Adrian Di Marco
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Adrian Di Marco | |
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 Adrian Di Marco – Executive chairman TechnologyOne | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Executive chairman of TechnologyOne |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | Founder of TechnologyOne |
Adrian Di Marco is an Australian entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder and Executive chairman of TechnologyOne, Australia's largest enterprise software company.[1]
Career
Di Marco founded TechnologyOne at the front of a hide processing plant in 1987[2] with a small amount of capital[3] provided by JL Mactaggart Industries,[4] and in December 1999 he led the company into its listing on the ASX making it one of the most successful floats[5] of the DotCom era.
Under Di Marco's leadership TechnologyOne has built a global software platform having expanded into New Zealand, Asia, South Pacific and the United Kingdom. TechnologyOne is now developing one of the largest Software as a service (SaaS) platforms in the Australasian region,[6] delivering large scale enterprise software as a service.[7]
In January 2016 Di Marco announced that he was planning to resign in the next year or two,[8] and in April 2017 he announced that on 23 May, when the company released its half-year results, he would step down as CEO and that the COO, Edward Chung, would take over. Di Marco remained as executive chairman and chief innovation officer.[9][10]
In 2017, Di Marco invested in accounting software start-up Practice Ignition.[8] In 2018, Di Marco made a $3.2 million investment in sports tech firm Fusion Sport.[11] In 2019, Di Marco made a $500,000 investment with Snackwise.[12]
Community involvement
Di Marco is a founding member of Software Queensland.[13]
He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).[14]
Di Marco is also a former director of the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Board, which he served for eight years, from 2004 to 2012.[15]
Awards
In 2004 Di Marco won the Pearcey Award for innovative and pioneering achievement and contribution to research and development in IT.[16]
Di Marco has been awarded Fellow of the Australian Computer Society in 2010.[17]
Di Marco was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame in 2015.[18]
References
- ^ R&D tax credits are ‘wasted’: TechnologyOne founder
- ^ TechnologyOne CEO Adrian Di Marco prepares to pass the baton
- ^ The dos and don'ts: Adrian Di Marco's lessons to success
- ^ TechnologyOne's winning formula
- ^ Why TechnologyOne's Adrian Di Marco will not list on the ASX again?
- ^ TechnologyOne braces for new competition
- ^ Di Marco's seven year renewal cycle
- ^ a b Redrup, Yolanda (29 May 2017). "Accounting software start-up Practice Ignition raises $5m from Right Click and Microequities". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Redrup, Yolanda (7 April 2017). "TechnologyOne CEO Adrian Di Marco steps down after 30 years". Financial Review.
- ^ McLean, Asha (7 April 2017). "TechnologyOne CEO and founder hands reins to current COO | ZDNet". ZDNet.
- ^ Redrup, Yolanda (5 November 2018). "Tech player Fusion Sport jumps to life with TechOne founder funding". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Bailey, Michael (18 March 2019). "TechnologyOne founder Adrian Di Marco's 10-year start-up horizon". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Queensland software companies band up to claim back billions in revenue
- ^ Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) – About
- ^ The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. "The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ Pearcey Awards 2004
- ^ ACS Fellows 2009-2010
- ^ 2015 Pearcey Hall of Fame