Arlo Leadership
Meet the people leading Arlo. Both the Board of Directors and Senior Leadership bring a shared passion for empowering organizations to deliver great learning through an all-in-one training management platform.
Board of Directors
Allan Dawson
Chairman
Allan brings deep leadership and governance experience to the Board. He has held several international CEO and CTO roles before moving into corporate governance as a full time Non-Executive Director. His current positions include Director at Montoux, a SaaS platform for the life insurance sector, Director of SaaS software investment company Winnow Software and Chair of agri-tech company OnFarm Solutions.
Allan is Deputy Chair for the Electricity Authority – New Zealand’s electricity market regulator. He previously assisted New Zealand Trade and Enterprise – where he provided advice to businesses looking to grow internationally. Allan is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of the NZ Institute of Directors.
Peter Hodges
Director
Peter is an analytical engineer with a strong software development background. He has 15 years in the internet security space providing mission-critical security solutions to enterprise scale companies. He brings to Arlo a strong focus on creating successful products and bringing them to market, and a flair for assessing and designing high-performance solutions.
Martin Oxley
Director
Martin is a Professional Investor/Director who provides governance support primarily to SaaS businesses that are expanding internationally. He has a technology-based career spanning 30 years. As an executive Martin had operational roles in developing off-shore markets (UK, EMEA and USA) where he specialized in Sales & Marketing and legal frameworks for distribution channels. Martin is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors.
Jimmy McGee
Director
Jimmy is an executive leader with experience in global Saas, ecommerce, marketplace & classified brands. He has the proven ability to add value in operational & governance capacities, and brings with him nearly two decades of executive team experience from some of New Zealand’s most successful startups including TradeMe and Wipster.
Ian White
Director
Ian has been part of Arlo since day one. As well as already understanding Arlo and its people, Ian brings a huge amount of governance and commercial experience to the board. Ian has been a board member of companies in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK. An active angel investor, he also supports and advises a diverse range of early-stage technology companies.
John Mitchell
Director, Founder
John is the founder of Arlo. He is a visionary, loves new ideas, and thrives on challenges. A true entrepreneur he built and sold his first business to fund his windsurfing passion while still at university in the 90’s. This was the launch of an exciting career, a career which has seen him lead many new tech products and services across the globe; from launching the first broadband services to businesses in NZ (Telecom), rolling out broadband across Europe (PSINet), developing and launching the first large scale Edtech SaaS solution (SchoolZone) for NZ schools, and then creating the award winning Arlo!
Read more about John’s Arlo story from its humble beginnings in a garage in Wellington to a global success, empowering the training for millions of people. John is now an active advisor, director, and consultant, helping other businesses become wildly successful.
Senior Leadership
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