About Us
Creating a richer and more cybernative world because fearless technology is the standard
We live in an era where a cyber breach can be a business-ending event and this fear has stifled us.
Yes, regulation is tightening and the penalties are significant, but we risk forgetting the incredible promise and rich experiences that technology can deliver if we get caught up in the fear trap.
Excite Cyber is focused on giving organisations a reason to look to technology with positive ambition.
Who We Are
We are cyber, technology and business experts who asked ourselves, what would the world look like if you could be truly fearless with your business, and what if the very best cyber expertise could be integrated into robust, outcome-focused technology solutions?
Our approach is to be deeply consultative and deliver pragmatic and strategic services that work for your business. With an uncompromising approach to cyber security, we deliver solutions that will get you excited about the potential for technology all over again.
Our Mission
To deliver extraordinary and cybernative technology –one experience at a time.
With deep cybersecurity embedded into every process and application, Excite helps businesses take advantage of the opportunities of the cloud.
From application modernisation to hybrid working environments that deliver true mobility, Excite offers the community the benefits of fearless agility and innovation, supported by an uncompromising eye for risk management.
Our History
Excite Cyber was formed from the merging of three companies, Brace168, Excite IT and VITCS, with a common goal and shared passion for secure, cost-effective, and efficient IT and cyber security solutions.
We believe that modern businesses need a trusted partner who can guide them safely to achieve their goals.
Our team of experts combine deep knowledge across business technology strategy and governance with years of front-line user support, plus our Security Operations Centre delivers the visibility essential to defend your business against known and emerging cyber threats.
Our Approach
When you work with Excite Cyber, you will quickly find that our approach is not about technology.
It’s about outcomes.
No matter where you are in your technology and cyber security journey, we will help you achieve the right outcomes for your organisation.
Whether that is as broad as conducting a full audit of your systems or as specific as project managing an implementation, Excite Cyber will transform your business for the better.
We believe deep consultation is key to understanding your priorities. We combine discussions with a thorough opportunity and risk assessment to build a full picture of your business's technology & cyber security requirements.
We will work with you to build a roadmap to better business outcomes with your technology.
We then implement the solution in a way that causes minimal disruption to your operations.
Finally review and recalibrate as your business needs change. It’s a truly elegant, exciting and innovative approach to technology.
Our Capabilities
Excite Cyber has the capabilities across the entire technology stack to deliver solutions that excite and delight your people, tailored to your business.
We are experienced and certified with a wide range of tier-1 technology vendors and our people train constantly to ensure that we’re delivering the most advanced and industry-leading solutions available.
Board of Directors
Director and CEO
Bryan Saba is a 23-year veteran of the IT services industry, however, it didn’t take him long after starting out to realise that there were structural issues in the relationship that too many services providers have with their customers. Too often work was transactional in nature and lacking in strategic energy. A desire to address this led him to embark on the entrepreneurial path and launch Excite in May 2008.
The driving energy behind Excite was simple: To excite businesses from SME through enterprise in the same way that Bryan himself finds the innovative and value-building use of IT to be exciting.
Under Bryan’s ongoing and visionary leadership, Excite Cyber has grown beyond a single services organisation. Through acquisitions and mergers it is now one of Australia’s most significant groups of IT services companies, and has grown from being a boutique service desk operation to become a genuine end-to-end provider of cloud-based managed services.
Chairman
Steven is the Non-Executive Director at Excite Cyber.
With over 12 years of experience in both Australia and the US, Steven is responsible for capital planning and forecasting, treasury management, global financial reporting and statutory compliance.
Since joining the company in 2012, he has played a key role in the group’s expansion into the US, UK and Europe, along with the reverse acquisition of Prime Minerals Limited and subsequent re-listing of the company on the ASX in November 2014.
Prior to joining the company, Steven worked in business services and tax advisory for over seven years, consulting primarily to small-to-medium enterprises and primary production businesses.
Steven is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting from the University of South Australia.
