Meet the team
Ngaire Antrobus
Strategic Specialist
Ngaire's spent 20 years (so far!) spanning five states helping schools remove roadblocks. Prior to founding EA he lead a team of twenty in delivering learning support and managed some of the largest Apple deployment projects in Australian history.
In his spare time he likes to punish himself at Crossfit and pretend he’s a musician. (He's... getting there.)
James Mugg
Development Leader
For the past 18 years James has worked supporting schools and universities across Victoria. A reasonably recent new dad (again) to twin boys, he’s now trying to figure out how to toddler-proof his house as they’ve just worked out how to open doors.
His favourite beverage is a Piccolo Latte, although any coffee will keep him going right now.
Adam Rice
<web/dev> Leader
Adam's our resident hipster, coffee-aficionado and crazy-good apps builder.
He's passionate about using the internet to eliminate time-wasting tasks in learning, and to also perfect his from-scratch (and already very delicious) mac'n'cheese.
He once won second prize in a baby beauty contest, and his mum reminds us how adorable he is on a regular basis.
Melanie Eggins
Learning Leader
Mel’s our learning supercharger. As a primary-trained, secondary-experienced teacher her love affair with technology started early in her classroom. For over 10 years she’s travelled Australia helping spark creative learning experiences with her fellow educators and has seen more of the country than most of us combined.
She is addicted to pugs, books and Japanese teas we can’t pronounce.
Annie Deslandes
Service Leader
Annie’s been fixing broken gear for about 18 years now. She's not only quick on the tools, but makes sure we stay compliant, people are happy and we get all our parts (and repairs done!) super-fast.
In her downtime she’s either on one of her two motorbikes or dabbling in photography. (We think she's really, really good!)
Sally Carmichael
Operations Leader
Leading the operational backbone for EA is no small task yet Sally keeps our (considerable) paperwork straight with a sunny disposition and a quirky sense of humour.
Sal has passion for cupcakes that borders on obsession, a cat we consider slightly psychotic and she's also become scarily good at Beat Sabre since 'Iso' kicked in.
Stu McDonald
Pro Services Leader
Stu grew up making and breaking things with technology. Before jumping into our team he was delivering design courses for the University of Newcastle and looking after their considerable Apple fleet.
Since joining us he's discovered the wonders of Melbourne's foodie scene, he regularly brings his adorable twin kittens into the office for playdates and we've even gotten him to the stage where he has his own coffee dripper at home now.
John Cleary
Integrated Services Leader
John’s lightbulb moment happened during Year 10 work experience when he realised he could make a career out of improving people’s lives with technology. He’s spent the last 23 years doing exactly that, leading teams and independently consulting across a broad range of clients before finally making his home here with us at EA.
When unplugged, John spends his time biking with his family, is involved in his local church, and reminisces about his glory days as a live musical theatre performer.
