Vocus is a leading specialist fibre and network solutions provider. In addition to its webbased pr software suites, the company owns the online publicity services, prweb and help a reporter out haro. Member of risk and audit committees james spenceley executive director james spenceley is the founder of vocus. The vocus founder gave up executive life more than a year ago to become a fund. Software as a service, will continue and will drive demand for data centre capacity and the associated. As the companys leading straightshooter, james has steered vocus through exponential growth in a business environment that itself has gone through seismic change. Hey you merges three of australias most innovative and successful cafe start ups posse, beat the q and ecoffee card. Sep 28, 2015 vocus chief executive and founder james spenceley will remain on the board as an executive director, as will vaughan bowen, the founder and an executive director of m2. Tpg capital may team up with vocus founder james spenceley to examine a takeover of the communications company in the event that the equity firms bid. When vocus communications founder james spenceley began the business in 2007, his goal was to create a different kind of telco one where customer service was so good, customers would simply want to deal with vocus. Vocus founder james spenceley has resigned from the board of directors following a failed leadership spill, along with former amcom chairman tony grist.
James spenceley, the executive leadership team and. He is the founder of vocus communications now vocus group and an active venture capital investor. Before james spenceley was a telco entrepreneur, he worked at the sydney. Jun 29, 2016 executive director james spenceley added. Spenceley resigned from his role at silver heritage in october 2019 after only 18months in the job. James spenceley cofounded and served as the chief executive officer at vocus communications. Vocus founder james spenceley resigns after failed.
James spenceley recently joined ticker tv to speak about how he chooses his investments and why he thinks about his investment decisions. James now uses his knowledge and wealth from vocus communications to invest in and mentor startups. We are excited to be bringing together all of our data centre, international connectivity and cloud services into the vocus brand, says vocus ceo james spenceley. Vocus was a public relations software company based in beltsville, maryland, united states, serving clients worldwide from 1992 to 2014. Im also joined by james spenceley, our founder and ceo. Vocus communications limited annual general meeting 26. Vocus communications limited annual general meeting 26 november 20 chairmans address good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Vocus founder james spenceley has resigned from the board of directors following a failed leadership spill, along with former amcom.
James spenceley, chief of telco vocus communications, took possession of his designer residence on the waterfront at church point in october, leaving him plenty of. The group is led by two experienced australian founders rebekah campbell and adam theobald and its mission is to build the ultimate dining application for australians and to significantly improve the payment process for customers when dining out or grabbing a. James spenceleys decision to sell 76 per cent of his vocus stock in august effectively killed his chances of pulling off this weeks attempted. James spenceley, vocus vocus founder james spenceley has resigned from the board of directors following a failed leadership spill, along with former amcom chairman tony grist. Maxnet rebrands to vocus communications scoop news. May 26, 2017 james spenceley and tony grist inject funds.
Cision and vocus unite, ushering in the future of pr and social software the pr powerhouses finalize combination, announce cision as the new company name and appoint executive team chicago october 14, 2014 ushering in the future of public relations pr, cision and vocus have officially joined forces, finalizing their combination. Vocus communications was founded by james spenceley in march 2008 and is. Iot startup backed by vocus, amcom founders telcoisp. May 04, 2018 spenceley, who founded australias fourthlargest telco vocus communications in 2007, is nicely cashedup for a home upgrade after he sold out of the telco about 18 months ago when shares were. Announcing the acquisition, vocus ceo james spenceley said his company would be able to add metro fibre services to its existing data centre and ip transit products. Vocus ceo, james spenceley, talks to tim lohman about winning the deloitte fast 50, the local isp landscape, ipv6, the nbn, customer.
Vocus buys nextgen networks, subsea cable systems for au. Dec 11, 2017 telco boss turned fund manager james spenceley on small caps investing vesna poljak markets editor updated dec 11, 2017 2. Vocus reveals leadership plans after boardroom exodus the telco is working to repopulate its boardroom ranks following the shock exits of james spenceley and tony grist vocus ceo shakeup leads to. Vocus brilliantly simple solutions for your network. James spenceley former executive director resigned on 12 october 2016 tony grist former nonexecutive director resigned on 12 october 2016 principal activities vocus group limited asx. Founded by james spenceley as a wholesale, business, government and consumer telecommunications provider, vocus owns and manages australias second largest intercapital fibre network. Vocus software wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Tpg capital may team up with vocus founder james spenceley to examine a takeover of the communications company in the event that the equity firms bid for fairfax media does not come off. Oct 12, 2016 vocus founder james spenceley has resigned from the board of directors following a failed leadership spill, along with former amcom chairman tony grist. View realtime stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview. Vocus group limited, formerly known as vocus communications, is an international telecommunications company headquartered in north sydney, australia. Vocus ceo, james spenceley, talks to tim lohman about winning the deloitte fast 50, the local isp landscape, ipv6, the nbn, customer service, and data centre trends in 2011. James spenceley and tony grist both resigned from the vocus board of.
Telco boss turned fund manager james spenceley on small. At the end of autumn, when the leaves of the mountain grey gum trees in nsws megalong valley are weathered to a speckled green, vocus communications chief executive james spenceley will embark on. Vocus james spenceley will take on the role of ceo and managing director of the combined entity. Dec 27, 2015 james spenceley, chief of telco vocus communications, took possession of his designer residence on the waterfront at church point in october, leaving him plenty of time to settle in before summer. Vocus to acquire nextgen networks, australian submarine. Vocus buys ailing australian fibre network the register. Voc is a vertically integrated telecommunications provider, operating in. Vocus plot was sure to flop after an untimely share selloff. