Hear more of the S2S Summit that happened on the 16th of November at the Sydney Startup Hub. Our special episode is back with the second instalment, featuring exclusive interviews from industry leaders who made the event memorable. 

In this unique Tank Stream Speaks episode, we bring you additional snippets of engaging conversations with summit attendees, capturing more of the essence of their businesses, insights gained, and the burning questions they wish their clients would ask them.

Join your hosts, Bradley Delamare and Co-host Isabel Vanhakartano, alongside the podcast guests, offering you another glimpse into the dynamic Australian tech ecosystem. From insightful business introductions to the burning queries on their services, this episode continues the showcase of the entrepreneurial spirit of the ecosystem. 

About Hiam Sakakini
Knowing what makes people tick has always fascinated me, especially what differentiates high performing leaders and teams from others. I’ve lived and breathed this fascination as the Head of Manager Development (APAC) with Google where I’ve uncovered powerful, evidence-based ways to create high performing teams and leaders able to respond quickly to business changes through innovation. During my 10 year tenure at Google, I’ve led strategic change initiatives at a regional and global level; understanding how technology changes industries and how to navigate that change successfully through people. Taking that experience with me, I’ve founded a Culture Transformation consulting practice that aims to improve quality of life through work through trust and courageous conversations, creating conditions where people thrive.

The Culture Equation specialises in culture and leadership transformation as well as how to harness the power of a diverse workforce. Our tailored programs and workshops are for teams between 10-500 people. Having worked with organisations as large as Western Sydney University, as fast growing as Brighte and as purpose led as GenWest, I believe culture cannot be manufactured, rather it has to be intentionally designed and consistently brought to life through beliefs, behaviours and feedback rituals.

Collaboration and embracing diversity are important to me and I’ve proudly contributed my skills and expertise as a Non-Executive Director with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Xceptional and as a mentor for TechStars and  Remarkable,  Australia’s first disability-focused impact accelerator.

About Slim Karaaslan and Webv8 

I WANT TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE FASTER

Did you know that if your website doesn’t load in-time and loads incorrectly you can lose up to 85% of potential sales?

I build websites that are optimised to perfection and geared to performance. This includes making your website load faster and more efficiently and optimising your website to indexed more efficiently by search engines.

About Antonia Skitsas

My name is Antonia Skitsas, I am a charter engineer with more than 15 years’ experience in developing primarily medical and non-medical devices.

Early on in my carrier I didn’t really know what to do when developing a device and I struggle to get reasonable and reliable advice. And after talking to a number of people, I found that I was not the only one in this position. That’s the reason I formed Skiant in 2012, to help people develop devices by providing sound advice and produce high quality outputs.We provided the know-how and expertise at the highest quality. At every step of the way, we get things done.

If you are developing a device or know someone that is currently developing a device, visit our website skiant.com.au and send us an enquire. We are here to help you in your device development journey.

About Skiant Holdings Pty Ltd

Skiant Holdings is your go-to partner in the engineering and development consultancy space with a proven track record of helping medical and non-medical start-ups and businesses create cutting edge devices. We work with clients from the ideation phase, through to development, mechanical design, compliance certification and then to the manufacturing of the device.

About ScaleMote

ScaleMote - The tech partner for early stage startups

ScaleMote is a software development company that helps early-stage startups with or without tech co-founders to bring their ideas into software solutions.

They are a team of 85 people, and they have helped over 28 startups to launch and scale across Australia, the US, and Europe.

About Pablo
Pablo Seoane is a business leader and entrepreneur with 15 years of experience across startups, scaleups, and enterprises.

He’s the current Founder and CEO of ScaleMote. He previously served as the General Manager of Byjus Australia, a prominent global tech company and founded Date In a Box (currently transitioning to Together).

About Ryan
Ryan Flynn is a Sales Specialist, currently working as Growth and Business Developer at ScaleMote.

You can reach Pablo and Ryan on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/p-seoane/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-flynn-6b9267172/

About Chris Ingate

Chris Ingate's purpose is to spread positivity, happiness and connection in others. His passion for mental health and understanding that happiness is achieved through gratitude and growth. This has led him to quit his 10-year sales career, landing on his current journey of scaling OneAnother —a kindness marketplace connecting communities through frequent acts of kindness.

About OneAnother 

Humans are more disconnected than ever, which is leading to an increase in mental health challenges. OneAnother is a kindness marketplace connecting communities through frequent acts of kindness to increase global happiness because all humans know if you "do good, you feel good". 

Website = https://www.oneanother.io/  

Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/oneanother.io

Tik Tok = https://www.tiktok.com/@oneanothercommunity

LinkedIn=  https://www.linkedin.com/company/42438605/admin/feed/posts/

About IGNITE
IGNITE is the first practice management software that will help allied health clinicians not only to track therapeutic progress but also to communicate it visually will all the child's allies, namely educators and parents whose English is not their first language.

We are on a mission to extend therapy outside clinical environments using data and visuals.

About Mohamad Chaaban
I am the CEO and founder of IGNITE, with more than 15 years of experience with startups, mainly around performance management and ERP implementation. I am also the managing director of speech therapy clinic and most importantly I am the dad of a beautiful son who was diagnosed last year with Dyspraxia.

About Tank Stream Labs 

Tank Stream Labs is the go-to coworking community and service provider for tech-focused businesses. We enable businesses to grow, evolve and succeed together, and provide like-minded entrepreneurs with a curated tech-agnostic community. With us, businesses gain access to all of the services needed to make their business thrive. From business operations being taken care of, to the networking and collaboration opportunities that will help their business on its growth journey. If you're looking for a new home in Sydney, Tank Stream Labs offers coworking spaces that foster innovation, creativity, and collaboration. For more information on Tank Stream Labs head to the website or contact us at: hello@tankstreamlabs.com. 

This podcast episode was recorded in Tank Stream Studios, the exclusive audio and video podcast studio located in the Tank Stream Labs Sydney Startup Hub. 

Tank Stream Speaks is proudly produced by the team at Ampel. Ampel is an audio content agency specialising in podcast, radio, and audio content creation. Ampel is a proud member of Tank Stream Labs, and the team behind Tank Stream Studios. For more information, head to www.ampel.com.au or reach out to us at hearhere@ampel.com.au

Chief Audio Officer: Josh Butt
Edited by: Isabel Vanhakartano
Mixed by: Carter Quinn