Meet our leadership team

Paul Magee

Co-founder, Phocas Group

Paul is a perennial entrepreneur with a flair for delighting customers. From his beginnings selling technology to behemoths like Ford and GM, he moved to SME territory selling MRP II systems to manufacturers. Armed with knowledge of sales, manufacturing, automotive and tech, matched with limitless energy and brainpower, Paul and Phocas’ co-founders seized an opportunity to offer subscription-based data analytics software to support businesses’ insights gained from data in their ERP systems.

Myles Glashier

CEO, Co-founder, Phocas Group

If Myles wasn’t so extroverted and creative he’d be well suited to a laboratory. He is a born innovator, creator and motivator whose buoyant vision stretches us into unchartered waters, and his energy keeps us flowing. When Myles, Paul and Sean co-founded Phocas in 1999, it was young Myles who traversed Britain’s motorways and mews spruiking the new software. He jump-started Phocas Australia in 2003 and spectacularly launched Phocas in the US out of the Big Apple three years later. Myles has evolved the product by listening attentively to customers and delivering visionary functionality consistently ahead of its time.

Phil Dodds

Executive director, Phocas Group

Phil effortlessly balances running a global and rapidly growing software business with a large family and livestock farm near our R&D centre in rural NSW. Always convivial, Phil has taken us from a client-server model to a mobile-first, cloud-based business intelligence solution. An acclaimed and successful IT professional who has developed and sold ERP solutions to Microsoft and Sage, he couldn’t resist the allure of the challenge and fun to be had with Phocas after a too-early retirement. He’s helping to grow revenue for the friendliest and most competitively formidable BI software in the market.

Dave Boorman

Chief Finance Officer, Phocas Group

Based on his global financial experience with listed and multinational companies such as Vodafone, Seven West Media and Network Ten, Dave is used to an ever changing, face-paced environment and will assist the business manage the new investment funds across Phocas globally. He understands transformational change and is adept at evaluating business operations and developing and delivering effective plans that enhance an organisation's financial strength. As a finance professional, his advice is simple, "Treat the company's money as if it's your own." Dave takes a light-hearted approach to situations and believes openness and transparency are best. He keeps healthy by hiking, cycling and playing golf.

Angela Kent

Chief Marketing Officer, Phocas Group

Ange heads up the global brand, audience and content team. Her strategic and creative know-how has helped Phocas understand and address the unpredictable buyer’s journey and to bring the sales and marketing teams closer together. Her career has traversed marketing, communications and PR, both in-house and in consultancy positions. Ange has varied experience in the tech sector, but it’s B2B software that she loves. She says it changes the way people do and think about business. Ange can have the right conversations and is a deft leader – motivating and nurturing people to deliver and to delight. She loves her home city Melbourne as well as getting lost in nature.

Carolyn Viso

Chief People and Sustainability Officer, Phocas Group

Carolyn joined Phocas in 2021 as the Head of Learning & Development, in search of a fabulous workplace that truly lives up to its culture and values. She certainly found this at Phocas and expanded her remit when Sustainability became a focus for the People & Culture team. In late 2023, Carolyn was appointed the role of Chief People & Sustainability Officer, after demonstrating her strong leadership experience and ability to mentor, coach and motivate our people while enhancing our culture. Working alongside her global team, Carolyn collaborates with our leaders to attract, develop and retain great people. She also ensures we deliver on our commitments as a B Corp certified company to harness our collective efforts for the greatest impact. Carolyn keeps fit with circus arts such as aerial silks and flying trapeze and loves making the most of Sydney’s great outdoors.

Dr Blair Cassidy

Chief Product and Technology Officer, Phocas Group

Textile science, data science, management consulting and economics led Blair Cassidy to SaaS product management, first at SLI Systems and now as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Phocas. His unique work history has honed his ability to solve customer problems, think-outside-the-box and be empathetic to all the data challenges of business managers. With Blair and his team, customers can expect to see an increase in how they can benefit from using Phocas, with an emphasis on what financial teams can gain from data analysis. Blair enjoys cycling, learning new programming languages and algorithms and trying to keep up with his three daughters.

Mike Hills

Global Customer Officer

Mike began his tenure with Phocas as the Managing Director of our UK division, where he looked after customers across EMEA. His role and team have recently expanded to manage all customers globally. Mike is obsessed with adding value to our customers' businesses and helping them achieve ROI with the Phocas business planning and analytics platform.

With his can-do attitude and genuine interest in helping others improve, he inspires and motivates people. His values are driven by a simple philosophy: when people are given the opportunity to grow and develop in a purposeful way, positive change and success follow.

Having previously held a management position in a publicly listed SaaS business, he developed a keen focus on customer experience and its role in fostering advocacy.

He likes to stay active and loves sharing new experiences with his family.

Mark Brixton

Global Growth Operations Officer

Mark has recently been promoted from running the APAC division to being the Global Growth Operations Officer. His role includes aligning marketing, sales, and customer success to meet customers wherever they are, allowing us to build confidence throughout their journey.

He is keen to automate processes and drive efficiency across our global business, making it easy to interact with us and creating a fun and fulfilling work environment.

Mark is known for his consultative management style and is always willing to try innovative approaches to build trust and get stuff done.

He likes to keep fit and eat well and has recently taken up cross-generational skiing with his dad and children.

Matthew Kantelis

Global Sales Officer

As the Global Sales Officer, Matt is accountable for business development, expanding new and existing sales, as well as fostering partnerships. To help his global team achieve success and work satisfaction, Matt leads by example, using a data-driven and empathic approach to understand why and when people need business planning and analytics software. This ensures the team works within a cohesive sales structure and maintains a strong pipeline of opportunities.

His career has been forged in the tech sector, as Matt is drawn to the endless possibilities of technology to solve problems, scale, and minimize administrative burdens.

Matt enjoys downtime with his partner and young daughter, growing organic produce that he then turns into delicious meals.

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