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TROPIC • COVER STORY
Arthur Tsakissiris, Corinne Southgate, Leigh Wickerson, Doug Stephens, Andrew Cortis, Diana Stephens
CREAM OF THE CROP
Meet the team steering AirBridge Group’s continued success.
ANDREW ARTHUR LEIGH
CORTIS TSAKISSIRIS WICKERSON
Chief Operations Manager TerreCom Director Business Development
and AirBridge Networks Before joining AirBridge Group, Manager
Co-founder Arthur spent 28 years at Telstra Leigh Wickerson has worked in
As the son of computer shop in technical sales and network sales roles in the tech sector
owners, Andrew Cortis was born engineering, design, construction for the past 20 years in Australia
to thrive in the information and and planning. He’s been the and overseas. He joins AirBridge
communication technology recipient of the Telstra Extreme Group as one of Telstra’s most
industry. He worked in the Award, which recognises the accomplished executives, having
family business as a teenager, Telco’s top 1% performing staff, received numerous awards
before moving to Sydney in no less than three times. His and proving his credentials
the late 1990s to take a role customer base has been mostly in both urban and regional
with a national computer large enterprise and corporate areas. “I really enjoy working
rental company specialising in customers. “TerreCom is a with businesses and using
servicing large corporations and natural extension of the work technology to transform the way
institutions. When he returned both AirBridge and I do,” he said. they operate,” he said. “Better
to Queensland and a position at “There’s certainly a void in this communications underpins a
the Torres Strait Island Regional space and demand is greater lot of that and AirBridge is doing
Council alongside his long- than what’s being fulfilled. Our great work in enabling improved
time mate Doug Stephens, the differentiator is our approach to communications and developing
AirBridge solution was born. satisfying that through an agile great solutions for customers so
He’s been at the forefront of and personalised approach.” it’s something that I wanted to
the company’s rapid rise since be a part of.”
then. “It’s only going to get more
and more rapid,” he said. “But
what I love is regularly changing
locations and going on a new
adventure to a new place.”
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