Spotlight On… Dr Thanassis Boulis, Principal Systems Architect at BindiMaps

Meet Principal Systems Architect, Dr Athanassios (Thanassis) Boulis!
Thanassis is responsible for the complex system design of BindiMaps, and the development of our localisation and navigation algorithms.
Spotlight On…John-Ross Barresi, National Locations Manager at BindiMaps

Meet John-Ross (JR) Barresi, our National Locations Manager.
JR manages all the BindiMaps supported locations in Australia, including setting them up and maintaining them.
This means he is often out at shopping centres, office buildings or hospitals getting the spaces ready for the BindiMaps navigation system to do its thing.
Spotlight On…Joash Chong, Senior Developer at BindiMaps

Meet Joash Chong, Senior Developer at BindiMaps.
Prior to joining us at BindiMaps, Joash worked at a global last-mile delivery and logistics company, where he focused on designing the vehicle routing algorithms that helped drivers deliver as efficiently as possible.
Spotlight On… Leethu Mathai, Mobile Developer at BindiMaps

Meet Leethu Mathai, who develops and manages BindiMaps’ iOS mobile app.
Leethu is a very experienced mobile developer and most of her 9+ years’ experience has been in developing applications for corporate and industrial clients in insurance, energy and banking.
Spotlight On… Keith Urquhart, Senior Software Engineer at BindiMaps

Meet Keith Urquhart, Senior Software Engineer at BindiMaps. Before BindiMaps, Keith was the CTO of a global last-mile delivery and logistics company. Starting from early startup stage, Keith built and managed a scalable platform that eventually sent thousands of delivery drivers in more than 50 countries exactly where they needed to go when they needed […]
SBC Accelerator concludes with demo day

CEO Anna Wright and COO Mladen Jovanovic pitched to investors and major sports facilities this week at the Startup Bootcamp Sports and EventTech Accelerator demo day. The accelerator is sponsored by some of Australia’s largest sporting stadiums and sports organisations, including Cricket Australia, the Australian Grand Prix and Netball Australia and aims to showcase and […]
The technology behind BindiMaps

BindiMaps is a mobile app available for Android and iOS devices, that provides localisation and wayfinding for users in indoor and outdoor spaces, and is especially useful where GPS doesn’t work well. Although the system can be used by anyone, BindiMaps is optimised for users with vision impairment. It operates using smart audio directions to […]
Welcome Nina, our new Head of Marketing!

We’re excited to announce that our marketing for BindiMaps is about to step up to another level of creativity, strategy and professionalism with the appointment of our new Head of Marketing, Nina Drakalovic! Nina is a Fast Company award-winning marketing specialist with a background in journalism and visual design. She says, “I am incredibly excited […]
Vicinity Centres says BindiMaps highlights the importance of exploring inclusiveness

We’ve just received the following positive testimonial in a video interview with Nick Irvine, GM of Business Development, Energy and Media Partnerships for Australian retail property manager Vicinity Centres. Vicinity Centres is one of Australia’s leading retail property groups with a fully integrated asset management platform and $23 billion in retail assets under management across […]
We’ve just hired Australia’s most experienced expert in planning and managing indoor navigation

Sometimes the problems that arise in a fast-growing tech startup are ‘good problems to have’ and earlier this year, the sheer growth in the number of new customers wanting BindiMaps installed on their premises started to slightly overwhelm our little BindiMaps team. Most of us wear multiple hats, not because we’re awesome at everything, but […]