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

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.

Daniel Rodgers-Pryor
CTO
Daniel’s academic background in Condensed Matter Physics and Computer Science gave him a passion for promoting scientific literacy and the skills to manage complex computing systems. Daniel joined Stile in 2014 and stepped into the role of CTO in 2017.

Byron Scaf
Co-founder
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.

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.

Jayde Taylor
Head of Finance
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.

Clare Feeney
Head of Education
Clare started as a medical scientist before she was introduced to the joy of teaching when tutoring refugee families. As a science and maths teacher, she became aware of the positive impact of technology. In 2015, she joined Education Perfect and built their Science, Mathematics, Geography, History and Numeracy resources. In 2019, she joined Stile and is responsible for developing all teaching and learning resources.

Sarah Lindop
Head of Schools
After working as an eLearning developer, predominantly in the health industry, Sarah made the move to a sector she was more passionate about: education.
The dream team

Campbell Edgar
Science Curriculum Editor

Marie Kinsey
Science Curriculum Writer

Toni Cox
Science Curriculum Writer

Hamish McCoy
Science Team Leader

Joe Atkinson
Science Curriculum Writer

Erica Gibbs
Science Curriculum Writer

Britany Golden
Assistant Editor

Marcus Finlay
Science Curriculum Writer

Andy Smith
Science Team Leader

Jemima Capper
Maths Curriculum Writer

Kat Gentry
Special Projects Lead

Caitlyn Jones
Executive Assistant (Product Admin)

Joshua Ravek
Head of Sales

Elise Kovacs
Head of Schools, NSW

Meghan Fennessy
Stile School Manager

Kate Williamson
Stile School Manager

Rebecca Wilde
School Experience 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
Sales Assistant

Rochelle Scholtes
Concierge Coordinator

Katrina Don Paul
Head of Customer Success

Stiele Hagens
Stile School Manager

Julianna Jimenez
Education Sales Manager

Shawna Jensen
Education Sales Manager

Rabia Abrar
Software Architect

Alex Finkel
Head of Application Engineering

Daniel Flynn
Data Engineer

Peter Gates
Team Tritium Lead

Daniel Pekevski
Senior Software Engineer

Thomas Frantz
Junior Software Engineer

Huw Llewellyn
Team Helium Lead

Matthew Needham
Head of Business Systems Engineer

Quynh-Chi Nguyen
Application Technical Lead

Jeff Parsons
Senior Tooling Engineer

Nick Spain
Senior Platform Engineer

Devon McKenzie
Associate Business Systems Analyst

Ikram Saedi
Software Engineer

Ben Taylor
Staff Software Engineer

Chamathi Gamage
Software Engineer Intern

Lavinia Monteiro
Software Engineer Intern

Honman Yau
Software Engineer

Ulisses Albuquerque
Head of Security

Andy Tang
Senior Platform Engineer

Shannon Cole
Software Engineer

Ally Macdonald
Software Engineer

Chelsea Page-Saxton
Engineering Administrative Assistant

Emily Cheng
Finance Manager

Makeila Reyes
Head of People & Culture

Olivia Pupillo
People & Culture Assistant

Teagan Cole
People & Culture Assistant

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
Who we are
We share a passion for great science education.
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