Meet the Solutions Outsourced Team

When you choose Solutions Outsourced, you are choosing the best team of qualified professionals whose sum is greater than the parts.

• Mark Kofahl

  

  Mark is a founder and director of Solutions Outsourced Pty Ltd, a company of over 15 people, the vision for which arose from many years of commercial experience in the IT industry. Mark's background in Accountancy serves him well when discovering the key drivers in your business and how best to leverage them. Mark is the architect of the award wining Siteflex Web Management system, now used by small, medium & large private companies, public companies, government and education alike, both across Australia and internationally. Mark is a guest speaker at Australasia's No. 1 Business Event, CeBIT; contributes to a number of charitable organisations and is a Member of the Australian Instititue of Company Directors.

  Qualifications: B. Ec (Accounting), Macquarie University, MAICD
  Interests: Mark is also a Christian, a father of two, commercial pilot and flight instructor and speaks fluent German. He also enjoys VW's, skiing, bushwalking and fine music.

• Deborah Kofahl

  

  A founder and director of Solutions Outsourced, Deborah's tertiary qualifications (with Honours) in Management Studies serves as a firm foundation for the company's vision of delivering outstanding services to clients. An excellent tactician, Deborah's Marcomms (marketing and communications) strengths are unmatched in the region. Before founding Solutions Outsourced, Deborah gained a wealth of experience in a number of extremely fast paced industries, finally as a Marketing Manager for a large firm with significant marketing spend.
  
  The most common questions she gets asked is who she supports in the Rugby - South African born, New Zealand educated, Deborah has made Australia home.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons.)
  Interests: Deborah enjoys the outdoors - camping, hiking and skiing. She takes great joy in the company of her two little dogs - a dachsund (Wolfy) and a miniature pinscher (Fritz). July 2007 brought on a whole new world for Deborah (and Mark) with the birth of their son Max, and again in 2010, their daiughter Alexandra. The two little dogs have now learnt to be dogs again.

• Janinne Pemberton

  

  Janinne controls the purse at Solutions Outsourced and ensures that everything runs like clockwork. Born and educated in the UK, Janinne has also worked in Germany, and in more recent years made the move to Australia with her family. Janinne has had extensive experience in both Practice and Industry Accounting, and previously trained and worked in Mechanical Engineering.

  Qualifications: Trained Accounting Technician -Industrial and Practice Accountancy
  Interests: Janinne enjoys spending time with her young family, including her husband and two sons, traveling, and getting to know Australian customs. She also enjoys keeping active, skiing, mountain trekking and gardening when she finds the time.

• Brett Daniels

  

  Brett is our lead programmer and brings to Solutions Outsourced expertise in all major platforms and languages. Unlike many programmers, Brett has a keen eye for design, a great sense for usability, and an ability to apply sound logical thinking to the code. As every outcome has a just right mix of usability, functionality and aesthetic, Brett is always happy to sign his name to the work.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of Internet Science
  Interests: Brett loves to travel and find hidden treasures in all parts of the world. When not laying down some sweet air guitar to his favourite music, he enjoys a good drop of wine and a chai tea chiller. When there is some serious coding to be done, sunglasses are a requirement.

• Zoe Moxon

  

  Zoë looks after the print design department at Solutions, also managing some of our major clients websites and marketing campaigns. Educated at one of Australia's leading design schools, Zoë takes pride in translating a customer's vision into visual cues that represent the values of their business. Zoë brightens up the office each day with her friendly nature and famous smile.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of Graphic Design and New Media
  Interests: Zoë enjoys photography, concerts, living near the coast and traveling. She also enjoys good vegetarian food, and design.

• Rabin Raj Shrestha

  

  Our Special Projects specialist, Rabin is quick to capture our clients goals and put them into web action. Experienced in back-end programming and databases, Rabin helps make the complex simple. If you're quiet, you might be lucky enough to hear the code whisperer at work.

  Qualifications: Masters of Engineering Studies (Software Engineering)
  Interests: Married in Nepal during 2011, Rabin is the non-better half of the momo making couple. Always keen on jetting over to Nepal, his home country, Rabin also loves to explore the regions of his new home, Australia, especially those featuring some great wine. A welcome addition to any activity, Rabin's enthusiasm is matched only by his kindness.

