About Us

At Atturra, we clear the path, so you can do more and go beyond.    

We help clients redefine what their future looks like through technology. This is delivered through strategic thinking, tactical skills and IP tools, so you can more easily adopt and benefit from innovation. 

Our team of technology and business experts help clients to overcome challenges and prepare for the future. We offer proven practices, honed from thousands of technology deployments across dozens of industries, resulting in effective and practical, end-to-end outcomes. 

For wherever you need to go next. For wherever the future is going.

Atturra. We’ll lead you there.

The Atturra Advantage

We bring specialised experience and strategic partnerships– offering assured leadership at critical moments requiring transformational change.

Expertise at Scale

Modernised, simplified and optimised for more than 700 clients.

Strong Industry Focus

Industry-specific expertise across government, defence, education, manufacturing, utilities and financial services.

Unique
Approach

Quick-to-market, with our IP solutions and cross-functional capabilities.

Proudly
Australian

100% Australian with offices across the nation.

Over 300 Security-
Cleared Staff

One of the largest consulting teams working with Defence and Federal Government.

Strong Technology
Partnerships

We partner with leading technology companies to offer specialised technology and scalable, expert solutions.

A Skilled Team

With a background across a multitude of industries and organisations, our people bring the technical and business experience required to successfully lead your technological evolution.

Stephen Kowal

Stephen Kowal

Chief Executive Officer

As the Chief Executive Officer, Stephen is accountable for overall leadership and direction. Since joining Atturra in 2019 he has rapidly grown the business organically and via strategic acquisitions. Stephen has extensive executive management experience across IT software and services, including an ANZ sales director position for a US multi-national IT company and several CIO roles locally and overseas.

David Dekker

David Dekker

Chief Operations Officer

David’s responsibilities are wide-ranging across operations, IT, and sales and marketing. He has been instrumental in the mergers and acquisitions space, end-to-end IPO processes and corporate governance for Atturra. David’s previous experience includes managing sales and business units at various organisations, including SAP locally and overseas, and most recently he was the CEO of Cubic Consulting, a company owned by Atturra. 

Julia Merten

Julia Merten

Chief People Officer

Julia leads the HR team and has a focus on strategies and policies that promote sustainable people growth at Atturra. A hands-on leader and coach, Julia works closely with other Atturra leaders and the HR talent team to attract and retain the best people. Julia has extensive experience in the IT industry, having previously worked for organisations like Accenture, DA Consulting and Cubic Consulting. 

Helen Ord

Helen Ord

General Counsel

Working closely with key stakeholders at Atturra to support business initiatives and manage legal risk, Helen provides sound technical advice by combining her market experience with commercial acumen. An experienced corporate lawyer, previous roles include Head of Legal at BPAY and Bank of Queensland, and seven years as a Partner at Dentons.

Herb To

Herb To

Chief Financial Officer

Herb is a senior finance executive with over 25 years of professional experience across Australia, North America and the South Pacific. He has a strong industry background in IT/telecoms, professional services and media in both ASX-listed companies and global multinational corporations, both locally and overseas.

Kunal Shah

Kunal Shah

Director, Mergers & Acquisitions

Kunal is a resourceful senior corporate finance leader with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, specialising in financial and operational due diligence. He also leads end-to-end planning through the deal lifecycle and post-acquisition integration management. Kunal is an affiliate member of the Governance Institute of Australia and performs the role of Company Secretary for Atturra Limited.

Andrew Balmaks

Andrew Balmaks

Executive General Manager – Advisory & Consulting

Andrew is a senior leader across strategy development, major transformation, investment management and benefits realisation for organisations. He is the co-founder of the Noetic Group, now majority owned by Atturra, where his main role is to grow the Advisory & Consulting business, and lead projects of strategic significance. Andrew has worked with clients around the world in the Asia Pacific, USA and Middle East.  

Greg Mace

Greg Mace

Executive General Manager - Cloud Business Solutions

Greg is responsible for managing a team of Microsoft specialists across Enterprise Business Applications and Cloud solutions, committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for clients. Greg has over 20 years of experience in G2B and B2B IT, having previously worked for the Australian Public Service, Pcubed, Avanade and Oracle.

Jason Frost

Jason Frost

Executive General Manager - Data & Integration

Jason leads a team of experts whose mission is to build the leading practice for managing customers’ data integration platforms and offering the best integration services. An experienced senior professional with more than 25 years in B2B IT, Jason is focused on continually adding to Atturra’s data integration capability, such as the recent partnership with OpenText.

Petar

Petar Bielovich

Director, Data & Analytics

Petar leads a team delivering data, analytics and AI solutions, enabling digital transformation and generating more value from all forms of data. Petar has more than 25 years’ experience with clients, including Australian Defence, Boral, Telstra and Nestle, and has worked for large professional services organisations and start-ups.

Richard Hill

Richard Hill

Executive General Manager - Business Applications

Richard is responsible for Atturra’s team of specialists that simplify, optimise and modernise business applications to deliver maximum value for clients. Richard comes with extensive experience gained over 25 years in the industry. He was a co-founder of Galaxy42, a company acquired by Atturra to help clients maximise use of their TechnologyOne ERP and Infor applications.

Chris McLaughlin

Chris McLaughlin

Executive General Manager - Managed Services

Chris is an operational and transformation leader with over 25 years of industry experience in business management, engineering, and technology, including the last 15 years in senior executive roles within rapidly growing ICT businesses. During this time, he has overseen many significant business transformation and growth initiatives, delivered people-focused performance, superior client outcomes, and ongoing corporate value.