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Randy Guard Has Spent a Career Making Complicated Technology Make Sense
An electrical engineer wandered into marketing and stayed for the hard part: translating complex systems into reasons people care. After SAS, Spreedly, and Appian, Randy Guard is taking that habit to Liminal's market-intelligence business.
Jennifer Chase Put a 50-Year-Old Data Company Back in the Brand Business
After 27 years inside SAS, Jennifer Chase is making the case that an analytics company can be rigorous about evidence and still take a creative risk. Her method joins technical fluency, stakeholder diplomacy and a stubborn interest in the customer.
Jon Hawkins
Jon 'Irish' Hawkins is an Australian Defence Force veteran of 25 years, SAS-trained officer, and the founder of Omni Executive - one of Australia's fastest-growing sovereign defence companies. Starting from an idea at his kitchen table in 2012, he built Omni into a 400+ person operation spanning aerospace, consulting, security, maritime and vetting, with around $100 million in annual turnover. A fierce advocate for truly Australian-owned defence capability, he stepped back from the CEO role in February 2026 to serve as Chair of Omni's Board.