Matthew Pryor
Supporting innovators at the intersection of agri-food system transition and climate solutions
Greater Melbourne Area
Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Education
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- RU
Lists including Matthew
Work Experience
2018
Co-Founder
2018
2021
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Advisory Committee
2021
2018 - 2023
Partner
2018 - 2023
2017 - 2018
N.E.D.
2018 - 2018
Chair
2017 - 2018
Rocket Seeder accelerates the pace of food and agriculture innovation. We help entrepreneurs right across the food and fibre value chain
2005 - 2018
CEO & CTO
2017 - 2018
CEO & CTO of Observant | Jain Agriculture Services Australia
Co-founder & CTO
2005 - 2017
Observant is helping to reshape agribusiness. At the intersection of the Internet of Things, Big Data and Precision Farming, Observant’s cloud delivered analytics applications and purposed built connected device platform delivers yield improvements and efficiencies in water, energy and labor. Taking lessons learned from Australia's tough environment and drought driven innovations, Observant is expanding internationally and helping to improve water & energy efficiency in agriculture. Observant's C3 product won a 2013 Australian International Design Award and the 2012 Irrigation Australia Innovation Award.
2004 - 2005
VP Product Management
2004 - 2005
2000 - 2004
Member Board of Directors, Founding Member
2000 - 2004
Matthew has sat on the board of the BPMI (http://www.bpmi.org) since its inception and was also a founding member with Verve and then Versata. Matthew has contributed to the growth of the initiative and its specifications and presented at several seminars on the topic of BPM.
2000 - 2003
Senior Architect
2000 - 2003
Lead architect, responsible for overall software archiecture and technology base of J2EE based Versata Business Process Engine.
1997 - 2000
co-Founder and CTO
1997 - 2000
co-Founder, CTO and architect of Verve, Inc. the publisher of the Verve Business Process Engine. Verve, Inc. was an innovator in BPM and defined the embedded BPM space. Verve was acquire by Versata, Inc. (VATA) in November 2000
1989 - 1995
Owner
1989 - 1995