David Collard
David Anthony Collard (born July 7, 1984) is an Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of SaniteX Global..[1] and re-open.com[2]. In 2017, Collard became the youngest person to make Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) New York when he was made a Banking and Capital Markets Partner at the age of 32[3][4].
Early Life[edit]
Collard was born in Geelong in 1984 to two teachers, and attended high school at St Joseph's College Geelong graduating in 2002[5]. He received a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) in 2006 from RMIT University[6].
Career[edit]
PricewaterhouseCoopers[edit]
Collard moved to New York City to commence work as a manager in the Banking and Capital Markets Practice[7] at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)[8]. Serving as a Senior Manager from 2012, Collard was responsible for working with clients such as Bank of America Corporation, American Express, and J.P. Morgan Chase.
In July 2017, Collard was admitted as a partner at PwC in the Assurance Practice at the age of 32[9]. This was the youngest partner admission at PwC New York to date[10].
SaniteX Global[edit]
In 2020, Collard turned around Third Chapter Clothing, an Australian streetwear company, to supply PPE across Australia at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their clients includes the Victorian State government, Victoria Police, City of Melbourne, City of Sydney, City of Darwin, and high-risk regional and Aboriginal-populated areas[11]. Living in New York City at the time, Collard also donated over $1.2 million worth of PPE to numerous not-for-profits around Australia including The Salvation Army, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and the Geelong Football Club Charity Foundation[12].
Following this venture, Collard founded the company SaniteX which was responsible for manufacturing masks and hand sanitizer. These products were registered with the Australian Made Campaign[13] and Ethical Clothing Australia[14][15] and were supplied to many government agencies in Australia and the United States[16].
In December 2020, Collard rebranded SaniteX as SaniteX Global. Under the SaniteX Global brand, Collard founded re-open.com, a software platform to help combat the pandemic[17]. The platform has been developed alongside the Deakin University Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²)[18]. The company has developed software that can recommend adequate levels of PPE and adhere to COVID-19 regulations[19]. The re-open.com platform is targeted towards helping businesses and schools re-open safely[20] particularly in New York, USA[21].
SaniteX Global worked with the CSIRO to start its innovations and relationship with Deakin University[22]. Samsung Electronics partnered with SaniteX Global[23] to trial the Vital Monitoring System (VMS) on the Galaxy Watch4[24], which allows the wearer to self-screen for respiratory illness symptoms[25], including that of COVID-19[26]
Personal Life[edit]
Collard currently resides in New York City. He remains connected to Geelong through his sponsorship of the Geelong Football Club; in 2019 he was a part of a group of benefactors who purchased the first Brownlow medal won in 1924 by Carji Greeves on behalf of the football club[27].
References[edit]
- ↑ "Subscribe to the Geelong Advertiser". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "About". re-open.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ big4accountingfirms (2017-06-04). "PwC New Partners (2017) * 212 New Partners and Principals". The Big 4 Accounting Firms. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ 3899712. "Ad alta 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ 3899712. "Ad alta 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ University, RMIT. "Award verification request". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ 3899712. "Ad alta 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ Dedovic, Amila (15 October 2021). "How the technology "no one in Australia wanted" launched with Samsung". Business News Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ big4accountingfirms (2017-06-04). "PwC New Partners (2017) * 212 New Partners and Principals". The Big 4 Accounting Firms. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "David Collard, speaker | CIPS Global Conference 2021". CIPS Global Conference. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Clients". Sanitex Australia. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "IVECO AUSTRALIA - From fashion to face masks with Sanitex and IVECO". www.iveco.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Third Chapter Trading as Sanitex - The Australian Made Campaign". www.australianmade.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Subscribe to the Geelong Advertiser". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/ethicalclothing/status/1306820373246287873". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-08-19. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Subscribe to the Geelong Advertiser". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Australian innovation leads post-pandemic charge to re-open America". Elyptol Australia. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Subscribe to the Geelong Advertiser". Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Solutions". re-open.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Geelong trio create a new software to assist with global pandemic". Surf Coast Times. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Meet the man who's helping workplaces and schools re-open safely". New York Post. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ CSIRO. "SaniteX Global: Reopening the world to Australian innovation". www.csiro.au. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Samsung partners with Deakin University, National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI), and SaniteX Global to launch trial of Vital Monitoring System on Galaxy Watch4 for safe and convenient COVID health screening solution". news.samsung.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/thetodayshow/status/1448029578350497795". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-10-25. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Zaharov-Reutt, Alex. "iTWire - Samsung launches trial of Vital Monitoring System on Galaxy Watch4 for safe COVID health screening solution". itwire.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Smartwatch app could tell workers to stay home and get a COVID-19 test". Australian Financial Review. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Brownlow Medal comes home". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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