PicNet
PicNet Pty Ltd is a provider of IT services. The company is based on the lower North Shore of Sydney in the suburb of St Leonards. The name 'PicNet' is an acronym for the term 'People Information and Collaboration Network'.
Brief history
PicNet was founded in 2002 by the current Managing Director of the company, Marco Tapia. After a successful career in the IT industry (where he was global Chief Information Officer for international company P&O Ports), Tapia attended the Australian Graduate School of Management to achieve an MBA qualification. Subsequently, he was able to establish PicNet with the confidence and qualifications to run and maintain it.
Tapia directed the company towards a specialisation in Information Technology and Risk Management, through a proprietary product called Risk Shield. A core component of PicNet's strategy was to build the services component of the business, using that to fund the development of the Risk Shield software.
PicNet has since grown, having employed 16 personnel in 2006 with a management board consisting of four managers.
Management team
Current members of the management team at PicNet are: Marco Tapia, Guido Tapia, Nicholas White and David Booth.
- Managing Director: Marco Tapia, (Former global Chief Information Officer for international company P&O Ports), MBA (UNSW), BSc, Dip (Business Analysis)
- Software Development Manager: Guido Tapia, BSc Computing Science (UTS), BA International Studies (UTS)
- IT Managed and Support Services Manager: Nicholas White, BSc Information Systems (UNSW)
- Project Management and Consulting Manager: David Booth, BSc (UNSW)
Services
- IT Project Management and Consulting
- Software Development - Using .Net and Microsoft Software Development technologies to develop web and mobile solutions.
- IT Managed & Support Services - Corporate Architectural Network Design, Hardware/Software Upgrades, Remote / Telephone / Onsite / Email technical support.
- Risk Shield - IT Risk Management and Security Services
Products
Risk Shield
An enterprise risk management tool for identifying and calculating risk in an organisation's operations. Risk Shield uses techniques to quantify risks diagrammatically, creating a "digital dashboard" for risk management across the organisation. It is available as both a pocket product for mobile use (supporting Windows Mobile 5) and as a SaaS application.
PhD
A web based SaaS Issue management application that is accessible from anywhere with an internet connection and requires no installation. All data that is created within the system is backed up daily.