About Kiandra

"We’re client obsessed, thrive on a challenge and have fun doing what we love." Cam & Marty

Our origin story

Founders Cam and Marty started their first IT business while still at university. Their love for the work and the genuine care they developed for the people they partnered with laid the foundation for Kiandra.

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Martin Cooperwaite, Co-founder of Kiandra, talks about how the business started.

Kiandra, over time

1995

Kiandra Begins

In a garage on Kiandra Close in Greensborough, Kiandra was born. Just Cam and Marty, a couple of Pentium-60s and many an evening building Access databases and Visual Basic applications.

1998

First Employee

Enjoying early growth, the time was right to start bossing someone around  – enter Daniel. He had to sit on a milk crate on his first day. We’re glad to say our induction process has improved since then.

2000

The Tech Crash

We’re not referring to the much-feared Y2K bug, we’re talking about the dotcom bubble. There’s nothing like an industry crash in the early years to toughen you up. We survived so it’s: Kiandra 1, industry 0.

2009

The Global Award

To much surprise, a little dev house from Melbourne won the Microsoft Global Partner of the Year for Application Development! One of our proudest achievements to date.

2012

Opening in Perth

Some of our amazing Kiandrians live out west so Perth became our sunny second home. Here, we've delivered serious software for some of WA's leading organisations.

2017

Hello, Canada

Thanks to a successful global ordering platform implementation in Melbourne and New Zealand, we expanded into Toronto, Canada to address client demand.

2019

Another Global Award

Low-code emerges and Kiandra upskills on a leading platform called OutSystems. We partnered with WA Health for an amazing project, winning the OutSystems Partner of the Year (AUS & NZ).

2020

New look, New Focus

We decided to divest our Managed Services business to focus purely on the growing demand for software development, delivering serious software for Australia's leading organisations.

2022

Going Global, Again

In late 2022, we claimed the global OutSystems Innovation Award – a nod to our hard work in building a new end-to-end, in-house shipping agency application for global shipping specialists, MONSON.

2022

ISO Certified

ISO 27001 Information Security is the global standard for effective information management. By achieving this certification, Kiandra has invested in the people, processes and technology to effectively manage the security of data.

2024

Certified B Corp

In late 2024, Kiandra became a certified B Corp, joining a global movement of businesses using their power to build a more sustainable and equitable future. The certification affirms we’re doing the right thing and provides a trusted mark for our stakeholders.

2025

OutSystems Gold Partner

We achieved the OutSystems Gold partner status (formerly Premier partner) becoming the first in ANZ. We also picked up another OutSystems partner of the year award.  

2026

Kiandra joins Svitla Systems

Kiandra joined the Svitla Systems family, marking an exciting new chapter that expands our capabilities and global reach. This acquisition combines decades of expertise, strengthening our ability to deliver innovative technology solutions for clients across Australia and beyond.

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The people that make us

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Cameron Brookes
Co-founder & Managing Director

Martin Cooperwaite
Co-founder & Director

Kerry Boland
Head of Delivery

Chris Munro
Head of Information Security and Risk

Cassie Wallace
Head of AI and Innovation

Erik Kostense
Head of Finance

Susie Breen
Software Development Team Lead

David Velasquez
Software Development Team Lead

Jacqui Brodin
Software Development Team Lead

Jonti De Fazio
People and Culture Manager

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We're proudly
B Corp certified

Becoming a B Corp was meaningful for us because it reinforced a belief we’ve held since 1995: that purpose must exist alongside profit. We are driven to be a positive force for our employees, our community, our clients, and the planet. This certification recognises the work we’ve done so far and serves as a pledge to uphold these values into the future.

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Experience you can count on

905+

Successfully delivered projects

30+

Years as a leader in custom software development

25

Years as a Microsoft Partner

4 times

OutSystems Partner
of the Year

Awards & certifications

We’ve earned more than 25 industry awards recognising our excellence in solution innovation and delivery.

In addition, being named the OutSystems Partner of the year four times over is a distinction that sets us apart.

Awards

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Certifications

ISO 27001 certified

A partnership you can trust

We’ve delivered over 900 enterprise projects, accumulating more than a million hours of experience and earning over 25 industry awards. Add to this a 92% repeat business rate, reflecting our commitment to keeping your project on time, on budget, and on brief.

Free proof-of-concept before you commit

We’ll take your most challenging problem and invest our time into proving how a custom software solution will solve it.

An unrivalled 24-month warranty

We back our work, and we believe this is one of the longest warranty periods offered by a custom software development company.

The cutting-edge of low-code, AI-driven development

Certified low-code experts – we’re one of the few OutSystems Gold Partners in APAC and the first in Australia.

Specialists in complex domains

Supporting unique, complex, and high-risk business domains is what we’re known for.

Let’s build your competitive edge

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