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Your Portal Team
The Your Portal team comes from a diverse set of backgrounds that complement one another. With a generation of age between each consultant they bring a unique combined perspective. Obviously, any consultancy we engage in provides value, but when a consultancy client also uses our back-office we are able to do an even better job with faster implementation and better follow up.
Ken Lipschitz - Executive Director and CEO
Ken is CEO of Your Portal. He is involved in the daily operations of Your Portal, and assumes responsibility for the supervision of the accounting function. He was formerly CEO of Electronic Trading Concepts Pty Ltd, providers of consultant, advisory and professional services, recently sold as part of an IPO plan. He is a former Director of David Jones and a Group V-P of Household International in Australia and Canada. Ken has all major accounting qualifications and an MBA, is Director of 12 private companies and has 40+ years in-the-field experience.
Andrew Ward - Ideas Man
Andrew or “Wardy” as he is widely known fits the stereotype of the 'entrepreneur'. An idealist that left university without a degree, he pursued his first 'pot-of-gold' and turned it into a 'dot bomb'. This event at 21 years of age lost all his savings. So with nothing left to lose he went on to found the very successful 3 Minute Angels business in 2002 and Delegait in 2007 (no longer involved) and Workplace Incentives in 2010. Andrew was so impressed (as a client of Your Portal) that he now works on getting other business-owners and groups to take advantage of the outsourced back-office.
Peter Heery - CIO
Pete has been in business for 15 years and brings smarts and experience to the table in the realms of IT, SaaS, Hosted Desktop, VoIP and Online sales. Owning 100% of Inzen, and having had several other businesses in the past, he is aware of the pitfalls of starry-eyed optimism, and keeps both feet planted on the ground in all business ventures. Pete brings experience and coordination to the Desktop and Communications business unit.
Richard Ekholm - Consultant
Richard is the MD of the managed services company - Rich IT Pty Ltd. Richard is also the 3rd shareholder with Andrew Ward and Ken Lipschitz in the offshoring and outsourcing business – OFYS Pty Ltd. Together with Andrew and Ken, Your Portal is able to employ cheaper high quality labour from within Manila.
David Solomon - Consultant
David assumes responsibility for the development of cost reduction and business improvement practices in client businesses. In the early 90’s David worked in recruitment and the then emerging outsourced human resources field. He migrated into small business consulting where he has mentored many start-up and early stage companies, as well as coached small business owners and directors on a wide variety of matters. During this time he has seen many small business issues and successes. David’s experience in people issues, financial turn-around, processes and systems, sales and marketing and capital raising is second to none.
Lawyers
Cofficient contracts and legal structures have been developed by Deacons. With over 150 partners, special counsel, consultants and directors nationwide, Deacons is Australia's leading Asian and international law firm. http://www.deacons.com.au/
