
Jonathan (Jonno) Bannister
Managing Director
Jonno is a highly motivated, entrepreneurial-minded, practical engineer with well founded business skills. Tertiary qualified with a Bachelor of Engineering (Aero) and Economics, Jonno cut his teeth in the oil field designing, maintaining and operating downhole tooling for onshore well testing.
He then spent time in Boston, USA working in a boutique mechanical design firm supporting an R&D project with a major oilfield service provider while developing concepts a pharmaceutical company’s drug delivery challenges.
At DTCo. Jonno is focused on finding businesses who can benefit from DTCo’s capabilities. He has a genuine focus on only seeking win-win engagements and derives great satisfaction from client’s successes.
If he is not at work you’ll probably find him hanging out with his 3 young kids or one day in the future maybe getting back on the water for some competitive dinghy sailing or maybe another Sydney-to-Hobart.
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Tom Harris
General Manager
Tom is an accomplished team leader and systems guru with an insatiable desire to improve efficiency by applying the right tools. He is tertiary qualified with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) and has worked in product develop throughout in healthcare, materials handling and highly customized machine tool development. More recently Tom has owned and operated a structural steel manufacturing business completing his very broad set of experiences.
Tom joined DTCo. in July 2017 to manage the team. His appetite for efficiency combined with his energy and approachability for our staff have enabled him to lead by example and strongly influence the development of DTCo’s designers. In addition, his experience developing design solutions for some of Australia’s biggest automotive and aerospace companies has equipped Tom with the knowledge he can pass on to clients.
Perhaps most importantly, Tom is an advocate for our staff and seeks to support them in their engagements with our clients. He is able to facilitate the right conversations to ensure that expectations are managed and client’s goals are achieved.
When Tom isn’t in the office or on the road visiting a client you can try and catch him doing a lap of the You Yangs on his mountain bike, or shredding in the snow with his two kids over winter.
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