Internode managing director Simon Hackett

Simon Hackett is one of Australia’s best-known technology entrepreneurs. As managing director of national broadband trailblazer Internode www.internode.on.net , Simon leads Australia’s largest privately owned broadband company. Established in 1991, Internode has 180,000 broadband customers and more than 450 employees, a carrier-grade international telecommunications network and a range of value-added broadband services.

Name: Simon Hackett
Roles: Managing Director, Internode & Agile Communications
Born: December 17, 1965
Expertise: Broadband; telecommunications;  technology; sailplanes.

Internode managing director Simon Hackett

Simon Hackett is one of Australia’s best-known technology entrepreneurs. As managing director of national broadband trailblazer Internode www.internode.on.net, Simon leads Australia’s largest privately owned broadband company. Established in 1991, Internode has more than 150,000 broadband customers and 360 employees, a carrier-grade international telecommunications network and a range of value-added broadband services.

Simon leads Internode with a unique combination of technical insight and entrepreneurial energy. While renowned for its customer-friendly service, Internode constantly pushes back the boundaries of broadband innovation. In 2005, Internode was the first Australian company to launch commercial ADSL2+ broadband. In 2007, the company pioneered ADSL2+ Annex M services. In July 2008, Internode became the first national ISP to offer its customers direct access to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) as part of its standard service.

In August 2008, Simon’s achievements were acknowledged with the Telecommunications Ambassador award from the Communications Alliance. This annual award recognises an outstanding individual who has shown strong leadership and made a significant and visible contribution to the Australian communications industry. Simon won the Bulletin-Microsoft Smart 100 IT & Communications Award in 2004 and was an SA winner in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards in 2005. Simon is also a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.

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