Our Team

Leadership built for scale.
TTGI's leadership team spans technology, finance, global operations, and channel strategy — with deep experience building and scaling technology businesses across multiple markets.
Doug Childress
Chief Executive Officer
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Doug Childress is a 40-year veteran of the information and communications technology sector, bringing deep technical expertise and proven executive leadership to his role as CEO and Director of TTGI.
Doug co-founded Intelligent IP Communications, this was the first Australian licence carrier to deploy a managed UCaaS service, where he served as CEO and built the business with a strong emphasis on operations, organisational performance, and measurable outcomes. He sold this to an ASX listed company. He has spent the better part of four decades designing and delivering complex network, IT, and connectivity solutions for businesses across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with specialisation in unified communications, wireless, microwave, fibre optics, and copper-based infrastructure.
As Chairman, Board Member and CEO for over 30 years, Doug has demonstrated the kind of sustained leadership that builds enduring businesses. His technical foundation is matched by strong commercial acumen including sophisticated legal, contractual, and negotiation capabilities that have underpinned TTGI’s success.
Doug leads TTGI with a clear mandate: to accelerate the growth of its subsidiary businesses and deliver compounding value for shareholders across its Technology-as-a-Service portfolio.

Konstantin Lichtenwald
Chief Financial Officer
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Konstantin brings over 15 years of finance and accounting experience to his role as CFO of TTGI, with a track record spanning corporate compliance, financial management, IPO and reverse takeover services, taxation, valuation, and financial reporting across both North America and German-speaking Europe.
Konstantin is the Managing Director of Zeus Capital, a Vancouver-based boutique corporate finance firm specialising in public listings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and fund raising. He is also a co-founder of Reverse Takeovers, a platform dedicated to helping businesses navigate the public listing process, and a Partner at Zeus Accounting Solutions Corp., which provides CFO services and financial reporting to listed companies. Earlier in his career he worked at Ernst & Young in Stuttgart, where he conducted financial audits and compliance work across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and subsequently held senior accounting roles at Jackson & Company Chartered Accountants in Vancouver. He also served as an Accounting Instructor at Vancouver Community College for five years.
At TTGI, Konstantin oversees global financial reporting, capital allocation, and investor communications, with a focus on maintaining balance sheet discipline and ensuring the Company’s operational performance is clearly and credibly reflected in its capital markets engagement.
Konstantin Lichtenwald, Chief Financial Officer
Konstantin leads TTGI’s global finance function, with responsibility for aligning operational performance with the Company’s capital markets activities across the Group. He oversees financial reporting, capital allocation, and supports investor communications as TTGI continues to scale its platform.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, Konstantin contributes to the Company’s long-term value creation strategy, with a focus on maintaining balance sheet discipline, supporting market engagement, and aligning financial strategy with shareholder interests.

Aldo Gallone
VP Global Strategy & Partnerships
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Aldo Gallone is a technology executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning startup, mid-market, and large enterprise environments across North America and Europe.
Aldo co-founded SwingTrack by Visual Sports, serving as CEO and Board Director for over a decade before returning in 2017 to lead the company’s corporate development campaign, which culminated in a successful acquisition — a significant outcome for shareholders, employees, and customers alike. He subsequently held senior leadership roles at IBM Canada, where he led the national cloud business reporting to the President and GM, and at Scalar Decisions, where he was part of the executive team that doubled the business in both revenue and headcount over two years. He has also held Director and Country Manager roles at Sisense and GlassHouse Systems, where he overhauled the go-to-market strategy to a consultative, services-led model and grew the business across product, professional services, and managed services.
Aldo brings deep domain expertise in cloud, infrastructure, security, and data, combined with a proven track record in building partner ecosystems, leading high-performance sales teams, and executing growth strategies. At TTGI, he leads global strategy and partner ecosystem development, focused on expanding strategic alliances and strengthening the Company’s position across its Technology-as-a-Service platform.

Craig Pringle
VP Global Services
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Craig Pringle is a technology services leader with more than two decades of experience spanning professional services, managed services, cloud infrastructure, and unified communications across Australia, New Zealand, and globally.
Craig began his career at Fujitsu New Zealand before spending over seven years at Gen-i, progressing from Senior Technology Consultant through to Service Line Manager for End User Computing. He joined Ensyst — a specialist Microsoft and Citrix partner subsequently acquired by Optus — where he led the Project Services and Cloud and Infrastructure practices, growing the project services team by over 60% and delivering consistent revenue growth. Following Ensyst’s acquisition, he served as Cloud Technology Strategist within Optus Business, helping to integrate cloud sales, product development, and delivery capabilities across the combined organisation.
Craig joined Insentra in 2019 as Professional Services Director, before being appointed Global Services Director in 2024 with responsibility for the P&L across professional and managed services in ANZ, EMEA, and the Americas. He was appointed VP Global Services in 2026 as part of TTGI’s expanded leadership structure.
At TTGI, Craig oversees the execution of Insentra’s global services strategy, leading both the Professional Services and Managed Services leadership teams and ensuring the Group’s services engine delivers consistently against revenue, profitability, and partner outcome targets.

