Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian
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 Friday 25 July 2008
730am till 930am
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Venue: Slide Bar, 41 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney
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Mike Cannon-Brookes from Atlassian will be our guest speaker for a breakfast on 25 July.
Mike is co-founder and CEO of Atlassian Pty Ltd an innovative, award-winning enterprise software company. As well as being frighteningly young and good-looking, Mike has been instrumental in building Atlassian into one of Australia's brightest technology exports. Amazingly, Mike (along with his co-founder Scott Farquhar) has done this with no external funding. Come along and hear this amazing and inspirational story in the unique Innovation Bay environment.
Atlassian produces tools that help technical and business teams collaborate, plan projects and build software. Based in Australia, Atlassian currently has over 10,000 enterprise customers around the globe and has been named one of the "Fastest Growing Companies" by both Deloitte and BRW Magazine.
Mike has received international recognition for his work including the Australian IT Professional of the Year in 2004 and being named Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2006. Outside Atlassian, he is an active investor and advisor to a few technology-focused ventures, and participates in a number of open source projects.
His blog is entitled rebelutionary
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Price: $10 - payable in cash to a bucket on the door
If you would like to come along, please email info@innovationbay.com
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