Thinkers, creators, builders, growers

Meet the senior leadership team behind Team DC, across research, strategy, innovation, AI, product management, product design, engineering and growth.

Ben Reid

Ben Reid

Chief Product and AI Officer
25
+
years in product and AI
AI strategy
Product
Venture building
Leadership roles include
Kayo Sports · Telstra · Foxtel · News Corp · CBA · NRMA · Scentre Group · Boral · YHA · LDK
Jordan Koncz

Jordan Koncz

Chief Technology Officer
21
+
years in software and AI/ML
Platform architecture
AI/ML
Full stack
Leadership roles include
News Corp · CBA · NRMA · Scentre Group · Boral · YHA · MEGT · eevi · Special Olympics
Jakob Kahn

Jakob Kahn

Head of Design
26
+
years in product design
Product design
AI-driven design
Leadership roles include
CBA · ABC · AIG · Metcash · IGA · Cancer Council · YHA · InStyle · CS Energy · King Furniture
Gillian Seeley

Gillian Seeley

Principal Product Designer
21
+
years in product design
Service design
Product design
Leadership roles include
Coles · Suncorp · AGL · Velocity · MEGT · eevi · Endeavour Group · Australian Unity
Daniel Chen

Daniel Chen

Head of Mobile Engineering
15
+
years in mobile engineering
iOS and Android
Agentic engineering
Leadership roles include
News Corp · IBM · YHA · Pulselive · Keytree · eevi · Reimagine Australia · Fusesport
Liam Brenner

Liam Brenner

Full-Stack Engineer
10
+
years in full-stack engineering
Full stack
Agentic engineering
Leadership roles include
YHA · MEGT · Teddy · Reimagine Australia · Cluch · Weflex · Crave · Eatsee
Tilly Reid

Tilly Reid

Senior Product Designer
11
+
years in product design
Product design
Customer research
Rapid prototyping
Leadership roles include
Teddy · Reimagine Australia · Sarsen (Light) · Crave · Eatsee · Sixth Element
Steffen Stäuber

Steffen Stäuber

Brand Strategist
21
+
years in brand and strategy
Brand
Strategy
Leadership roles include
Mercedes · Veganz · 29K · Sarsen (Light) · Remarkable · Holon · Sagana · Base · PPF
Felipe Rego

Felipe Rego

Data Scientist and AI Educator
18
+
years in data science and AI
Data science
AI/ML
AI education
Leadership roles include
nbn · News Corp · Sportsbet · Informa · General Assembly · Academy Xi
Frank Mühlschlegel

Frank Mühlschlegel

Engineering Manager
25
+
years in software and AI/ML
Engineering leadership
AI/ML
Full stack
Leadership roles include
Nike · Scentre Group · Boral · Brainnet · Anecon · inno-focus · IfficienT · Fusion Labs
Julia Lettinger

Julia Lettinger

Innovation and Strategy Lead
18
+
years in business strategy
Innovation
Business strategy
Leadership roles include
BMW Group · Foxtel · Sky · Duff & Phelps · Responsive Strategy
Jonathan Clus

Jonathan Clus

Senior Software Engineer
21
+
years in full-stack engineering
Full stack
Agentic engineering
Leadership roles include
Holberton School · onepoint · Springtek · Fusesport · Weflex · Reimagine Australia
values

Values we strive to live up to

In our work, in our team, in our partnerships, we value:

Mastery

We prize the pursuit of mastery and cultivate an ethos where team members can connect the dots between diverse skills and past experiences to do their best and most satisfying work.

Heart

We bring heart, soul and humour to our work. Substance, creativity and joy in what we do are non-negotiable, and chasing outcomes that have a positive impact for people and planet is a must.

Courage

We’re never too shy to go boldly where others fear to tread, to forge new pathways, break the rules, invent better ones or challenge the status quo. In fact we live for it.

Creation

We’re action-oriented playmakers who bring ideas to life. We love to prototype and build, get our hands dirty and create things that people love to use.

Flow

We design for flow at every level: for ourselves, our team, our partners and ventures. We think work, done right, should feel like play. And play we do.