Who we are
At Toustone we are deeply committed to our customers, our team and our culture. We are driven by a culture of innovation, professionalism, integrity, commitment, and quality.
Our Mission
We take away productivity, visibility, data cohesion, and data trust problems to enable our clients to make better data-driven decisions that improve their performance.
Team TOUSTONE
Hands on experience in every facet of BI
Craig Lefoe
Co-founder & CEO
Craig has led teams in infrastructure, application, and business development across many different countries and regions. He has a passion for creating positive change and setting strategy to create better business outcomes.
Chris Horn
Co-founder, CFO & Cloud Architect Director
Chris is highly experienced in an array of software areas that have built his reputation as an expert in cloud architecture and security. He ensures the integrity of the back-end systems, processes and support functions.
Adam Sharp
Co-founder & Services Delivery Director
Adam is highly experienced in managing the delivery of BI across several industries. He has sophisticated knowledge on how to present data visually to optimise the understanding and analysis of data.
Craig Manson
Non-Executive Director
Craig is passionate about helping companies and people realise their potential by elevating their performance. He understands data-driven decisions provide the opportunity for real change in improving efficiency and productivity.
Matt Pedersen
Chief Commercial Officer
Matt has a deep understanding of Agricultural markets and production systems having spent over 25 years working both in Australia and overseas across many sectors. He has built a strong reputation for strategic thinking, business development, and implementing operational excellence enabling business growth and greater profitability.
Mike Williams
Sales Consultant
Mike brings many years of farming experience to Toustone. He has previously held marketing leadership roles with Penfolds Wine, along with Financial Services experience at Westpac, IBM, and SAP.
It is through this experience Mike has developed a strong attitude for creating data-driven Agribusinesses.
Trevor Keon
BI Consultant
Trevors’ strong passion for data has enabled him to develop the skills needed to be a high-level BI consultant through his ability to work from the raw data level all the way through to the final presentation layer.
Simon Barby
BI Consultant
Joining Toustone in 2015 as a support analyst, Simon has now moved into the role of a BI Consultant. Simon’s in-depth knowledge of BI and analytic systems have enabled him to excel in delivering reporting solutions for his clients.
Nick Hudson
BI Consultant
Nick is a passionate BI consultant that delivers intuitive business intelligence solutions. Nicks creative skills enables him to think outside the box, to turn data in knowledge, putting the power into the hands of the decision makers.
Santosh Pawar
Support Manager
Santosh has developed a sophisticated understanding of the architecture and support processes that has led him to become the support manager. Managing a effective support desk, Santosh ensures that the Toustone IT infrastructure is efficient and productive.
Heather Fielding
Business Analyst, Technical Writer & Project Manager
Heather has extensive experience in the delivery of IT solutions across a broad variety of industries. She has recently joined the Toustone team where she uses a collaborative approach to consistently achieve positive outcomes for clients.
Valli Nayagam
Business Analyst
Valli is a proactive problem-solver specialising in gathering data from various sources to build an intuitive dashboard. Valli using his problem-solving skills to quickly resolve any customer issues, creating an excellent customer experience.
Katie Scholten
Business Analyst
Katie is an enthusiastic team member that looks after client relations and office projects. Katie’s strong analytical and organisation skills were developed through an experienced background in business processes enabling her to relate and communicate effectively with clients.
Alison Mildenhall
Administrative Assistant & Bookkeeper
Alison has excellent attention to detail skills, enabling her to handle all bookkeeping duties to a high standard. Alison assists in administrative tasks and support work duties to create an efficient and transparent work environment.
Bailey Hamilton
Social Media & Marketing Assistant
Bailey is an enthusiastic quick learner that is eager to be involved in all marketing activities. Bailey manages all of Toustone social media platforms and has recently produced a webinar that gathered over a hundred registrants.
Samuel Lefoe
Junior Support Analysis
Sam has a enthusiastic and ready to go attitude that has enabled him to be an important part of the Toustone Team. Sams consistent communication in customer support reassures clients in fixing any technical issues that arise.
Solving the worlds data problems from regional Australia
With an ambitious plan to build a cloud-based BI solution that would help drive insights through better data that will create better decision and, in a whole, create a better business, Toustone has grown to deliver BI solutions on a global scale. From the cloud we are bringing better data, better decisions and better business to Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The team in 2014 consisted of Craig, Mal, Chris and Adam who had met working for Mars – a large global family business responsible for brands like M&M’s, Pedigree and Whiskas.
“We knew we had some unique skills and functional business knowledge combined with technical knowledge.” Craig said. “And, we wanted to use this to bring data to life by visualising business data and driving improvement. Something we believed, hoped, others could benefit from.”
Toustone has since matured into a powerful data company with expert knowledge of how to get you from creating reports to analysing them. With high-level experience in the Health, Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology market, Toustone has developed specific solutions that enable these sectors to thrice on their data.
With Yellowfin as a partner, the analytic dashboards deliver the best analytical experience in your business to ensure you retain and grown your customers. Yellowfin is ranked number 1 for embedded analytics and white-labelled BI tools and trusted among hundreds of companies worldwide.
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What our clients say about us
“The decision to go with Toustone was easy. We liked the idea of dashboard reporting, the simplicity of use, and the fact that everything was integrated, giving us exactly what we were after. The Toustone team was super helpful and switched on, which helped us identify a clear winner.”
“Kirinari was struggling with adjusting to the NDIS, where the requirements for evidence and real time data is essential, where we need to know how much we are spending at any given point in time and that’s got to be entirely based on an individuals NDIS plan. Toustone coming along was just incredibly fortunate timing for us, it was like a marriage made in heaven. They have exactly what we are looking for and were able to work with us and figure this out.”
“For us, it’s not about reporting – plenty of solutions offer reporting. What we needed was solid analysis and a tool that gave our sales and marketing people absolute ownership and accountability. It’s about growth, forecasting and performance against budget. The analysis capability in the Yellowfin product lets us get in and find out the ‘why’, then we can work out the ‘what’s next’.”
“We are a ‘data rich’ plant. We have many systems capturing data which can be overwhelming and hard to manage but since working with Toustone they have positively influenced our labour costs and productivity. During this process, Toustone have been great to work with and are always readily available. We look forward to working more with them to bring even more value to the business.”