing nfoldROI's Sales for Australia, he’s your go-to guy for seamless tech solutions. When he's not orchestrating data symphonies, Sourabh enjoys vocal training his two young daughters and doubling as an amateur gardener, proudly growing organic vegetables in his backyard.

Sourabh Sakhare

Sourabh Sakhare

Account Executive Australia

Niki is dedicated to assisting energy, utilities, and telecommunications companies globally with their geospatial, data services, and digital transformation requirements. Niki is passionate about helping resolve customer issues with our nfoldROI talented resources, services and products. nfoldROI has long-term customers built on years of trust and successful engagements, and it’s a responsibility Niki takes very seriously with her sales and account Management responsibilities. Niki also enjoys a healthy lifestyle through bodybuilding, walking in nature, and reading.

Niki Abeyewardene

Global Account Executive

Joachim is our European Account Manager. The focus of his career has been GIS and Location-Based International Sales in Utilities and Telcos. He loves spending time with friends and family, cooking, travelling, and exploring the “Dolce Vita” in Italy.

Joachim Mack-Goertz

Joachim Mack-Goertz

Account Executive Europe

Our differentiators

Qualified

  • ISO 9001 Certified for the provision of IT based Consulting, Training and Product Development Services
  • ISO 27001 Certified for specialist geospatial consulting, development and support services
  • partnering with Microsoft, SAP, HERE, Esri, GE and 30+ other specialists
  • largest number of Smallworld GIS Qualified Staff and Certifications in Australia and NZ
  • largest number of GIS upgrades (50+), many SAP/GIS Enterprise grade – all on time and on budget

Principled

  • we strictly obey Labour and Immigration Laws and pay competitive market rates
  • our staff churn is <10% for very good reasons.  The IT industry turnover rate is >13%,  higher than any other business sector. 
  • all staff are eligible for our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

Trusted

  • 100% self-funded, family-owned and debt-free since 1995
  • successfully delivered $300m+ of geo-spatial IT solutions
    to global Utilities, Telcos and Defence
  • responsible for very large multi-year National scale deliveries >$25m project value
  • creating nfold ROI for our customers to earn their repeat and referral business

Innovative

  • World first SAP Certified GIS|connect Interface in 1995 – still running in production today
  • #1 “Conflation-as-a-Service” adjust.IT released in 2000 as Smallworld GIS version and later as ArcGIS and ArcFM versions , Adjusted 400m+ coordinates to date.
  • SAP Certified LatLonGO® Native Mobility Solution including SAP WorkManager, PM, MRS Integration and LatLonGo for the Microsoft Power Platform
  • we always value-add nfold ROI through innovation, well beyond our customer expectations

Our evolution

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The journey begins ...
Company Foundation
start-up Capital $1,000
First Smallworld GIS World Class Partner
in Southern Hemisphere Implementation of World-first Smallworld/SAP Interface GIS|Connect
First commercial release of adjust.IT
Product & Service Methodology to adjust 1,000,000 land parcels in New Zealand;
Creation of our first wholly owned subsidiary in New Zealand
First US customer
City of Tacoma WA
creating nfold ROI building SAP interfaces to AutoCAD, Esri and Smallworld
First US adjust.IT Conflation Licensee
Duke Energy
Tacoma Power, USA
adjust.IT Conflation Licensee;
Conflated 100% of Western Australia for Water Corporation
Piedmont Natural Gas, USA
adjust.IT Conflation Licensee;
Manitoba Hydro, CA adjust.IT Conflation Licensee;
Conflated 80% of Queensland for Ergon Energy
Wholly owned India Right-Shoring Subsidiary
HERE strategic Development Partner;
6 year GIS development and Data Engineering Project for a National Broadband Network, including the classroom training of 1,600+ GIS operators
LatLonGO/HERE Mobility Product Release
Wholly owned UK subsidiary;
Wholly owned Products subsidiary
Conflated all of Texas
for Atmos Energy using adjust.IT
Gaz de France
Gaz de France uses adjust.IT to conflate all of France;
Wholly owned subsidiary in Germany
LatLonGO/Telco Version released
Won major Australian Defence contract against much larger and established System Integrator competition;
Conflated all of New York for Cablevision (Altice) using adjust.IT
Won Deutsche Telekom Conflation Tender
as newcomer (without any German staff at the time) against 25-year-old established local competition
adjust.IT ArcGIS Pro
used in major US conflation project
Developed LatLonGo for the Microsoft Power Platform
placed into the Microsoft AppSource;
Esri Partner Network Agreement
Wholly owned US Subsidiary
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing “An Artificial Intelligence (AI) pattern matching system for automated cadastral epoch reference layer conflation”
Rebranded to nfoldROI
to better reflect what we actually stand for: "We create nfold ROI for our customers to earn their repeat and referral business";
FY25-27 Global Growth Plan focussing on North America.