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Anna Cicognani
Anna Cicognani
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Anna has served as CEO and other C-level roles in public and private Companies, such as APN, PMP, Telstra, and Fairfax, and publicly listed startup GeoOp. She has been involved in digital media and technology projects of all sizes, as an operator and an investor, for over 20 years. She has also published peer-reviewed research papers, articles and book chapters on virtual worlds, linguistics and design.
Her passion for all things digital and innovation has delivered high growth and turnaround outcomes.

Anna was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney, she’s a Honorary Professor at the University of Wollongong in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, and a Director on the Board of Basketball Australia.

Carlo Leonessa
Carlo Leonessa
Head of Operations

Carlo is an experienced operations and program leader with experience across multiple industries. In the last 15 years he led multiple projects for NSW Transport and provided executive leadership for a national telehealth company, Healthdirect Australia.
Carlo’s role on the Orbx team is to ensure efficient and timely delivery of programs and production.

Carlo holds a Bachelor of Science from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration with the University of Technology, Sydney.

Mal Cartwright
Head of Technology

Mal has been in commercial software development for 30 years, leading products and teams in a variety of industries across the globe. He is passionate about aviation and is currently completing his Private Pilot Licence.

Mal joined Orbx in 2022 and heads our Technical, Platform and Aircraft development teams.

Holger Sandmann
Holger Sandmann
Head of Geospatial
Passionate about aviation and flight simulation, Holger has two decades of experience working with geospatial data and imagery, creating representations of real-world landscapes and ground scenery for a variety of flight simulation platforms. Since joining Orbx in 2008, he has contributed to many of the company’s products and is supporting airport and scenery developers in the acquisition and processing of source data.
Holger holds an MSc in geography from Philipps University (Marburg, Germany), and previously worked on research projects in forest and landscape ecology at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada).
Ed Correia
Ed Correia
Head of Partners

Ed joined Orbx in 2010 as a developer before moving into a production management role.

Prior to becoming full time with Orbx in October 2019, Ed had worked for Australia Post in various positions with his last role being involved with the administration of contracts and policies in its franchise division.

Ed’s role at Orbx is fundamental to the success of our Partners.

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