CEO at BlueCentral Pty Ltd
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- CEO at OzHosting.com Pty Ltd
- CEO at BlueCentral Mobility Pty Ltd
- CEO at BlueCentral Pty Ltd
- Past
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- Founder at Lively Group Pty Limited
- General Manager at destra Hosting
- Director Strategy & Marketing at Destra Corporation Ltd
- General Manager at Ozhosting.com Advanced
- Managing Director at Webtrader Pty Limited
- Education
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- Australian Institute of Management
- Blackblot Product Planning and Marketing
- Pasminco Metals Sulphide
- Lake Macquarie High
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Anthony Banek’s Summary
Anthony Banek has recently moved from destra Hosting to BlueCentral after Bluefreeway Ltd (ASX:BLU) successful listing in December 2006. Bluefreeway aquired the Business Hosting Assets of destra Hosting of which Anthony has been with now for over five years.
Anthony as Managing Director is responsible for overseeing the division's expanding business, including overall Sales, Marketing and Product Direction Strategy, New Initiatives, Technologies and Market Penetration.
Anthony has twelve years experience within the IT and hosting industry in the Asia Pacific region. He developed one of Australia's first internet based classifieds portals in 1996 and founded the web hosting company, Webtrader (a leader in offering Microsoft Windows based hosting technology) in 1997 and acquired by destra Corporation in 2001.
Previously, Anthony held the following roles within divisions of destra Corporation -
a) Roles withing destra Business after consolidation of acquisitions –
- Strategy & Corporate Development
- Strategy & Marketing Director
- NSW State Manager
b) Founder and CEO - Ozhosting.com Advanced (Enterprise Division)
c) CEO - destra Hosting
Anthony Banek’s Specialties:
General Management, Sales Management, Channel Sales, Business Development, Marketing and PR, Product Management, Infrastructure and Web Hosting Specialist, Business Start Up, Business Planning and Strategy, Financial Management, Acquisition and Integration, Business Integration, Sales and Marketing, Process Management and ASP CRM Integration, Product Management, Networking, Reporting to CEO and Board, Board Positions, Innovation, Commercialisation, Entrepreneurship
Anthony Banek’s Experience
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CEO
OzHosting.com Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
OzHosting.com was originally founded in the mid 1990’s and the brand alone is now iconic within the web hosting industry globally.
With clients ranging from small business to blue chip companies, OzHosting.com has since grown organically and via acquisition. Some acquisitions include - Domains N Servers, Webtrader, Realestate.com.au Web Hosting Unit, Super-Hosting.com.au, Enet21, Global Host and the hosting business of Techex Communications. In March 2004, OzHosting.com formed an alliance with Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand to supply Web Hosting Services to Yahoo! customers. -
CEO
BlueCentral Mobility Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
The BlueCentral mobile gateway enables mass market messaging supporting both premium and standard rate. BlueCental's Carrier-Grade infrastructure provides the delivery and billing of mobile messages over SMS, MMS and WAP.
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CEO
BlueCentral Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
BlueCentral is focused on being the backbone for your online business needs. The company, formerly known as destra Hosting, are experienced at delivering secure environments for your website and online applications, required to keep our clients businesses running at their peak. The core focus of our business is to deliver all our clients with maximum uptime, in a secure environment, backed by service level agreements and extensive experience in the hosting industry since 1997.
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Founder
Lively Group Pty Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
December 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Web site: http://www.lively.com.au
Lively Group® is one of the fastest growing electrical services groups in Australia, currently expanding throughout Sydney and soon to other major cities.
Experience -
- Business Start Up
- Business Planning and Strategy
- Financial Management
- Business Integration
- Sales and Marketing
- Process Management
- ASP Implementation of ERP System
- Networking
- Board Position
Major Clients -
EMC, Tower Life, PrefSure Life, SureSlim, Wake Up Sydney Central, Cruising Yatch Club of Australia -
General Manager
destra Hosting
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; DES; Internet industry)
July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)
Web site: http://www.destra.com
destra Hosting was formed in July 2006, which consolidates the previously branded Ozhosting.com and Ozhosting.com Advanced under destra Business Hosting Division.
destra Hosting services cover Domain Name registrations, Shared Web Hosting through to Enterpise Managed Hosting Solutions.
