Meet The Family

With more than 20 years’ experience in global teleconferencing, entrepreneur Jeff Downs co-founded Redback in 2007 after arriving from Canada with a plan to offer web and audio conferencing via a single platform.

He built Redback into the largest digital events and conferencing provider in Australia by offering customers, a combination of simplicity, seamless connections and outstanding customer service.

Jeff is the visionary leader of Redback, responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction and driving business growth in the rapidly changing world of corporate communications.

He is just as passionate about the cultural development of Redback and providing a harmonious workplace for the Redback team while delivering against its core values of customer-centricity, excellence and accountability.

Peter is one of Redback’s founders and a serial entrepreneur.

Peter has played key roles in start-ups including Vector Videoconferencing, Enunciate Conferencing and Resolve Collaboration to name a few.

With more than two decades in the international teleconferencing industry, Peter is responsible for product development and technical delivery. He is passionate about developing technologies that enhance the way people communicate across distance.

Sara manages the fast-growing digital events arm of Redback, which runs over 150 managed webinars monthly for corporate, government and not-for-profit customers.

After joining Redback more than a decade ago, she works closely with sales, marketing and delivery to provide organisations with frictionless, seamless events that take the stress out of their online programs and increase the overall production quality.

An accomplished on-camera presenter herself, Sara also oversees Redback’s consultancy services, which assists customers to improve event marketing, engagement levels, attendance and production values.

Sara enjoys her laid-back, simple life on the Central Coast and spending most of her time with her shadow, her English Staffy puppy Ari.

He might not be Royal but in his younger years he did service the British Royal Family. Michael has lived in over 24 houses and moved across the world 5 times in his short 36 years.

She is a ray of sunshine. If she was a dog her tail would wag a lot. She loves to go to camping festivals and make her friends mojitos. She gets pleasure out of helping others in need. She is also a Certified Wedding Celebrant.

He’s 30 but routinely gets asked for ID when buying drinks. He can cook 1 minute noodles in 58 seconds. He’s already planned his next 10 years of holidays to travel and take photos!

She wants you to know that watching all of the Harry Potter films in one weekend is a highly regarded talent in the industry. And what industry do you ask? She is not sure, but she is glad you asked.

He’s a film graduate who went corporate and trying to wiggle his way back.
Also a supporter of the Boston Celtics and aspires to travel the world on a motorcycle.
Did we mention he WAS a pro ping pong player?

She’s a dance teacher (she doesn’t leave early on Mondays for no reason!) and appreciates expressive art. She loves Japanese and Lebanese cuisine and would love to open up her own Filipino restaurant one day.

He grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. He loves playing all sports and even played Gaelic football for Auckland. He has a passion for new technology and loves testing/playing with new gadgets.

A quiet man known simply by his initials, he can often be spotted pretending to be an extrovert on radio, emceeing a party or having fun at karaoke. Seems to love the mic a little too much but sometimes he just wants to give it all up and become a handsome billionaire.

She is a proud mother of two beautiful children. She makes the best butter chicken. She lives in a house with 10 others! And the answer is yes, she loves coming to work!

Been in the tech industry for the past 12 years, has travelled to 55 countries and looking is forward to seeing many more!

Having a name like Gianno Paolo confuses people into thinking he’s Italian… He is actually Filipino… shh! In 2016 he had open heart surgery and now has a titanium valve…SIA’s song Titanium is actually about him ?

He is often seen on the streets of Sydney hauling huge, black suitcases from gig to gig, and on weekends will be winding down with his family.

He loves all things involving filmmaking and creativity! His hobbies include writing, directing, and playing guitar, and the most important things in his life are his family, friends, and faith.

He’s travelled the world and swears New York is the greatest city. He loves Liverpool FC and will talk about it at any given opportunity – it’s a problem! He’ so accident prone that his family thinks that he should live in a giant plastic bubble.

Loves to give fake names for coffee and boost juice. She’s the most easily startled person you will ever meet, it’s ridiculous how jumpy she is. She doesn’t swear much but swears by the following ‘f’ words – Faith, Family, Friends.

He is a tech and multimedia creative with a flair for insightful photography. He is half Italian, and will be happy to talk about his obsession with coffee. He is the Redback studio mixing desk go-to model, so you will see him a lot on our Instagram.

He has lost his last 4 girlfriends to the same video game – what’s with that? He starts his day with a fresh box of banana based fruit salad! He lost both his molars in a freak skateboarding accident – then he became a total nerd.

He used to play soccer and cricket back in Bangladesh. He has spent 15 years working in the telco and IT industry. He is also a proud father of his daughter.

Who is Mary? She will never respond to Mary..It’s MG or Mary Grace. She is a big nerd and has a love for everthing from LOTR to tasteful Anime.
She is currently learning violin in hopes to one day play the Pirates of the Carribean theme. We wish her luck!

He enjoys 4 wheel driving and riding dirt bikes in the Australian Bush. He can also touch his elbows behind his back

She love being active and playing netball and used to be a ballroom dancer

He loves to bake strawberry muffins with chocolate chips – so cute! He learnt to ride his bike with no training wheels when he was 3 years old! He and Luke Eagles from the Support Team have been best friends for over 10 years.

Born in South Africa, raised in Fiji and having lived in three countries since, Michaela is a cultural confusion who has a strong appreciation for most types of food. She is forever trying to leave the Asian Grocer without buying ‘just one more thing’ and hopes to one day land her dirt jumping bike tricks instead of OTB’ing them all

She absolutely loves anchovies! She is a fanatic when it comes to horror movies. She recently started rock climbing and is actually becoming quite good at it!

He is a huge car enthusiast – from JDM, euro to muscle. He was attacked by a dog when he was five but says that he will always love dogs… aww! He loves quoting the Simpsons, Friends or Harry Potter.

He’s awesome..

He is so passionate about audio media creation and delivery that he has his own studio at home as well!

He’s kind of a big deal. He has many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany. His collection of vintage skateboards is eclipsed only by his collection of vinyl records. Don’t act like you’re not impressed…

Tom is an avid sports fan – He supports the Canberra Raiders and Houston Rockets. Has a passion for sales and building successful business relationships. Tom is also a muay thai boxer.

He has a Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence – and we are also convinced that he has ‘robot super powers’. He spends a lot of time (and money) on the latest and greatest virtual reality gadgets. He is the proud father of three beautiful kids.

He is cool…