Ian Gardiner

Ian is a technology entrepreneur working to grow the technology startup ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand. He is a co-founder and investor at Jelix Ventures. Previously he was Head of Startups for ANZ at Amazon Web Services. He also co-founded and helps to run Innovation Bay, a networking and angel investment group for technology startups. Ian is a winner of the NSW Pearcey award for Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. Ian has an Engineering degree from the University of Oxford where he also won two rowing blues in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. When he has time he is also a competitive cyclist, an avid computer gamer, husband and father of two boys (not in that order).