Luceille Outhred - Director and Chief Executive Officer (Australia)
M Ed St, M Dist Ed; Ad Dip HRD Mgt; Dip T, Dip Trg & Ass
Luceille has steered Digislide from its earliest stage as a fledgling technology company, to a Research and Development Technology company that has attracted government grants, gained national and global awards and acknowledgements, to a companythat has delivered quality products to market on five continents.
Her unswerving commitment to Digislide’s shareholders saw the company successfully navigate through all the issues surrounding early stage technology companies in Australia, and her relentless perseverance saw the company emerge from the trough, known as the Global Financial Crisis, as an ASX listed company.
Luceille is a co-inventor of many of Digislide’s patents, including Digismart Swap™, Digismart™, Digivision® and optical engine patents.
Since incorporation, Luceille has been responsible for capital raising, technical risk management for research and development, product design and development, corporate expansion, contractual issues, Intellectual Property and Human Resource management.
Prior to her appointment to Digislide, Luceille spent 13 years as Corporate Leader of the Workright Group, which is involved in Education, Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship. She has had extensive start up and business development experience, and her strategic leadership resulted in the establishment of a number of global relationships and off-shore franchise operations on behalf of the Workright Group.
Luceille was designated as a member of the Southern Area Sports Complex Management Team by the South Australian Parliament. In 2000, Luceille was selected as a finalist in the Telstra Business Woman of the Year (SA) award; and, in 2007, she was again selected as a finalist in the Telstra awards; this time in two categories: ie the Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award, and the Australian Government Business Innovation Award.
Luceille is an international speaker.Luceille is also on the board of Digislide Americas, Ltd and carries the responsibilities of President.
