eWater Innovation is a wholly owned subsidiary of eWater Ltd and was started in October 2008. Its purpose is to sell products, provide support, train users and focus on product development of eWater products launched in the market.
eWater Innovation has just launched a new version of the popular stormwater planning tool MUSIC in Australia, and will now take this product to the international market. music v4 combines the latest science in water-sensitive urban design as well as improving MUSIC's usability, distribution, licence options and available support and training packages for customers - a very exciting development!
eWater Innovation Board
eWater Innovation (eWI) reports to its own Board, which reports to the eWater Ltd Board. The role of the eWI Board is to set and oversee the company's strategic direction and goals. It has four Directors:- Dr Keith Steele (Chairman, a member of eWater's Board)
- Professor Gary Jones (CEO of eWater CRC and eWater Ltd)
- Tony McAlister (CEO of BMT WBM, an eWater partner)
- Murray Rankin (independent).
eWater Innovation Team
Tim Blackman (CEO) has a strong background of taking technology-based products to market, mainly in the Internet and Telecommunications sectors.Other key staff:
- Luke McPhail (Urban Product Manager, which includes the MUSIC product)
- Matthew Sant (Sales and Support-desk Leader)
- Tamara Posch (Office Manager)
Postal address: Innovation Centre, University of Canberra, ACT 2601
Street address: Innovation Centre (upstairs, and left), University Drive South, University of Canberra, ACT 2601
eWI has relationships with many industry specialists which allow the company to deliver products and services in a flexible and timely manner.
More Information
eWater organisational chart (PDF)
Murray Rankin and Tim Blackman