Our People

Our focus on innovation is at the core of everything we do. Yarris people demonstrate a genuine passion for helping our customers find new and better ways of doing business.

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Leadership

The team is led by Ian Goddard, Executive Chairman.

Ian founded Yarris in 1995 and brings wide industry experience to the company. He was the founding president of Enterprise Java Victoria, Victorian President of AIMIA, a member of the State Government's ICT Advisory Group, a director of Emerge CMC Limited and Chairman of Interact Events Limited.

His other active business involvement is as the non-executive chairman of Inference Communications, a speech recognition technology and solutions company with offices in Australia and the US.

Before joining the software industry Ian was a partner with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He practised corporate law and gained specialised experience of financial institutions regulation as a director of the Victorian Financial Institutions Commission, which regulated the non-bank financial industry on behalf of the Victorian Government.
Ian has a busy family life, races a Farr1020 yacht from Sandringham and enjoys a bit of golf.

The Yarris Team

The Yarris team hails from all corners of the world, bringing a broad range of skills, cultures and approaches. We celebrate the diversity in our team, which reflects the diversity of our customers and the broader society.

Our diversity stimulates our teamwork and imagination. With different nationalities, hobbies, passions and locations, Yarris people blend their differences together to stimulate their collective knowledge and their creativity.

We recognise that every team member is more than a cog in our machine and by pursuing our passions we enrich what we bring to our roles.