Headquarters:
Level 6/697 Burke Rd, Camberwell, VIC 3124
Year founded:
2002
Number of employees:
50+
Phone:
1300 932 338
Email:
hercules@schoolbox.com.au
Website:
schoolbox.com.au
LinkedIn:
au.linkedin.com/company/schoolbox
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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Grant van der Kruk
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Chris Barr
Head of School Engagement
Scott Salter
Head of Customer Success
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Having been in the education space for over a decade across Australia, Asia, and South Africa, Grant now leads the team at Schoolbox as general manager.
With his servant leadership approach, Grant’s genuine empathy and care are present in his leadership style, ensuring he brings out the best in the Schoolbox team, to deliver maximum value to school communities across the world.
General Manager
Grant van der Kruk
A lifelong leader in education, Chris has recently made the move to join Schoolbox as the newest member of the leadership team. His role as Head of School Engagement sees him working closely and collaboratively with schools across Australia and abroad.
Chris has experience both in the classroom as well as in leadership roles in a number of schools in Australia and Hong Kong.
Head of School Engagement
Chris Barr
Having held operational, technical, consulting, and leadership roles, Scott has over 20 years of experience and expertise in information technology and communications. Now in the education space as Schoolbox’s Head of customer success, Scott is dedicated to understanding the needs of schools and leading both the Professional Services and Customer Success teams to deliver award-winning support to our schools.
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Scott Salter
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Hannah Thomas
Training Content Manager
Hannah Thomas manages the training content at Seven Steps, developing high-quality professional learning experiences for teachers in Australia and beyond. She has been a teacher, international language school manager and literacy consultant, and has worked in advisory roles in many diverse school and educational settings in Australia, Germany and the UK. Hannah has supported and mentored teachers at all levels, identifying needs and devising and running training programs and workshops. She loves all things related to words and language, and brings her pedantic passion and Welsh wit to the Seven Steps team and the wider teaching community.
Training Content Manager
Hannah Thomas
Saangpi Suan
Marketing Manager
Saangpi Suan is the marketing manager at Seven Steps, leading the marketing team in promoting the organisation’s training and resources, as well as providing support and expert insights on writing and teaching to the education community. He studied Business (Marketing) and Sport and Recreation Management at Victoria University, followed by a graduate diploma in Community Development. Saangpi worked in various marketing roles in the service provider industries before joining Seven Steps in 2017. He is passionate about creating an enjoyable user experience and supporting educators and the Seven Steps community as they transform writing in schools and classrooms.
Marketing Manager
Saangpi Suan
With over 650,000 users in 950+ campuses across six countries, Schoolbox is a global-leading school learning management system, community portal and engagement platform.
Developed specifically for K-12 teachers, students and parents, Schoolbox provides an integrated, unique, all-in-one Virtual Learning Environment consisting of a Learning Management System, an intranet and a community portal to engage the whole school community.
Designed with the modern learner in mind, Schoolbox is available as an on-premise or cloud-hosted solution. Integrating seamlessly with SIS and other third-party integrations, the Schoolbox platform is flexible and secure. It enables teachers, students and parents to share, collaborate, communicate, teach and learn online.
Trusted by leading schools across the world, the Schoolbox virtual learning environment is supported by the company’s award-winning Customer Success Team. The team consists of educators and online learning experts who have plenty of experience managing projects, troubleshooting, implementing Schoolbox, and using it day-to-day in the classroom. They are here to partner with schools to ensure the best experience with the Schoolbox Learning Management System and School Portal.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
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Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
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Chief Operating Officer, Underwriting Division
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President, Underwriting Division
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