Non Executive Director
Neil holds an impressive business background with roles in People and Culture, Technology Management and Mechanical engineering.
He is currently the Head of People and Culture with Australia’s most trusted and respected logistics partner, Pacific National, where he is pivotal in guiding the business through transformation of its culture. Neil has also held senior positions with Microsoft Australia, Dell Computers, Datacom Group.
As Neil joins the board, he will actively contribute to the organisation’s growth and success.
He brings a fresh perspective on our most important assets, our employees. His critical thinking and creative problem solving allow him to identify emerging opportunities and mitigate potential risks.
Neil’s diverse career covers mechanical engineering, leadership, technology and innovation, quality assurance and corporate governance and more recently, cultural, and human capital development.
His extensive experience and forward-thinking approach make him an invaluable asset to the organisation.
Our Leadership Team
Director and CEO
Bryan Saba is a 23-year veteran of the IT services industry, however, it didn’t take him long after starting out to realise that there were structural issues in the relationship that too many services providers have with their customers. Too often work was transactional in nature and lacking in strategic energy. A desire to address this led him to embark on the entrepreneurial path and launch Excite in May 2008.
The driving energy behind Excite was simple: To excite businesses from SME through enterprise in the same way that Bryan himself finds the innovative and value-building use of IT to be exciting.
Under Bryan’s ongoing and visionary leadership, Excite Cyber has grown beyond a single services organisation. Through acquisitions and mergers it is now one of Australia’s most significant groups of IT services companies, and has grown from being a boutique service desk operation to become a genuine end-to-end provider of cloud-based managed services.
General Manager
Hugh is an experienced and outcome-focused product portfolio manager with substantial expertise in security services and solutions for enterprise, small business and government.
At Excite Cyber, he is responsible for the group technology strategy and product portfolio. Through logical, market-focused analysis, Hugh sets and implements the strategy for new products, manages the lifecycle and optimisation of existing solutions, and is accountable for the revenue and profitability of the group companies.
Prior to this role, Hugh managed Telstra’s enterprise security product portfolio for 15 years and drove the development of managed and cloud services from inception to a broad portfolio. Additionally, he spent time within Telstra Research and Development Management, commercialising intellectual property developed by Telstra, and Telstra Ventures (a venture capital subsidiary) where he evaluated investment opportunities and managed seed capital investments for start-ups.
Hugh began his career as a graduate with the Defence Signals Directorate, an intelligence agency within the Australian Department of Defence, and then worked for the Privacy Commission as a research officer. He holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Australian National University, and an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Chief Customer Officer
Ben Fursman has more than 30 years of experience in IT, across operational services, systems integration, and reseller services. Over his career, Ben has established an unparalleled reputation for his consultative approach, extreme focus on customer advocacy, and ability to build long-term and productive relationships. As the Chief Customer Officer at Excite Cyber, he leverages all of these capabilities and ensures that both security and IT services are flexible and aligned with the client’s strategic objectives at all times.
Ben’s focus is on ensuring that the Sales and Delivery teams that provide long-term lifecycle services to customers deliver consistent, mission-critical real-time systems and services where the focus is on delivering high availability and integrity of services.
Ben’s capabilities cover technical, business and cyber security qualifications and credentials. He relishes the opportunity for working in a mid-size enterprise like Excite Cyber, as it allows him to provide the combination of customer intimacy, flexibility and agility and fully resourced Advisory/Consulting, Reseller/Solutions and Operational Services that resonate so strongly with Australian businesses.
Director and CEO
Murray Lawler has more than 25 years of experience in IT, with a specialised focus in Risk Management and IT Infrastructure Management. Murray is also right at the forefront of Australia’s national focus on protecting critical sectors, having worked with many organisations in the Infrastructure, Government, Police and Emergency Management, Health, Finance and Education sectors. He is also a leading authority in Australia on Information Security Management Frameworks, including ISO/IEC 27001, Australian Government ISM, Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), and NIST, among others.
