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
Founder & CEO
Craig has led teams across Infrastructure, Application Development, and Business across many different countries and regions with extensive experience in leading teams across diverse cultures. He has a passion for motivating positive change and setting strategy.

Chris Horn
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
Founder & Services Delivery Director
Highly experienced in managing the delivery of BI across several industries, Adam 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 and seeing them elevate their performance. He understands data-driven decision-making provides the opportunity for real change in efficiency and productivity.

Nick Hudson
BI Consultant
Nick is a passionate BI consultant that delivers intuitive business intelleginence 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.

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.

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.

Santosh Pawar
Support Manager
Santosh has developed a sophisticated understanding of the architecture and support processes that lead him to become the support manager. Managing a high-level support desk, Santosh ensures that the Toustone IT infrastructure is efficient and productive.

Katie Scholten
Business Analysis
Katie is an enthusiastic team member that looks after client relations and the office’s project management. 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 generates content for social media and the sales team while developing his market research, strategic planning, graphics design, and brand positioning skills.

Samuel Lefoe
Junior Support Analysis
Sam’s high quality, enthusiastic and ready to go attitude 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.
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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 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 a solid analysis 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 Toustone’s product lets us get in and find out the ‘why’, then we can work out the ‘what’s next’.