Meet the team.
delivering revolutionary solutions
to complex issues.
Since 2014, Ozius has been helping clients across a range of industries to better understand natural and built environments allowing them to see more, know more, and achieve more.
Our cutting-edge technology allows us to see previously unseen terrestrial and aquatic environments covering thousands of hectares, fast!
Who is ozius?
Alisa Starkey
Founder and Chief Science Officer
With a background in Marine Ecology, Alisa learned the benefits of utilising Earth Observation data when completing her Honours at the University of Wollongong. (make the first sentence larger, stand out)
She has dedicated her career to fusing artificial intelligence, remote sensing data and environmental science to solve some of our most complex environmental questions for public and private sector customers.
A Member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ), Alisa has been involved in numerous publications on using remote sensing to assess environmental impacts of natural and human induced change including monitoring gully erosion and change, vegetation trend analysis, and more recently collaborated with aquatic ecologists from government authorities in NSW and QLD to integrate remote sensing into Water Resource Planning projects.
Dr. Peter Scarth
Director and Chief Technology Officer
Peter leads the artificial intelligence and data science research at Ozius, working across disciplines to develop rigorous data management systems and validated mathematical models.
These models measure and map both major and more subtle changes in global ecological systems using large earth observation data sets linked to field and social survey systems.
By engaging with stakeholders across academia, government and industry he aims to build and extend data systems and build “long science” to address wicked problems in the land management space through the application of time series biophysical image analysis.
As an application developer, Peter has a particular interest in synthesising difficult-to-use data to provide answers to challenging problems.
Peter is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Ecological Society of Australia (ESA).
Ben Starkey
Managing Director
Ben has a background in Urban Planning and Development leading high performing teams in both public and private sectors, and has been nationally recognised for his contribution within this industry in Australia.
At Ozius, Ben is able to bring his passions for stakeholder engagement, business improvement and space technology together to help customers transform their decision making and business processes.
Sam Gillingham
Principle Software Eng
Sam is a qualified software engineer with specific interest in cloud-based processing and presentation of scientific data, with a particular focus on efficient processing of remotely sensed data.
With nearly 20 years of public and private sector experience in Australia and New Zealand, he has developed and managed numerous high profile software systems within the natural environment and research sectors, contributing to dozens of scientific papers and journal articles.
Tim Hackwood
Environmental Systems Analyst
Tim is an environmental and operations management professional with extensive leadership and project management experience, particularly in ecological restoration, vegetation assessments, and flora and fauna surveying.
Deeply passionate about Australia’s national environment, Tim’s focus at Ozius is to help customers answer complex ecological questions using the power of artificial intelligence and remote sensing technologies.
Wayne Schulz
Non-Executive Director and Chairperson
Wayne has over 20 years of professional corporate finance experience focusing on valuations, due diligence, strategic reviews and mergers and acquisitions. He has worked and lived in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa.
He previously worked for the largest listed private equity group in South Africa, Brait South Africa Limited, and was the Group’s Corporate Finance Manager as well as being a director for several investee companies.