Meet the Team | Adaxa Open Source ERP

Martin Fuggle (B.Sc. Hons Physics)

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Martin’s career has spanned over forty years in the Information & Communications Technology industry. He has held board and senior management positions with major ICT service providers in the United Kingdom and Australia. He spent seven years as a board member of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Information Industries Association, focusing on the development of ICT policy for small to medium businesses. Martin was a director of Praxa Limited when it won the inaugural Victorian Small Business of the Year award and was appointed Microsoft Worldwide Solution Provider of the Year.

Steven Sackett (CPA, B. Comm Accounting and Financial Management)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Steven has held the role of Chief Financial Officer in large engineering, construction and systems integration companies in the UK and Australia. From 1987 he was CFO for Praxa Limited and was responsible for the design and implementation of the financial and project accounting systems that enabled Praxa to grow from an organisation of 90 staff to over 600 staff managing complex IT development and systems integration projects. More recently he was Managing Director of EssNet Australia, a subsidiary of EssNet AB in Sweden, one of the largest suppliers of lottery systems worldwide.

Peter Milsom (BA Economics and Mathematics)

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Peter has more than thirty year's industry experience in leading teams to develop and install business solutions in major Australian and New Zealand enterprises. In 1987 Peter started his own software development company to provide custom vertical solutions to companies in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States. By 2003 Open Source solutions became a compelling case and by 2007 Peter had architected and supervised the development of the Adaxa Suite: a fully integrated, enterprise grade suite of pure open source solutions.

Joe Matthew (Masters in Business Administration)

Director of Sales & Marketing

Joe has 15 years of experience in the Sales & Marketing department of large IT corporations such as Dell and Microsoft. At Dell Joe was responsible for the team that managed the dell.com shopping cart and helped grow revenues from $5M/day to $60M/day over a seven year period. Prior to Adaxa, Joe helped business owners grow their revenues online using a content management system (Drupal) with CRM and online strategies like search engine optimisation, social media, viral marketing and emerging online marketing tactics.

Joel Stangeland

Chief Executive Officer Adaxa USA Operations

Joel brings to Adaxa 18 years in the IT industry. As COO of Idalica, he assembled a team of experienced ERP consultants and developers, and drove the design of the ADempiere ERP system. This contribution grew the company from ground level to peak revenues of $2.4 million. Joel’s previous experience includes project management developing a web application with a $9 million annual ROI on process improvement, as well as SAP implementation and upgrades using the ASAP methodology, resulting in a measurable return on a multimillion dollar implementation in less than one year.

Joel Hoffman

Senior Project Manager

Joel Hoffman has over 15 years of experience with large software solutions, with many of those years focused on SAP implementations and data warehousing. Since 2006 he has focused on emerging open-source solutions, primarily ADempiere and Compiere. He has led projects ranging from streamlining manufacturing processes to developing custom web stores with payment and shipping integration. Joel has also integrated EDI partners into many local ADempiere installations, supporting EDI transactions with major vendors such as Amazon, Nordstrom, and Home Shopping Network.

Chuck Boecking (BS Electrical Engineering)

Director of Education and Marketing

Chuck is an engineer with more than twelve years experience managing multi-national enterprise software, personnel and services. In 2003 Chuck was introduced to aDempiere. Regarding this open source ERP package, he has said "It did not take long for me to see the potential for aDempiere to positively impact mid-sized businesses performing assembly and distribution" In addition to serving as the Project Manager for the ERP implementation at Velocity Electronics, Chuck was also the company's Director of Information Technology from 2001 to 2011.

Ross Martin

Engagement Manager

Ross has recently joined Adaxa with over 12 years in light manufacturing and distribution industries. Most recently with Composite One a multimillion dollar International Distribution Company based out of Chicago, IL. Ross bring us extensive experience in logistics, transportation and warehousing.

David Newbury (Bachelor of Computing)

Engagement Manager

With a backgrond in Engineering and Manufacturing, David bring over 7 years experience in developing and implementing ERP systems in manufacturng and retail companies, to the Adaxa team. A long time advocate of open source, David has experience in integrating many OS technologies in to business solutions, including VOIP (Asterisk), CMS (Joomla) and CRM systems. Prior to joining Adaxa David has worked in many roles, including IT management, network engineering (Cisco) and programming.

