About us

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[h2]Know your water[/h2]
[p]Farmbot was established in Sydney in 2014 and is a leading Australian Agtech company. Our Saas Platform gathers data points via our unique IoT device that puts Farmers “in the know” on their water assets with real time reporting on water levels, trends and alerts anywhere in the world.

Our founders combined knowledge of farming, the IT industry and financial markets in the agriculture sector are core to bringing Farmbot’s vision to life:[/p]
[p]Provide farmers with a smart, cost effective and easy to use solution to better manage their most valuable resource – water.[/p]
[p]The farming experience across our executive team allows us to intimately understand the everyday hardships that farmers are faced with.[/p]
[p]That’s why Farmbot’s solutions are designed and built to not only bring innovation and progress into agribusinesses but to also provide farmers with the KNOWLEDGE they need to better plan their day, save on costs and have the peace of mind they rarely get to have. The company monitors and reports on-farm water ecosystems delivering real-time reporting on water trends, consumption and alerts. [/p]
[p]Interested in working at Farmbot? Click here to view our current vacancies.[/p]
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[h2]Get to know the team[/h2]
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[tile_team name=”Andrew Coppin” role=”Founder and CEO” text=”With family ties and experience on cattle stations, Andrew has merged his rural experience with an extensive career in financial markets to raise capital for significant projects in the agriculture sector. He has invested both his time and capital in helping Farmbot grow.” image=”2020/12/Andrew.png”]
[tile_team name=”Craig Hendricks” role=”Founder and CTO” text=”Drawing on his experience as a farmer for 14 years and his specialist technical knowledge, Craig founded Farmbot in 2014 to create smart, cost-effective and easy-to-use water management solutions for farmers. Craig also has over 40 years’ experience in the IT industry working across the banking, telco, retail and government sectors.” image=”2020/12/Craig.png”]
[tile_team name=”Hamish Griffin” role=”CFO” text=”Hamish has worked as a finance and operations manager for over 10 years in Australia and overseas with experience in start-up businesses. He has a Master of Environmental Fluids Engineering and a passion for innovative and practical solutions the sustainability of the water supply.” image=”2020/12/Hamish.png”]
[tile_team name=”Tessa O’Hagan” role=”COO” text=”Tess is from the Latrobe Valley in Victoria and has a qualification in event management. Her customer focus in events greatly compliments her customer service role at Farmbot. Her ideal holiday is spending time on friends properties in regional NSW.” image=”2020/12/Tess.png”]
[tile_team name=”Catalina Chaparro-Solano” role=”Logistic Manager” text=”Catalina Chaparro Solano is an industrial engineer from Colombia. She moved to Sydney in 2011 to experience life in Australia and loves the challenge of getting Farmbot monitors to all parts of rural Australia.” image=”2020/12/Catalina.png”]
[tile_team name=”Elizabeth Cameron” role=”CMO” text=”Elizabeth’s passion for supporting the agriculture industry stemmed from growing up on a sheep station in southern NSW where she still remains highly involved. She has a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) degree and experience within rural media as the former News Corp Agribusiness Head.” image=”2020/12/Elizabeth.png”]
[tile_team name=”Pascal Hendricks” role=”R&D Manager” text=”Pascal has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics, First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics). Pascal works closely with the Farmbot team on product design and is a founding member of Farmbot.” image=”2020/12/Pascal.png”]
[tile_team name=”David Mimery” role=”Production Manager” text=”David studied at Monash University, a Bachelor of Mechatronics and went onto complete his Masters in Advanced Manufacturing & Design at MIT in Boston. David has worked as a Production engineer establishing processes for the manufacturing of new medical devices & prior to that had 7 years as an Electrical Production engineer.” image=”2020/12/David.png”]
[tile_team name=”Simone Barakat” role=”Product Manager” text=”Simone has a Bachelor in Food and Agribusiness (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney. She is experienced in product management and agile methodologies in the AgTech space.” image=”2020/12/Simone.png”]
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[quote quote=”The Farmbot tank monitor is one of the handiest management tools I have seen for a long time. It is simple to install and simple to use! I wish we had one of these years ago as it eliminates a lot of stress worrying about water. I thoroughly recommend it and it will allow you to sleep at night.” author=”Damian Forshaw – General Manager – Nita Downs Station, Broome WA”]
[quote quote=”Farmbot is a simple system, easy to install, reliable and affordable. It certainly has provided our business with greater efficiency and security with regard to our cattle management. By using Farmbot, I can usually sleep well at night, especially during the summer months.” author=”Douglas Lillecrapp, Todmorden Cattle Company”]
[quote quote=”Thanks to Farmbot, we can deal with issues promptly, before they become disasters and in remote pastoral country it is difficult to put a price on that.” author=”C.H. MACLACHLAN, Jumbuck Pastoral”]
[quote quote=”Farmbot to me is the most reliable labor I have.” author=”Bruce Nutt, SA Grazier”]
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[h2]As seen on[/h2]
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[h2]You know you’re in good hands[/h2]
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