Experience -
- Business Start Up
- Business Planning and Strategy
- Financial Management
- Acquisition and Integration
- Business Integration
- Sales and Marketing
- Process Management and ASP CRM Integration
- Product Management
- Networking
- Reporting to CEO and Board
Major Clients -
Commonwealth Bank, RSVP.com.au, SAI Global, NSW Board of Studies, Tourism Victoria, IKEA, Roche, ABC -
Director Strategy & Marketing
Destra Corporation Ltd
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; DES; Internet industry)
April 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Web site: http://www.destra.com
destra Business delivers comprehensive business communications services, including data, internet, managed services and hosting solutions, to organisations and government departments throughout Australia and beyond.
Experience -
- Stragegy
- Product Planning & Management
- Innovation
- Brand Integration and Positioning
- Business Integration
- Sales and Marketing
- Process Management
- Reporting to CEO and Board
Major Achievements -
- Integration from business process, brand and product of 4 divisions - GPM, Techex, Ozhosting.com Advanced, Ozhosting.com under one brand - destra Business
- New Products Launched - Voice, Broadband, Search Engine Optimisation, Wireless Access Internet, Voip Service
- New www.destra.com web site launched with integrated divisions
Major Clients -
RSVP.com.au, SAI Global, NSW Board of Studies, Tourism Victoria, Supre, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park -
General Manager
Ozhosting.com Advanced
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; DES; Internet industry)
January 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Web site: http://www.ozhostingadvanced.com
Ozhosting.com Advanced was new formed division of destra Corporation Ltd in 2002.
Ozhosting.com before it became destra Business was Australia's second largest Virtual Web Hosting Company. I was employed to setup the new division specialising in Enterprise web hosting solutions.
Experience -
- Business Start Up
- Business Planning and Strategy
- Financial Management
- Acquisition and Integration
- Business Integration
- Sales and Marketing
- Process Management and ASP CRM Integration
- Product Management
- Networking
- Reporting to CEO and Board
Major Achievements -
- Within two years turnover achieved - $4.3M
- Acquisition of Enet21 and integration
Major Clients -
Commonwealth Bank, RSVP.com.au, SAI Global, NSW Board of Studies, Tourism Victoria. -
Managing Director
Webtrader Pty Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 1997 — January 2002 (4 years 7 months)
Website: http://www.webtrader.com.au
Anthony pioneered one of Australia's first internet based classifieds portals in 1996 and founded the web hosting company, Webtrader (a leader in offering Microsoft Windows based web hosting technology) in 1997 and was acquired by destra Corporation in early 2002.
Webtrader had a client base of over 6000 customers and a solid reseller channel of over 800.
Experience -
- Business Start Up
- Business Planning and Strategy
- Financial Management
- Business Integration
- Sales and Marketing
- Process Management
- Product Management
- Networking
- Board Position
Major Clients -
Roche Pharmaceuticals, Disney Channel
Anthony Banek’s Education
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Australian Institute of Management
Various Short Courses , HR, Time Management, Marketing , 2002 — 2006
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Blackblot Product Planning and Marketing
SPM, PRM , Product Management , 2005 — 2005
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Pasminco Metals Sulphide
Electrical Fitter Mechanic & Qualified Supervisor , Electrical Engineering , 1990 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- National Workskills Runner Up - 1992
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Lake Macquarie High
1985 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- State Representative - AFL, Cricket
Additional Information
Anthony Banek’s Websites:
Anthony Banek’s Interests:
Sailing, Gym, Snowboarding, Boating
Anthony Banek’s Groups:
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adtech Sydney -
VM People Virtualization & Cloud Group -
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Software as a Service (SaaS) Group -
WHU Web Hosting Experts Group -
AIMIA -
Digital Media Group - Australia and New Zealand -
GreenCollar Forum -
OzHosting.com -
CeBIT Australia
Anthony Banek’s Honors:
destra Corporation has won a number of awards over the years. destra has once again been nominated a winner in the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 50. We are proud to announce that we have achieved ranking number 26, having moved up from our 2004 ranking. Additionally, destra is a winner in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 Program, which acknowledges and honours fast growing technology companies across Asia Pacific. The other recent awards include PowerTel Partner of the Year Award, and ranked 69 in the BRW Fast 100 and a Finalist in the AIIA 2005 iAwards.
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