Josh Hicks
VP Global Product & Development
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Josh Hicks has been at the heart of Turnium’s product and technology evolution for over eleven years, making him one of the most tenured and deeply embedded members of the TTGI leadership team.
Josh began his technology career at Simon Fraser University and Microsoft, where he led implementation project teams deploying cloud-based security, SaaS and enterprise email solutions to large-scale clients. He joined Turnium in 2013 as a Senior Sales Engineer before progressing through Director of Technical Services and Product Manager roles, and ultimately into his current position leading all product management and technology functions across all platforms.
As the executive accountable for Turnium’s SD-WAN and Technology as a service products, Josh drives the product vision, leads engineering execution, and ensures the roadmap is tightly aligned with partner feedback, market trends, and commercial priorities. He leads a distributed team of UX, front-end, and full-stack developers using agile methodologies, and participates directly in key sales cycles where deep product expertise is required. His remit spans product ownership, engineering leadership, budget and target setting, risk mitigation, and cross-functional alignment with sales, marketing, and the board.
At TTGI, Josh is responsible for advancing the Company’s secure networking and software-defined infrastructure capabilities as well as overall technology as a service capabilities as the platform continues to scale.

Matthew Synnott
Global Finance
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Matthew Synnott is a finance and accounting professional with over 30 years of experience across information technology, media, and professional services, and a track record of leading financial operations across complex, multi-entity organisations.
Matthew began his career at News Corp Australia, where he spent over nine years as a Management Accountant, before moving into Finance Manager and Financial Controller roles across a range of technology businesses. He joined Insentra in 2016 as CFO, overseeing financial operations across Australia, the USA, and the UK, and has continued in that capacity following Insentra’s acquisition by TTGI. He holds a Bachelor of Business in Accounting from Western Sydney University and is a CPA Australia member.
At TTGI, Matthew works closely with the CFO to drive financial integration, operational efficiency, and scalable financial processes across the Group. He brings particular expertise in cash flow management, financial and statutory reporting, taxation and compliance, forecasting, and stakeholder engagement — as well as a genuine focus on leveraging AI to enhance financial decision-making and operational efficiency across the platform.

Peter Brownsdon
VP Global Operations
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Peter Brownsdon is a senior commercial and operations executive with over 20 years of experience across telecommunications, managed services, and technology infrastructure.
Peter spent eight years as Commercial Facilities Manager at Superloop, an ASX-listed broadband and telecommunications provider, building deep expertise in regulatory compliance, vendor management, contract negotiation, and project delivery. Earlier roles at Intelligent IP Communications, Beacon Business Systems, and Caltex Australia established a career built on hands-on delivery across complex operational environments.
Now VP of Global Operations at TTGI, Peter has cross-functional accountability across Turnium, Insentra, and Claratti, spanning legal and contract negotiation, governance and security compliance, and people and culture.

Ronnie Altit
VP Global Sales & Marketing
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Ronnie Altit is a business leader and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience across technology services, sales, and executive leadership, and an accounting background that grounds his commercial thinking in financial discipline.
Ronnie began his career at BDO Australia before spending nine years at Credit Suisse First Boston, leading APAC infrastructure teams across Sydney, Hong Kong, and Singapore and serving as Australian CIO. His client-side experience and understanding what technology leadership demands from a services partner became the foundation for everything that followed. After roles at SecureData Group and Dimension Data, where he served as General Manager of Data Centre Solutions, Ronnie co-founded Insentra in 2010 from a dining table in Sydney.
Over 16 years as CEO, Ronnie built Insentra into a global partner-led services organisation headquartered in Australia, with offices across the USA, EMEA, and the Philippines. Operating exclusively through the IT channel and never transacting directly with end clients, Insentra earned deep technical accreditation across Microsoft, Citrix, Symantec, Veritas and Red Hat, and was recognised as one of Australia’s Greatest Places to Work over 5 consecutive years. Ronnie was inducted into the ARN Hall of Fame in 2017 as recognition of his contribution to the Australian technology channel.
Following Insentra’s acquisition by TTGI, Ronnie now serves as VP of Global Sales & Marketing, responsible for accelerating revenue growth, deepening partner engagement, and expanding market reach across Turnium, Insentra, and Claratti.

Susanne King
VP Marketing
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Susanne King is a senior marketing leader with a track record of building marketing functions from the ground up and connecting commercial strategy to external narrative across complex, multi-brand organisations.
Susanne spent nearly a decade at Insentra, joining in 2016 and ultimately serving as CMO, where she led marketing, talent acquisition, and people and culture, including the Vibe program, Insentra’s internal culture and employee experience initiative. Under her leadership, Insentra was recognised as in the top 2 Australia’s Great Places to Work for two consecutive years, a reflection of the intentional, people-first culture she helped build. Prior to Insentra, she spent five years as an Master Elite Results Coach with the Anthony Robbins Companies, an experience that sharpened her instinct for performance, mindset, and what it takes to drive meaningful change, in people and in organisations. Earlier in her career she held client service and advisory roles at ipac , a financial planning and wealth management firm within AMP, bringing a commercial and investor-oriented perspective that informs her approach to this day.
At TTGI, Susanne leads marketing across the Group and its subsidiaries, Turnium, Insentra, and Claratti, with responsibility for brand positioning, demand generation, investor communications, and go-to-market execution. Her focus is on building marketing that is commercially driven, insight-led, and directly aligned to revenue outcomes and long-term business value.