Paul Bowden (Masters in Philosophy)

Senior Technical Consultant

Paul is an active developer in the ADempiere project, committing many bug fixes as well as several new features to ADempiere, including improvements to Financial Reporting, a Touchscreen Point of Sale (POS) and Drop Shipments. Paul represented Adaxa at the second European ADempiere Conference where he met members of the ADempiere community in person, strengthening Adaxa’s ties built through participation in forums and discussions.

Jacken Chan (Bachelors in IT & MBA)

Senior Technical Consultant

Jacken has been in the business of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for the last 15 years. The last few years he has taken project support role in providing business and systems integration services to companies implementing open source ERP (ADempiere), and integration to content management system (Drupal). His functional expertise is in distribution and manufacturing system business processes.

Jobrian Trinidad (BE Mechatronics)

Senior Architecture Developer

Jo has 12 years experience developing, integrating and installing commercial and ERP software following a stint as a lecturer at De La Salle. The last two years effort has been in developing Adaxa and supporting the forums of eXo, ADempiere and SpagoBI, contributing Sourcecode to exo plugins, while simultaneously furthering our installation projects using Adaxa. Jo has made important contributions to the integration and use of the WCM components and development of portlets in eXo as part of the Adaxa integration.

Heng Sin Low (Bachelor of Science in Information Systems)

Senior Software Architect

Heng Sin Low is one of the active members of the ADempiere ERP project at SourceForge. He has been in the software development field since 1997, involved in business application development for both small and big enterprises. Heng Sin’s major contributions include the porting of ADempiere to PostgreSQL. He is now the primary maintainer of the ZK web client for ADempiere, and leads a development team helping to implement ADempiere for several clients of various sizes and business domains.

Sergei Stryukov (Masters in Computer Science)

Senior Developer

Sergei Stryukov has a substantial and proven record of accomplishment in the Information Technology industry. With over a decade of experience, Sergei has made a point of staying abreast with the latest computer and technology in web content management system advances through training programs and motivated self-education. Sergei has worked successfully on a number of technological projects and he has always made customer satisfaction, team development and experience improvement his top concern.

Huynh Cao Ky (Oliver) (Bachelors in Telecommunication)

Senior Developer

From taking a problem and never resting until its solved, Oliver has been there and seen it all. Oliver brings skills, expertise and a level of honesty and commitment that puts our team to the highest level. He loves challenges and likes working under high pressure. Having completed his degree in Bachelors in Telecommunication, Oliver is responsible for development and quality control.

Lee Soo Fang (Bachelor of Science in Computing/Major in Computer Science)

Senior Developer/Software Engineer/Programmer

Soo is a developer with eleven years of experience in the IT field. Prior to Adaxa, she worked as a senior systems development specialist. Soo’s duties involve coordinating system programmers and project managers, developing applications using Java within various frameworks, and integration with SAP ECC 6.0. Other experience includes working with ADempiere, PL/SQL, Power Builder, Data Warehouse, Oracle 10g, Oracle 8 and JD Edwards.

Elaine Tan (Bachelor of Information Technology)

Java Developer

Elaine is a Java developer. Previous experience involved software development focusing on mobile computing using Java based development for Great Eastern Life Assurance, American International Assurance (AIA) and Allianz Life Insurance. She has extensive knowledge and experience in Java programming, ADempiere, database design (in Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL) and software development (for desktop, web and mobile devices).

Isaiah Salinas

Network Systems Administrator

Isaiah has developed extensive experience working in the IT field for the past fifteen years. His long list of accomplishments includes the setup and administration of DNS, VPN, SQL, firewalls, email, and web servers for various companies, as well as for ADempiere/Compiere ERP applications and Joomla systems. Isaiah provides Linux/Mac/Windows support, and develops system scripts for various administrative tasks.

Angela Long Won Gin (Bachelor of Science in Computing)

Application Consultant

Angela’s experience in the IT industry spans more than six years with roles and responsibilities covering project management, consulting, developing, maintaining and quality assurance. She has delivered projects across various industries, both in the government and private sectors, including the implementation of services for the e-Government flagship, and working as the business analyst for Electronics VISA System (eVISA). Angela is also involved in managing and testing ADempiere Open Source ERP, as well as retail and reseller web store projects.

Jingyi Lee (Jimmy) (Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology)

Software Engineer

Jimmy has been involved in the ERP development field for almost four years. He has experience working with both ADempiere and Compiere, and has served as a PHP & Java developer. Jimmy also has experience with another open source ERP technology, Openbravo. Currently, he is studying for his Masters in Software Engineering.