Didier Elzinga is the CEO & Founder of Culture Amp - the world's leading Culture Analytics platform. He was previously the CEO of Rising Sun Pictures (a leading Hollywood visual effects company) and founder of Rising Sun Research (winner of a Technical Academy Award). He is a non executive director at The Atlassian Foundation and The Alfred Research Foundation. He presents widely on culture and creativity and what it takes to build a culture first company in both Australia and Silicon Valley.
Founder & CEO @ At Culture Amp we believe the world should be a better place to work. Our goal is to build the platform that powers over 10,000 culture first companies to make better decisions about people & culture. Now backed by Felicis Ventures, Index Ventures and Blackbird VC we are rapidly expanding in both Australia and San Francisco to be better support our rapidly growing customer base. From May 2009 to Present (6 years 8 months) Non Executive Director @ Mike & Scott setup the Atlassian Foundation to support charitable causes via a 1% model (1% of equity, 1% of revenue). From 2008 to Present (7 years) Advisor @ Centor is a door and window technology company that delivers outstanding innovation in product to a global audience. As part of an advisory team we provide external advice and strategy in guiding their ambitious growth plans. My specific contribution is around how to build a culture that can support the innovation and scale required. From August 2011 to Present (4 years 5 months) Brisbane, AustraliaCo-Founder @ Co-founded Rising Sun Research with founders of RSP. Co-wrote the first versions of both of RSR's applications cineSpace & cineSync. Continue to drive development of the company. From July 2000 to Present (15 years 6 months) Non Executive Director @ Advised on technology and digital strategy. Was a member of the Audit Committee and provided support to both the Exec GM Digital Marketing and CIO. From July 2010 to June 2014 (4 years) Advisor @ Art Processors is the team behind the amazing technology at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. Backed by David Walsh they are now taking that technology to other cultural institutions to help them also re-invent the visitor experience.
I acted as an external advisor to help set early stage strategy and help them create a roadmap to a successful business. From October 2011 to July 2013 (1 year 10 months) CEO @ Started as a software engineer, moved into compositing (working with images), supervision and then general management. Led the company as CEO from 2004. Was part of the team that took the company from being a small general post production company to a global boutique employing (at times) over 150 people. From December 1995 to May 2009 (13 years 6 months)
BA, Mathematical & Computer Sciences @ University of Adelaide From 1993 to 1996 Didier Elzinga is skilled in: Consulting, Business Strategy, Leadership, Strategy, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, PeopleGeek, Organizational Culture, Motivational Speaking