Management Team
Board of Directors
Chris Nicholls
President & Founder
Chris Nicholls is the President & Founder of Citech Research Pty Ltd and Citech Holdings (USA) Inc. Chris has over 20 years experience in the media broadcast industry and business administration, working in senior executive positions with the Australian Television Broadcast Networks. Chris has pioneered the development of the Company’s technology, focusing on the global sports, biomedical and media broadcasting industries and has been successful in securing funding from the Australian Federal Government and Venture Capital markets to fund the Company’s growth and has secured significant investment capital and government grants. Chris focuses his activities on customer relationships, venture capital raising and strategic leadership roles and he has led Citech discussions with major sports leagues in the FIFA, Premier League in the UK, NFL, NBA and College sports in the USA. He has also built strong relationships with other global sports technology & media companies. Chris leads a highly skilled management, advisory and technical team.
Management
Greg Hobby
Chief Marketing Officer
Greg Hobby is employed as Citech’s Chief Marketing Officer. He has been employed in the advertising & marketing industries since 1970 and has worked in London with several agencies before returning to Australia in 1976 to work with advertising firm Clemenger BBDO. Greg has been appointed to head up Citech Holding Pty Ltd’s marketing requirements and is presently responsible for implementing the Corporation’s global commercialization and marketing strategies.
Dom Evangelista
Chief Technical Officer
Dom Evangelista is employed as Citech’s Chief Technical Officer. He was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering from the South Australian Institute of Technology in 1980. Dom was previously employed for four and a half years with Telecom Australia in South Australia in Data Communications, Exchange Equipment planning & design, Quality Assurance and Materials Management. He then was promoted to Telecom Melbourne Headquarters and was Project Engineer in Cable Provisioning and Materials Management for a National Computer System used in Cable Provisioning, Production and Management. Dom is responsible for the Project Management of the Citech Holdings’ research & development and technical processes.
Julian Gygnell
L.L.B (Syd) Dip I.O.L (Lon)
Legal Counsel - Australia
Julian Gygnell is the Company’s Australian Legal Counsel and provides commercial advice on all legal, intellectual property and contractual matters for the Company. Prior to Citech Holdings he worked in London in 1984-1985 for ICL (now Fujitsu) in the Strategy and Technology unit where he was involved in analyzing computer software applications for use by senior management, in particular financial planning and project management tools. Since moving into private practice in 1986 he has been a partner at top-tier firms in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Hong Kong.