Our Team
Our Commitment
We are committed to a world without waste – where the materials we generate are a resource, and we help councils and communities create circular economies.
Our team actively contributes to the industry through education, presentations, workshops and speaking engagements across the sector based around industry best practice and improving the operations of facilities.
We employ several people from the industry, including two local government waste management specialists, who assist our clients with commercial advice and other consulting needs.
Meet the Mandalay team!
We have over 30 team members in our Australian-based team and deal with hundreds of operational sites within the waste and quarry industries. Here are some of the faces you may come across.
Simon Kalinowski
CEO
Simon is considered an emerging thought leader in the waste industry in Australia, particularly in the role data plays in leading the industry to meet the challenges in today’s world. He is also a regular contributor to legislative reform discussions within the waste industry. Simon is particularly passionate about leading meaningful change and the role industry professionals have in delivery an essential service.
Rex Heathwood
Head of Product
Rex has a strong commercial background combined with a highly diverse exposure across a broad range of industries and roles, so he is well equipped to ensure the best ‘fit’ applications are applied and executed. Rex currently oversees Product Management, Development and Support across cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS) and desktop platforms.
Rosemary Black
Head of Customer
Rosemary’s area of expertise includes strategic business development, management and operations, performance management, sales and marketing, client and stakeholder engagement, financial and administrative governance including the management of special projects. Rosemary has extensive experience across corporate and government sales, where she draws upon her expert relationship building techniques.
Brendon Horswell
Head of Support
Brendon is an experienced management professional who has successfully operated in a number of leadership and contract management roles. Brendon has extensive experience in the waste and resource recovery sector spanning NSW, ACT and Queensland. A passionate leader with a strong focus on safety, accountability and operational efficiency, Brendon challenges his teams to ensure every decision made is in the best interest of both clients and the organisation while upholding the highest safety priority. He is commercially astute with superior communication skills and demonstrates effective results-oriented leadership, with a passion for developing, motivating and mentoring multi-disciplined teams.
Lacey Webb
Senior Consultant
Lacey is a CPA qualified former CFO and industry experienced Waste Strategist & Consultant, specialising in Risk, Regulation and Compliance. Lacey is passionate about driving organisations to improve profitability and efficiency and her broad ranging financial, technical and operational experience allows her to lead change management across all levels of an organisation with ease.
Conor Ward
Sales Manager
Conor has a strong business development background, working closely with corporate and government organisations to deliver solutions for complex business problems, manage key stakeholders through change and deliver exceptional customer experiences. Conor brings extensive knowledge across multiple industries to develop structures and operational processes to best meet the needs of the business.
Facility Product Suite
The Facility Product Suite offers a range of software products for waste, quarry, and other facility applications.
View ProductVoucher Management
Introducing a simple yet powerful tool for issuing, managing and measuring waste vouchers and entitlements.
View ProductMandalay Consulting
A specialist offering in Waste Industry consulting focused on operational efficiencies, technology and data.
View Services
Leaders in data collection, information control and management.
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