• Olivia Micallef

  

  Olivia has a steady eye for all things design and is always ready to tackle any new task that is throw her way. Olivia heads the web design department, bringing a lot of talent to this area. Her bubbly personality helps warm up the studio on those cold winter mornings, day after day creating artworks that amaze not only our clients but the design team as well.

  Qualifications: Advanced Diploma Of Graphic Design (for which she graduated as most outstanding in her year)
  Interests: Olivia takes every opportunity to get outdoors with family and friends. She is also known for her addiction to chocolate and for being wise beyond her years.

• Brendan Murty

  

  Brendan is a dedicated, self-taught web developer, with experience across many platforms. Always hungry to find the right solution, Brendan uses his passion for the latest and greatest in tech for good (only occasionally evil). Quick to cut to the core of any problem, Brendan has taken perch on the role of helping clients get the best results via in-depth training and support.

  Qualifications: Self taught Web Developer
  Interests: Believing he is some sort of authority on the matter via his Italian heritage, Brendan confines his sweetness to his love of lollies and his pizza to a tasty Crust. No BBQ sauce. Usually the first to dive in to new tech, Brendan walks the fine line between early adopter, beta tester and guinea pig. Brendan is a man of quality over quantity, proven by his beautiful baby daughter Isla.

• Emily Bailey

  

  Emily is one of our diverse designers, moving between web and print design when the job calls for it. Layout in either platform is a particular strength of Emily's - making the most simple of designs look structured and appealing. Emily livens the office with her love of music and her vivacious laugh.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design
  Interests: When not in the office, Emily loves going to concerts, cooking and snowboarding (during Winter of course). She is also known to cater for large numbers of people in one sitting, a great task of its own.

• Miko Ademagic

  

  Having seeked out Solutions Outsourced as a great place to work, Miko joins the web development team with a keen eye for all things web. Miko is passionate about improving the usability of every website that comes his way, while solving client problems in the most efficient way possible. An enthusiastic dedicated worker, Miko gets the job done, and done well.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of I.T
  Interests: When not ripping up the concert scene or following Tame Impala around, Miko enjoys the finer things in life - tasty food, porch parties, good company and a few sneaky Jagers. Having previously spent many years in Germany, Miko now calls Liverpool home, proudly.

• John Wilson

  

  John has a commercial background in programming to assist Siteflex users get the most out of their websites. John has been programming websites for 10 years, and ran his own company in New Zealand before settling in Australia with his wife. John has a passion for front end website development work and client relations.

  Qualifications: Diploma in I.T
  Interests: A man of varied experience, John even ran his own company in New Zealand before settling in Australia with his wife. He enjoys spending time with his young family, and keeps active riding his bike to and from work most days.

• Dominic Ooi

  

  Dominic's background is in the education realm, and joins us with a talent in programming, and in particular helping our School based clients make the most of their websites. Dominic has a desire to understand how visitors interact with a website interface.

  Qualifications: Bachelor Computer Science, Masters in I.T
  Interests: Dominic is currently into home maintenance when not in the office, settling into his new home after some jetsetting around Europe. Dominic enjoys a good laugh, and is also a keen bass player, and guitarist in his spare time.

• Peter Ford

  

  Peter particularly impresses us with his skills in creating icons and motifs from scratch in his role in the design room, due to his love for illustrating. His overall style is very streamlined, and he has a talent for layout in both web and print.

  Qualifications: Diploma Of Graphic Design
  Interests: Peter stirs the other designers up with his love for Electronic music, in a room that is quite fond of the Indy genre. He also knows how to enjoy a good ballad. Peter is keen on fitness, and likes a mean cook up of healthy steak and vege.

• Julie Stevens

  

  Julie joins the Accounts Department managing billing and helping to keep the office in good working order. Julie brings positivity to the office, and doesn't let anyone go thirsty.

  Interests: A true local to the area, Julie spends her spare time relaxing with her family, and can often be found traveling for her kids various sports.

• Andy Hobbs

  

  Andy started work at Solutions Outsourced in 2006 and returns after a 3-year hiatus to help with marketing and looking after our clients.

  Qualifications: Bachelor of Design: Visual Communication
  Interests: When Andy isn't hanging with his wife Keris and son Callum- he enjoys watching a good movie, drinking good coffee, playing mildly competitive sports and speaking about himself in the 3rd person. The 3 of them recently moved to Wollongong to help some friends start up a church there.