One of Murray’s many major achievements in his career includes being the lead on the information classification program for the Whole of the Tasmanian Government, and in doing so he was able to lower the erroneous classification of assets by 75 per cent. This is just one example where Murray has been the lead strategist for IT and security projects at all levels of the Australian government.
In addition to his cyber security capabilities, Murray’s expertise in IT extends to cloud services and data centres. These capabilities mean that he is well-experienced in articulating the integration of cyber security across all facets of strategic IT.
National Delivery Manager, Cyber Programme
With a background both in Australia and abroad, Linda brings a wealth of expertise in driving organisational success across diverse sectors including Federal and State Government, Utility, Technology, Engineering, Legal, Financial, and Banking. As Head of Delivery, Linda has a proven record in overseeing the day-to-day engagement with clients, meeting and exceeding all SLAs, and ensuring that customers continue to derive meaningful strategic value from their engagement with Excite Cyber.
In addition to her extensive IT qualifications, Linda holds a Diploma in Business Management, and a Diploma of Leadership and Management. This allows her to position the strategic value of cyber security to the whole of business.
Proficient in overseeing end-to-end operations, Linda upholds the highest standards of quality assurance. Her attention to detail and continuous improvement initiatives drive operational excellence and client satisfaction.
Our Leadership Team
Director and CEO
Bryan Saba is a 23-year veteran of the IT services industry, however, it didn’t take him long after starting out to realise that there were structural issues in the relationship that too many services providers have with their customers. Too often work was transactional in nature and lacking in strategic energy. A desire to address this led him to embark on the entrepreneurial path and launch Excite in May 2008.
The driving energy behind Excite was simple: To excite businesses from SME through enterprise in the same way that Bryan himself finds the innovative and value-building use of IT to be exciting.
Under Bryan’s ongoing and visionary leadership, Excite Cyber has grown beyond a single services organisation. Through acquisitions and mergers it is now one of Australia’s most significant groups of IT services companies, and has grown from being a boutique service desk operation to become a genuine end-to-end provider of cloud-based managed services.
General Manager
Hugh is an experienced and outcome-focused product portfolio manager with substantial expertise in security services and solutions for enterprise, small business and government.
At Excite Cyber, he is responsible for the group technology strategy and product portfolio. Through logical, market-focused analysis, Hugh sets and implements the strategy for new products, manages the lifecycle and optimisation of existing solutions, and is accountable for the revenue and profitability of the group companies.
Prior to this role, Hugh managed Telstra’s enterprise security product portfolio for 15 years and drove the development of managed and cloud services from inception to a broad portfolio. Additionally, he spent time within Telstra Research and Development Management, commercialising intellectual property developed by Telstra, and Telstra Ventures (a venture capital subsidiary) where he evaluated investment opportunities and managed seed capital investments for start-ups.
Hugh began his career as a graduate with the Defence Signals Directorate, an intelligence agency within the Australian Department of Defence, and then worked for the Privacy Commission as a research officer. He holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Australian National University, and an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Head of Operations
Mark Hitchcock is our Head of Operations. He founded Virtual Information Technology (then rebranded to VIT Cyber Security) in 2016 with the aim of providing superior and secure ICT solutions alongside an elevated customer experience to customers Australia wide.
Self-motivated and forward-thinking, Mark aspires to become a thought leader in the ICT Industry and is passionate about ensuring customers meet their strategic vision and goals. A vision that he also applies to his employees. Over the past 15 years Mark has gained experience working in many sectors such as Local/State/Federal Government, Healthcare, Not for Profit, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aerospace. He maintains a well-rounded knowledge, holding numerous certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and Fortinet covering a broad range of solutions.
Mark is extremely interested in ICT Security. He is trained in multiple SIEM products, has experience with basically every modern AV product and takes a security-first approach to systems engineering. He also has experience with Sophos and FortiGate Unified Threat Management Gateways.
In his spare time Mark likes to search for cutting edge technologies to improve the Excite Cyber ICT Security armoury and listen to podcasts to keep up to date with the latest trends.
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