About FirstWave

Australian CEO of the year in 2015 ahead of Alan Joyce (Qantas) and David Thodey (Telstra). 25 years experience in the IT industry - USA, Asia, UK and Australia.

A strategic CFO with multi-site and international experience in high growth, technology businesses and current ASX and AIM listed experience.

Over 20 years experience working in the telecommunications industry including Telstra Research Laboratories (AI, Natural Language and Data Mining). He is the holder of several Australian and International patents in Information Retrieval and Data Classification. He co‐founded a security appliance start‐up that provided managed self healing network applications to Enterprise customers in Australia.

Extensive professional experience in all aspects of ICT infrastructure design, security, implementation and management and IT Risk management including role as CISO for Reserve Bank of Australia.

With a proven track record in delivering customer-centric commercial outcomes for high-growth businesses, Chris brings marketing insights and experience to executive team. Chris spent the previous 10 years supporting Australian-based telco Over the Wire (OTW) as it grew from a small startup to successful business listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Dino Davanzo joined FirstWave in November 2022 as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), bringing more than 35 years of experience including vendor and systems integration sales roles and sales leadership positions. Before FirstWave, he held senior sales positions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Optus, Dell and NetApp.