Meet the cubesys Team
Delivering a digitally enabled future through dynamic leadership and top technical talent.
Founded by Paul Heaton and Silvan Maeder in 2012, cubesys has since grown to a team of 25+ that’s delivered over 500 projects and served over 200 clients.
View the bios below to meet the members of the cubesys team.
Joshua Stevens
Developer
Daniel Burton
Senior Cloud Consultant
Paul Heaton
Co-Founder & CEO
Paul Heaton is an exhausted father of two active boys. When recovering at work his passion is to deliver meaningful digital transformation. He deeply believes that the function of IT is to positively impact our business and individual interactions, so he co-founded cubesys to help clients achieve this goal.
Paul brings over 20 years of practical experience in IT management and project delivery across a variety of roles, most recently as CEO of cubesys. He holds a dual degree in Business Management and Chemical Sciences from UMIST, Manchester and to this day is traumatised by the thought of Organic Chemistry.
Silvan Maeder
Co-Founder & CTO
Silvan possesses 20+ years of experience in IT, focussing on consulting, product development and all the other different aspects of his current role as Co-Founder and CTO at cubesys.
He loves collaborating with his team and making sure clients get the best possible solution out of their investment in a simple, useable and effective way. Always pushing technical boundaries for solutions that put the focus on the user to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Chris Hailes
Senior Cloud Consultant
Chris has many years of experience as a Solutions Architect. His deep background in Infrastructure, Network, Security and Managed Services is making him an all-rounder when it comes to technology and how it is used in enterprises today. He is a problem solver who enjoys tackling a business, operations or technical problem and coming up with technologies that empower businesses to evolve.
John Daoud
Senior Developer
John provides clients with solutions that aid them in their cloud lifecycle management. He has a background in Full Stack Development and does a lot of coding and problem solving using, C#, .Net, nodeJS, ReactJS, fullstack development, with a specialty in backend development. He enjoys working with the dev team to come up with appropriate solutions to his client’s problems.
Joshua Stevens
Developer
Josh loves to tackle complex design and development challenges and transform them into custom software solutions that make his colleagues and clients life’s easier. He enjoys learning and developing his skills along the way and is currently completing his work experience at cubesys in order to finish his Bachelor degree in Software Engineering.
George Zajakovski
Senior Cloud Consultant
George is an enthusiastic technical consultant with 10+ years’ experience specializing in end user computing in both physical and virtual worlds working in large educational and corporate environments. He helps organisations to allow their employees to work remotely and securely using various technologies such as VMware, Citrix, WVD and SCCM.
Friday drinks are a favourite for George and he always needs a coffee before he gets technical.
Andrew Matthews
Senior Cloud Consultant
Andrew has 15+ years’ experience in senior operational and support roles, solution architecture, design, professional services and project management. Andrew specialises in Azure cloud services, Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365, Azure AD and Enterprise Mobility and Security. He endeavours to help business adopt cloud technologies and practices with simpleness and efficiency.
Christine Brown
Customer Delivery & Administration Lead
Chrissy is an economist who has worked for various cross sector organisations in projects and business management. Her eye for detail and enjoyment of working with all levels in the business keeps things running efficiently. Chrissy Interests the outdoors and was one of cubesys’s first remote virtual team members working from a rural location long before COVID-19.
Ian Baxter
Customer Success & Delivery Manager
Ian is a highly experienced, value-driven professional with 20 years of experience in delivering programs of work focused on organisational and technical change. Passionate about developing IT organisations to continuously improve themselves. Helping organisations find the right balance of traditional and contemporary work practises to deliver Agile, Bimodal IT environments that can support businesses in the modern marketplace.
Benson Lam
Senior Cloud Consultant
Benson has extensive technical expertise from many years of working in end user computing and modern workplace solutions for government agencies and corporate enterprises. At cubesys Benson helps clients to achieve modern workplace capabilities with their end user computing platforms and enjoys exploring modern technologies along the way, to see how they can help improve efficiencies for our customers.
Josh Bennett
Automation Engineer
Josh previously worked in logistics and wrote his thesis on machine learning. He enjoys working with cutting edge technology and exploring the extreme boundaries that can be found. At cubesys he solves technical problems by leveraging technology and automation.
