Management team

Bill Wood, President/CEO

Bill has many years of international senior-level financial, marketing and technical experience in the data and telecommunications industries. Prior to founding Daintree, Bill was most recently Vice President and General Manager of Agilent Technologies' Communications Test Equipment Business Unit, and concurrent with this, Managing Director of Agilent Technologies Australia. Prior to that, Bill was with Hewlett-Packard Company and served in many roles including Vice President and General Manager of the Advanced Networks Division. Bill is active in leadership roles in the ZigBee Alliance, including a member of the Technical Steering Committee and Chair of the Qualification Working Group, responsible for ensuring interoperability and certification of ZigBee-based products. Bill holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering (Communications) from RMIT University, Melbourne.

Jason Choong, Vice President, Marketing

Prior to joining Daintree, Jason held roles with Agilent Technologies, and prior to that, Hewlett-Packard Company. Jason has considerable experience in technical marketing including roles as Product Marketing Manager, Regional Business Development Manager and as a Software Engineer in Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. His extensive communications industry expertise includes IP, ATM and SONET technologies. Jason is active within the ZigBee Alliance and is the Chair for the Commissioning Tools Task Group (CTTG). Within Daintree, his responsibilities include product management, technical and outbound marketing. Jason has Bachelors Degrees of Science and Engineering from The University of Western Australia, and a Masters of Engineering from The University of Melbourne.

Dean van Gerrevink, Vice President, Engineering

Dean is responsible for all engineering matters at Daintree Networks. Prior to joining Daintree Networks, Dean was most recently the CTO and System Architect at the Data Networks Division of Agilent Technologies, where he led the development of the RouterTester/RT900/N2X product line. During his 10 years at Agilent Technologies, and prior to that, Hewlett Packard Company, Dean held a variety of engineering management and technical contributor roles. He has extensive experience in data networking technologies and associated test methodologies, software architecture and design,and seeking out, acquiring, integrating new talent and new technology, and working with and managing geographically dispersed teams. Dean holds Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Bachelor of Engineering Degrees from Melbourne University.

Zachary Smith, Chief Technology Officer

Zachary Smith is the technical editor of the ZigBee specification and the ZigBee network layer specification, the vice-chair of the ZigBee architecture task group and a member of most of the important committees and working groups within ZigBee, as well as a participant in IEEE 802.1.5.4b. Prior to joining Daintree he was CTO of BM Group, responsible for formulating and implementing the company's technology strategy. His somewhat checkered career includes positions as Chief Software Architect and founder of the seminal Ember Corporation, 6 years surfing the .com bubble with vivid Studios and Rare Medium, a 5-year stint as a professional rock musician, as well as engineering work in a wide variety of areas, including automated placement and routing tools for PC-CAD systems, GUI development frameworks in LISP and, perhaps his most enduring accomplishment, the home-video version of Donkey Kong for ColecoVision. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Hampshire College and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Lisa Ardern, Director of Customer and Partner Channel Support

Lisa is responsible for ensuring Daintree's customers and partners receive outstanding support. Prior to joining Daintree Networks, Lisa worked at Agilent Technologies, and prior to that Hewlett-Packard. Her most recent position was as the Support Manager for the N2X product line. During her 8.5 years at Agilent Technologies and Hewlett Packard Company, Lisa held a variety of division support related roles. She has extensive experience in working with customers, setting up support systems, and managing geographically dispersed teams. Lisa holds Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science Degrees (hons) from the University of Melbourne.