Garry Bowditch - SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong

Garry Bowditch
Chief Executive Officer
SMART Infrastructure Facility

Garry is the inaugural CEO of the SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong.
With almost 20 years of commercial and Government experience spanning Australia, Asia and the OECD, Garry has a wealth of experience, insight and ‘blue chip’ networks to help SMART achieve its goals with government and business within Australia and internationally.

Currently he is an Expert Panel Member of the ITRC (Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortia) at Oxford University; Board Member of AURIN (Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network) at Melbourne University; Director, Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre; Transport Specialist on the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan Advisory Group and Member of the University of Wollongong Research Council. He is also an adviser to the new government body, Infrastructure NSW and is an appointed member of the Australia Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (PECC) to advise on regional trade and investment initiatives in APEC.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and an Honors degree in Economics from the University of Wollongong. He also studied at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC.

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Andrew Campbell - goCatch

With 14 years of sales, business development and management experience, Andrew is a self-starter with huge enthusiasm and energy. Strong sales skills were forged early in his career at Optus, where he quickly established himself as one of the top performing sales representatives.

Making the most of an opportunity, Andrew moved to New York and ran a team of sales reps for telecommunications reseller Norvergence. After achieving success in New York, Andrew moved back to Australia to raise a family. Following his passion for communication and influence Andrew entered the media industry, where at APN News and Media he made a name for himself with the skills to land large accounts and the personality to establish profitable long term client relationships.

In 2010 in the role of Country Manager, running the Australian operations of mobile marketing software start-up TXT2GET, he excelled building the business and leading the team through the recruitment, coaching and culture development stages.

Today Andrew is in his element as one of the two co-founders of goCatch; an award winning dispatch and payments system that connects taxi drivers directly with passengers.

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