Peter Jon Hartshorne (B. Eng, MBA)

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager - ANZ

Appointed 22 December 2005

Peter Jon has over 25 years’ in the ICT Sector. Following completion of his tertiary studies at Latrobe University in 1981, Peter Jon completed a six year cadetship with the global consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, working in the USA, UK and the Middle East. When Peter Jon returned to Australia, he managed a series of major systems integration programs for Telstra Corporation Limited. In 1994, he became Managing Partner of the Infinity Group, specialists in CRM planning and execution and provider of professional recruiting services.

Peter Jon is a staunch advocate of Australian ICT companies launching successfully into global markets and now sits on the Board of six private companies. Previously, Peter Jon was Managing Director of ASX listed Blaze International Limited (until February 2008).

Peter Jon is also a director of The Kidney Health Foundation.

Justin Cantrill

Executive Director and General Manager - United Kindom

Appointed 25 July 2000

Justin brings over 11 years' experience as an IT professional focusing on the education market. Justin started his career as an IT engineer at prestigious John XXIII College, Mt Claremont and after 24 months was promoted to IT Manager.

In 1999, Justin formed Scholaris International Limited (formerly known as Solutions I.T. Group Limited) with fellow Director, Jim Watkins. Since the formation of the Company, Justin's hard working, hands-on approach to management has materially contributed to the Company's transformation from a relatively simple operation into a sophisticated business with multimillion-dollar international opportunities. Over this time Justin has been materially involved in lucrative projects such as the 40 million dollar, "100 Schools Project" for the Western Australian Department of Education.

Justin has been substantially involved in the international expansion of Scholaris along with the development and management of Scholaris Partners across Asia and the United Kindom.

Jim Watkins (AFIAM)

Non-Executive Director

Appointed 25 July 2000

In 1999, Jim formed Scholaris International Limited (formerly known as Solutions I.T. Group Limited) with fellow Director, Justin Cantrill. Jim has a qualified understanding of the education market from the perspective of executive, financial, ICT and administrative management having been in the position of a College Business Manager since 1991. Jim has worked at John XXIII College, Mt Claremont and Santa Maria College, Attadale over the last 16 years where he was responsible for the day-to-day commercial operations of the colleges, both of which have over 1,000 students, 150 staff and a turnover of $15 million per annum. Jim has been heavily involved in the development of ICT in education over that time and has served on a number of working parties in this area, both at a College and system level.

Prior to Jim's involvement in education, he had experience in banking, auditing and insolvency practices and he was also a business owner of companies in the manufacturing and retail industries. Jim is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management..

        Management

Michael Richards (MCTS, MCT, MSCE)

General Manager – Canada

Michael has over 14 years experience in the IT industry with the majority of that time focused in the education sector. Michael joined Scholaris in January 2005 and served as a Senior Engineer and Technology Specialist before the General Manager for Canada, where he now oversees the partner ecosystem and client services for 12 districts across the country. Prior to that Michael spent 7 years working in the Catholic Education System in Western Australia as a Network Manager and Trainer.

Michael is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist for Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server as well as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Systems Engineer and Systems Administrator. Michael began a Master of Business Administration degree with Edith Cowan in 2005 but deferred due to his relocation to Canada

Craig Tucker

Chief Technology Officer

Craig has over 30 years’ experience within the ICT market as a technical specialist and manager in national and international organisations. He spent 23 years working for Telstra as a Technical Specialist responsible for the installation and national support of leading edge telecommunications infrastructure, including the initial digital paging, mobile and ISDN networks. Following that Craig spent over four years as a Master Engineer in Ericsson, leading and supporting a technical team responsible for installation and support of mobile internet infrastructure in over 20 major Asian telecommunications companies, as well as managing one of Ericsson’s global support hubs for their mobile internet product suite.

Craig has spent the last five years in the education ICT market, spending some time running his own business and then providing project management and technical support for the major “100 Schools” project at the Western Australian  Department of Education.

Craig is currently responsible for the Scholaris product development and associated technologies in the Company.