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About Fairport

Fairport develops quality software predominantly for the agricultural and horticultural industries.

We believe the reasons for our success over many years are:

• We are owned and operated by people with backgrounds in farming
• We are always prepared to listen to our clients - we know that without them we'd be nobody
• We have never been complacent - we have always strived for ways to better our products and services

We started our journey in 1988 in Western Australian - Australia's (and one of the world's) harshest and most demanding farming environments. Some have said that if we'd started out anywhere else, the software would not be as good as it is ... That is, if you can satifsfy the needs of farmers in Western Australia, the software must be OK.

Fairport works with and alongside industry leaders, governments, agricultural education institutions, national and state research organisations and some of the world's largest and best run agricultural companies. We have formed software commercialization partnerships with research organizations and have been selected to form partnerships with world leading agricultural machinery companies, chemical manufacturers, produce acquirers in various projects over many years.

We are proud to be supporters and sponsors of Nuffield Farming Scholarships - giving a bit back to the industry that has stood by us over many years.

PAM was first released in March 1989 and has become the "Standard" for agricultural recording in Australia. Now the Fairport suite of software products are are used across many countries around the globe.

 

The Fairport Team

       

Roger Wiese CEO, Managing Director In 1988 Roger made a career move from farming to software developer when he founded Fairport Technologies. Roger operated the company as a one man band until 1992 when the workload overwhelmed him and the company's growth demanded a bigger workforce. Roger's skills, leadership & determination have grown the company to be the supplier of the most popular Agricultural software in Australia and a highly respected software development consultancy. Roger stills dabbles in software development, but growing the business and overseeing the direction of the software development process are his greatest passions.

Colin Booth Marketing Director Colin has been fully engaged in the farm software industry since the mid 1980's when he was a partner in the CountrySoft business in Australia. Since 1991 Colin has managed and owned Booth Technology, Fairport's Western Australian distributor. Colin grew up on a "wheatbelt" farm and after leaving school attended and graduated from Muresk Agricultural College. It would be hard to find a more knowledgeable and experienced farm software expert and marketer. Colin joined Fairport in July 2006.

ADMIN, SALES & SUPPORT TEAM Henry Kotula Business Development Manager, USA Henry joined Fairport in July 2009. Originally from Perth, Henry studied civil engineering (at what is now Curtin University) before pursuing a 20+ year career in marketing and business development in "green" based technologies - primarily the horticulture and viticulture sectors. Henry moved to the USA in 1999 to pursue various business roles. In summary, he has a strong background and a vast network of contacts in agriculture, viticulture, horticulture and IT markets. Henry is a key member of the team, forging strong relationships with our North American customers, as well as identifying new business opportunities and markets.     Pushpa Singh Office Administrator Pushpa grew up in Zambia, gained a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration in the USA, and worked as an accounts assistant for 18 years in India before joining Fairport in July 2005. Pushpa is the backbone of Fairport and is most likely the person you will first talk to when calling our Australian office.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM Ben Gooch Software Engineer Ben has been working in the computer industry for over 15 years and has worked on a number of diversified projects. Ben's experience has exposed him to different technologies including real time GPS/DGPS navigation and communications, Handheld PDA devices, POS Terminals and desktop/server application development. Ben joined Fairport in 1998 and has played an integral part in the development of PAM and associated software packages.     Darren McGlenchy Software Engineer Darren joined Fairport in 2001. He has a broad knowledge in software development and current database technologies. He has made great progress with Fairport's line of Livestock software including full redevelopment of the Individual Animal Recording system.     Michael Barker Senior Software Engineer Michael joined Fairport in 2005 after a stint in lecturing at Curtin University and a career in software development. Michael graduated from Curtin in 1999 with a Bachelor of Commerce, Information Systems Major. Michael has since obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology with Distinction.     Mikhail Beloshapkin Software Engineer Mik brings experience developing precision farming software before joining Fairport in June 2007. He has a PhD in Photogrammetry, Phototopography and remote sensing from the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy in Russia and an Engineering degree from Novosibirsk Technical University.