Ian Buddery

Ian Buddery serves as Chairman of CriticalArc, bringing extensive international business experience. During his 28 years in the technology industry, he has held several senior management positions with major multinational organisations and local firms. A software engineer, he worked in real-time systems for the resources, finance and defence industries before starting his first software company in the UK in 1977. In 1991 he founded eServ Global, soon becoming SUN’s largest VAR and growing to become the world’s largest independent supplier of mobile prepaid software for the Telco industry. After its first VC investment in 1998, Mr Buddery executed successful IPO’s on the ASX in 2000 and the LSE in 2004. With a focus on the telco industry, eServ Global made six acquisitions, grew to 700 people with a $180m revenue serving 85 telco operator customers across 54 countries. Buddery exited the company in 2010 after the trade sale of the core business to a major US software vendor. Ian Buddery is a Charter Member TiE Sydney, a member of Commercialisation Australia’s Expert Network and has been President of Asthma Foundation, New South Wales since 2002.