Rafael Alonzo Guda
Support Analyst
Rafael is currently completing a Bachelor of IT majoring Cyber Security at Macquarie University. His role at cubesys is to help facilitate with the provision of technical support to customers by using problem solving skills to find solutions to technical issues. He loves to interact with new people and thrives in team environments.
David Cook
Junior Developer
David is a recent graduate from Macquarie University looking to build his career in software development. He’s eager to put his skills to use by solving problems and working on challenging projects.
Peter Koulinos
Cloud Consultant
Peter is an IT professional with 15 years experience and a fascination with anything technology. Aside from being our in-house DJ, when Peter’s not at work, you can find him spending time with his young family or in the gym.
Daniel Burton
Senior Cloud Consultant
Dan has been working as an IT technician for approximately 17 years and a beer puller prior to that. He seeks to help people work better with technology while fixing issues before they become a problem. Dan is a proud dog dad times three and cricket lover.
Astha Singh
Senior Marketing Manager
Astha is a science and technology marketer and holds bachelors, masters and PhD degrees in science. At cubesys, Astha strives to make the company brand elevated within the cloud digitisation industry in ANZ and works with top technologies such as Microsoft to make that happen. As the Marketing leader at cubesys, Astha loves to identify business opportunities that assist in implementing best marketing practices and likes to take an integrated approach to the function. With her keen interest in diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship, Astha serves as the Advisory Board member at the Women in Leadership Development Program and the OnPrime program Mentor at CSIRO.
Thanura Keenawinna
Cloud Consultant
Thanura has about 4 years experience in IT infrastructure platforms. He strives to help people use technology efficiently and effectively by not only resolving difficult technical issues, but also learning from these problems.
Tunde Shoyemi
Cloud Delivery Engineer
Tunde is an Azure Cloud advocate and enthusiast that goes out of his way to ensure customers are having the best experience working with Microsoft Cloud technologies. He enjoys providing solutions to complex problems. When he isn’t working, he’s an avid sports lover.
Nishant Shrestha
Support Analyst
Bharath Gowda
Support Analyst
Claire Roberts
Senior Account Executive
Claire is a veteran of the IT industry, with over 25 years’ experience working with customers to provide IT solutions that deliver value and support the goals of their businesses, particularly around Microsoft solutions and software. Claire is a passionate advocate for helping customers digitise, innovate, and improve efficiency through cloud adoption, optimisation and automation. She always strives to deliver a great customer experience with all her customers. When she’s not working, Claire is a keen sports fan and you’ll find her either watching sport or at the gym.
Andy Huynh
Cloud Engineer
Andy is a natural problem solver with a deep fascination for technology who enjoys taking on complex issues. He has 8+ years’ experience specialising in project delivery and technical support roles. An advocate for continuous improvement and passion on crafting the best solutions for our customers. A testament to Andy’s relentless pursuit is his commitment to push the boundaries of what is possible in cloud computing.
Benoit Hamet
Senior Cloud Consultant
Benoit has more than 20 years of experience as Microsoft technologies expert. He has been recognised as Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for more than 15 years. He loves sharing his knowledge about new technologies.
Aslam Nalir
Sales Administration Officer
Aslam is a sales admin with over 6 years of experience in sales. New to the IT industry and an avid sports fan. If Aslam is not spending time with his Family, he is either playing or watching a sport.
Amir Malik
Cloud Delivery Engineer
Amir brings wealth of IT Managed Services experience to the Team, having worked in IT Support, Systems Engineering and Azure Cloud Technologies. Outside of work, He goes snorkelling on weekends and enjoy leisurely walks on the beach with a cup of coffee. His favourite coffee is Cappuccino.
Katrine Norlyng
Cloud Delivery Manager
Katrine is an agile leader with a people-centric approach. She excels in service desk operations across SMEs, government, and large enterprises. Instrumental in driving operational enhancements for heightened productivity and business growth, while maintaining a customer-centric focus. Passionate about developing teams and fostering genuine engagement for strong business outcomes. Demonstrates flexible leadership in dynamic environments, with a knack for problem-solving and innovation.
Outside of work, Katrine enjoys music, cooking, cycling, and travel.