Executive Recruiter / CIO / Digital Strategist
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- Director at Happener
- Past
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- CIO at Adstream
- Director at MKH Mana Pty Ltd (Self-employed)
- IT Services Manager at Rumble Group
- Network Administrator / Technical Trainer at Drake Training
- Education
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- University of Auckland
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Markus Hafner’s Summary
I am a former Chief Information Officer who has extensive experience helping build startup technology organisations in the consulting, digital asset management, and advertising solutions sectors.
I am currently a partner in Happener, a recruitment and consulting business. Happener works with leaders in the online, interactive and digital media industries internationally to find the right people for our clients and the right opportunities for our candidates. We leverage a strong network, technology and the combined expertise of our staff all of whom have relevant experience from within the industries we recruit for - enabling us to offer real value to our clients.
For further information you can reach me at mh-at-happener-dot-com.
Markus Hafner’s Specialties:
Staffing & recruitment, harnessing talent, career management, vendor relationships & negotiation, organisational strategy and development, business growth, new media, technology management, project management & planning
Markus Hafner’s Experience
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Director
Happener
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Happener works with leaders in the online, interactive and digital media industries internationally to find the right people for our clients and the right opportunities for our candidates. We leverage a strong network, technology and the combined expertise of our staff all of whom have relevant experience from within the industries we recruit for - enabling us to offer real value to our clients.
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CIO
Adstream
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2002 — September 2006 (3 years 10 months)
Adstream provides technology solutions to the advertising and media industries globally. Amongst other things:
60% of Australian television commercials are now delivered via Adstream.
80% of Australian print commercials are produced or distributed utilising Adstream’s Quickcut technologies.
100% of television commercials in the UK are approved by Adstream solutions.
In January 2006, Adstream Holdings sold 58% of Adstream Australia to Sensis (Telstra) at a company value of AUD40m enabling further global expansion for the Holding company.
During my tenure at Adstream I helped grow the company from 10 staff in Sydney to 200+ globally. I was heavily involved in designing scalable technology blueprints, establishing strategic vendor relationships, negotiating contracts (and realising cost reductions that CFOs dream of!), new product and market development. -
Director
MKH Mana Pty Ltd (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — December 2002 (8 months)
I provided consulting services to digiDUBS, which was subsequently renamed Adstream, where I was subsequently employed on a permanent basis as CIO.
The nature of the consultancy was to review the application design documentation and provide detailed recommendations and design of the server, network, and datacentre infrastructure. -
IT Services Manager
Rumble Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 8 months)
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Network Administrator / Technical Trainer
Drake Training
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Human Resources industry)
December 1997 — September 1999 (1 year 10 months)
Markus Hafner’s Education
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University of Auckland
MCom (Hons.) , Strategic Management , 1991 — 1996
Level 2, 3, & Masters papers in:
Management Studies & Labour Relations
Management Information Systems
Organisational Psychology
Marketing
Research Methodology
Masters Thesis: Staying the change - the paradox of strategic management.