Our Board of Directors
Ralph Garcea | Chairman
MBA, P.Eng | Chair, Board of Directors
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Ralph Garcea brings more than 29 years of senior experience across major domestic, international, and boutique investment firms to his role as Chair of TTGI’s Board of Directors.
Ralph co-founded Focus Merchant Group in 2018 and built his reputation as a top-ranked sell-side research analyst, recognised for the depth and breadth of his coverage of Canadian technology, gaming, and industrial companies across a broad range of market capitalizations. He has received top-three rankings from Brendan Wood, Greenwich, StarMine, and Thomson Reuters surveys.
Before moving into capital markets, Ralph was a research engineer at Bombardier Aerospace and a business unit manager at LMS North America, where he led sales, marketing, and service operations. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Engineering Science (Aerospace) from the University of Toronto and an Honours MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Ralph previously served as a Director on the board of TSX-listed Converge Technology Solutions (acquired by H.I.G. Capital), and currently serves on the board of Edgewater Wireless Systems (TSXV)

Doug Childress
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Doug Childress is a 40-year veteran of the information and communications technology sector, bringing deep technical expertise and proven executive leadership to his role as CEO and Director of TTGI.
Doug co-founded Intelligent IP Communications, this was the first Australian licence carrier to deploy a managed UCaaS service, where he served as CEO and built the business with a strong emphasis on operations, organisational performance, and measurable outcomes. He sold this to an ASX listed company. He has spent the better part of four decades designing and delivering complex network, IT, and connectivity solutions for businesses across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with specialisation in unified communications, wireless, microwave, fibre optics, and copper-based infrastructure.
As Chairman, Board Member and CEO for over 30 years, Doug has demonstrated the kind of sustained leadership that builds enduring businesses. His technical foundation is matched by strong commercial acumen including sophisticated legal, contractual, and negotiation capabilities that have underpinned TTGI’s success.
Doug leads TTGI with a clear mandate: to accelerate the growth of its subsidiary businesses and deliver compounding value for shareholders across its Technology-as-a-Service portfolio.

Craig Pentland
Director
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Craig Pentland is an experienced company director and senior finance professional with over 25 years in public accounting, tax advisory, and financial services.
Craig is a Director of SLS Advisory, a West Perth-based firm delivering strategic tax, accounting, business advisory, wealth protection, and ASIC and corporate services to clients across a broad range of industries. Earlier in his career he held a management role at Hall Chadwick WA and spent nearly eight years as a Senior Accountant at William Buck in South Australia. He holds an MBA, is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Practising Accountant, and Chartered Tax Adviser, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Craig’s connection to TTGI runs deep, he served on the board of Claratti prior to its acquisition by TTGI, bringing continuity and institutional knowledge to his current directorship. He also serves on the boards of Margosa Graphite Ltd and CGS Australia Ltd, both publicly unlisted resources companies, and brings to the TTGI board a rigorous understanding of financial governance, compliance, and listed company obligations.

Jim Lovie
Director
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Jim Lovie brings over 30 years of experience in the technology and communications sectors to his role as Director on the TTGI board.
Jim has held senior executive positions at some of Canada’s most recognised organisations, including Xerox, Bell Canada, and Rogers Communications, where he built deep expertise in sales, service, and distribution. His track record spans driving growth across large-scale operations in highly competitive markets.
Beyond his corporate career, Jim is deeply committed to his community. He served on the board of Southlake Regional Health Centre for 12 years and chaired the Southlake Foundation, demonstrating the kind of governance experience and long-term institutional thinking that strengthens any board.

Paul Pagliaro
Director
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Paul Pagliaro is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience spanning software, mergers and acquisitions, wealth management, and business transformation.
Paul has held CEO and senior leadership roles across multiple technology companies, including President and CEO of Milano Software, where he led the business for over 12 years, and CEO of GuestVision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jonas Software, an operating group of Constellation Software Inc. (CSU:TSX), where he was responsible for the acquisition, integration, and strategic development of the business. He subsequently served as VP of Strategic Initiatives, Australia and US Operations at Jonas Software. Earlier in his career, Paul spent nearly ten years at CIBC Wealth Management, including roles as VP and Head of CIBC Trust and Director of Marketing for Global Private Banking.
His M&A credentials are substantial, at Jonas Software he led corporate development and strategic partnerships across verticals including hospitality, fitness, salon and spa, and retail. He has also completed leadership education at Harvard Business School and has first-hand experience founding, scaling, and exiting software businesses.
Paul currently operates a boutique management consulting practice focused on operational re-engineering, new product development, and exit planning for small to mid-size companies.

