Our team
We share a passion for great science education










Stile was founded by Alan Finkel, Byron Scaf, and Danny Pikler, who together own and operate the company.
Every aspect of Stile is crafted in-house by our passionate team of teachers, scientists, artists and engineers — a multidisciplinary group of the best and brightest. You’ll find Stilists scattered all around Australia, New Zealand and the United States with our global Headquarters based in Melbourne, Australia.
Meet the Stile team
We asked the team how they would describe a Stile person. Here is what they had to say.

Leadership

Alan Finkel
Chair & Co-founder
Alan Finkel is a neuroscientist, engineer and entrepreneur. He was Australia’s chief scientist from 2016 to 2020, during which time he led the National Electricity Market Review, the development of the National Hydrogen Strategy, and the panel that advised the Australian Government on the 2020 Low Emissions Technology Roadmap. Amongst Alan’s other roles within the government, Alan has returned as our Chair.

Byron Scaf
Co-founder & Deputy CEO
Byron got a few months into a PhD in Neuroscience at Melbourne University before building Australia’s first electric vehicle charging network with Better Place. Finally understanding what STEM meant in the real world, he co-founded Stile in 2012 and set about working with schools.

Daniel Pikler
CEO & Co-founder
After working as a musician, then as a geneticist at the CSIRO in Canberra, Danny studied secondary teaching in Melbourne and saw first-hand the need for better science teaching resources. Danny joined Byron and Alan to found Stile in 2012.

Jayde Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
Jayde was traveling in South America when she started to think differently about purpose. She had been working in New York and London for award-winning creative agencies, integrating new digital ventures for a rapidly changing market. In Stile she saw a unique opportunity to unlock the potential of young people with innovative content and technology.

Joshua Ravek
Head of Sales
Josh was one of the earliest adopters of Stile in the classroom. Convinced of its potential, he joined the team to help other teachers benefit from Stile the way he and his students had. Today, Josh heads up our AU sales team.

Kat Gentry
Head of Stile USA
Kat was a science teacher before researching pest management in aquaculture across Norway, Australia, and New Zealand. Striving to cultivate student curiosity, enhance teacher job satisfaction, and bring more science classrooms to life, Kat leads Stile’s US team.

Sarah Lindop
Chief Customer Officer
After working as an eLearning developer, predominantly in the health industry, Sarah made the move to a sector she was more passionate about: education.

Simone Gregurke
Director of People and Culture
Following General Management roles in fast growth companies, Simone was drawn to Stile's vision, social purpose and goal to help students globally. With a Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and a passion for developing future leaders, she now supports Stile's people capability and the company's growth.
The dream team

Campbell Edgar
Science Curriculum Editor

Marie Kinsey
Science Curriculum Writer

Toni Cox
Science Team Leader

Hamish McCoy
Science Curriculum Editor

Marcus Finlay
Science Curriculum Writer

Andy Smith
Science Team Leader

Jemima Capper
Content Coordinator

Caitlyn Jones
Executive Assistant (Product Admin)

Charlotte Newall
Executive Assistant

Hailey Vogel
Head of Teaching & Learning

Elise Kovacs
Head of Schools, NSW

Meghan Fennessy
Stile School Manager

Rebecca Wilde
Stile School Manager

Bassant Ibrahim
Stile School Manager

Liz Coleman
Stile School Manager

Lara Rijksman
Stile School Manager

Andrew Nicholls
Head of Schools, VIC

Dave Canavan
Head of Schools, QLD

Steve Dornan
Head of Schools, WA

Jules Ius
Senior Teacher Happiness

Leah Jabornik
Teacher Happiness Team Lead

Paul Giardina
Teacher Happiness

Kelly Fernandez
ICT Business Analyst

Rochelle Scholtes
Concierge Coordinator

Katrina Don Paul
Teacher Happiness Team Lead

Julianna Jimenez
Director of School and District Partnerships

Shawna Jensen
Community and Instructional Support Lead

Daniel Rodgers-Pryor
CTO

Rhys Walsh-Tindall
Support Engineer

Karleen Han
Junior Software Engineer

Alex Finkel
Head of Platform Engineering

Peter Gates
Team Tritium Lead

Daniel Pekevski
Senior Software Engineer

Huw Llewellyn
Team Helium Lead

Matthew Needham
Head of Business Systems

Quynh-Chi Nguyen
Staff Software Engineer

Jeff Parsons
Senior Tooling Engineer

Nick Spain
Senior Platform Engineer

Devon McKenzie
Junior Software Engineer (Product)

Ikram Saedi
Junior Software Engineer

Saanvi Telukoti
Software Engineering Intern

Ben Taylor
Staff Software Engineer

Chamathi Gamage
Business Systems Engineer

Lavinia Monteiro
Junior Software Engineer

Honman Yau
Software Engineer

Shannon Cole
Senior Software Engineer

Ally Macdonald
Software Engineer

Chelsea Page-Saxton
Product Administrative Assistant

Charli Wijesinghe
Commercial Finance Partner

Emily Cheng
Finance Manager

Lilka Jones
Administrative Assistant

Gisela Beer
Illustrator

Sean Hurley
Head of Design

Pooja Prabhakaran
Designer

Emma Ngo
Designer

Alexandra Russell
Head of Professional Learning

Jaclyn Rooney
Head of Special Projects

Mia Holton
Videographer

Kirsten Hood
Marketing Manager

Clare Feeney
Head of Education
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Thousands of teachers use Stile every week. It’s already the #1 science curriculum in Australia, and it’s fast becoming the curriculum of choice for teachers in the US.