Accreditations
Company
Approved Supplier
Winner 2005
Company Profile
Hearne is a major distributor and developer of technical software in Australia and New Zealand. Its partners include Oracle, IBM, Intel, PTC, Dassault Systèmes, OriginLab, and CSIRO.
Hearne provides training in the use of the major programs which it distributes, as well as a range of consulting services related to its programs. We are adept in the areas of engineering mathematics, risk management, online surveys, project management, optimisation and commercialisation of research software.
Hearne has had significant success commercialising research software, most notably CLIMEX and DYMEX, and AccuRate, developed in conjunction with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). CLIMEX alone has already been sold into over 30 countries around the world.
The business acquired quality assurance certification, federal government and United Nations endorsed supplier certification and was awarded a number of Research and Development Start grants and Awards for exporting technical software. In 2008 a charity facility was established, whereby online purchasers are invited to select a charity to which Hearne will donate $10.
Since entering the technical software market in the early 1980's overall revenue has grown by a compound rate of about 10% per annum. Today there are over 500,000 unique visits to the Hearne web sites each month, generating about 4 million hits per month. Hearne has accumulated a massive database of technical software users in Australia and New Zealand, which lays the foundation for continued growth of the business.
Senior Staff Profiles
Dr James Hearne
Director
James Hearne is an Honours graduate Trinity College Dublin and PhD University of Melbourne. International experience with J Walter Thompson and Imperial Tobacco. Freelance writer. Expertise in management and marketing.
Cezar Mincu
General Manager
Cezar Mincu has first class honours in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor's Degree in Science (Mathematics) from the University of Melbourne. Worked for ExxonMobil. Competence in engineering and mathematics.
Yeni Tanuwidjaja
Chief Accountant
Yeni Tanuwidjaja is a CPA with degree in Commerce from University of Melbourne, Master of Business System from Monash University. Competence in accounting, finance and business systems.
Winny Tjandinegara
Sales Manager
Winny Tjandinegara has an Honours degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Melbourne. Entrepreneur Experience in Retail Business. Competence in Software Licensing and Product Management.
Bernard Lee
Project Manager
Bernard Lee has a first class Honours degree in Software Engineering / Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. Diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese). Competent in software development and website development.
Ranitha Mapatuna
Project Manager
Ranitha Mapatuna is an Honours graduate in Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science with Majors in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Melbourne. Competence in IT infrastructure planning and project management.
Iannis Patin
Product Manager
Iannis Patin has an Honours degree in Finance from Political Science Institute Strasbourg France, Master of Applied Commerce, University of Melbourne and Diploma of Advanced Level of Mandarin from China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing. Speaks fluent French, Greek, German, English and Mandarin. Financial risk management and econometric modelling his speciality.
Nancy Peng
Senior Accountant
Nancy Peng is a graduate with a double degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Melbourne. She has a special interest in Financial Accounting. Speaks fluent English and Mandarin. Also has a Diploma in Piano Performance with High Distinction and she had her first solo public performance when she was six!
Alex Wyatt
Business Consultant
Alex was educated at Melbourne University (BSc in Computer Science, LLB) and Oxford University (MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies, MBA) as a Rhodes Scholar. Alex has worked for the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey and he is an ex-employee of Hearne Scientific Software, where he helped to start and manage a variety of new business ventures. He continues to offer consulting services and advice to Hearne Scientific Software.
Dan Tengku
Risk & Optimisation Consultant
Dan Tengku has Highest Honour degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A., Master of Engineering Science in Manufacturing and Management from the University of New South Wales, Ph.D. (in progress - Logistics) from Monash University. Provided consultancy services to oil and gas, pharmaceutical and construction materials companies. Expertise in modelling, simulation and optimisation of manufacturing, services as well as and supply chain processes.
Sandy Wong
Software Engineer
Sandy Wong has an honours degree in Software Engineering from the University of Melbourne. Speaks fluent Cantonese and Mandarin. Competence in web design and development, specialising in PHP, XHTML, JavaScript and data modeling. Currently studying her Master degree of Applied Commerce majoring in Business Analysis and System.
Chris Ooi
Business Analyst
Chris Ooi graduated from University of Melbourne as a National Scholar with First Class Honours in Software Engineering, and Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Finance. Competence in software development and web development, particularly the integration of software (such as CRM) to streamline business processes.
Auckland Branch Staff Profiles
Keith Roberts
General Manager
Keith has a degree in music! He spent many years working at the BBC in the UK, managing radio programmes and working on systems to track web site usage. He moved to an analytics company and spent three years with SPSS in the UK, before assuming the role of General Manager of SPSS New Zealand Limited and Hearne Scientific Software Limited.
Penny King
Business Development Manager
Penny has worked with software since 1984 and her experience includes managing large and complex IT installations, technical consulting, and ERP systems implementations. Focussing on business development for the last 10 years her roles span a wide range of software products and services and has involved her working with most industry verticals. Penny brings the ability to understand your business drivers and translate these into the right solution at the right time.
Mindy Wee
Product Manager
Bachelor of Science (Bioinformatics) and Postgraduate Diploma in Science from University of Auckland. Competence in biology, computer science and statistics. At university Mindy specialised in Bioinformatics and since then she has had practical experience of working in the area of insect control for a commercial organisation.
Hearne Charity Program
Hearne believes that businesses have a responsibility to contribute directly to charities and to the protection of the environment in order to benefit the wider community. To fulfill this obligation, Hearne has established a program for donating regularly to charities and environmental groups.
Purchasers using the Hearne online ordering facility are invited to nominate a charity or environmental group to which Hearne will donate $10. In this way Hearne contributes to the wider community every day.
The charities are:
- Bushfire Victims
- Red Cross
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
- RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
- Doctors Without Borders
and the environmental group is:
- Earthwatch Australia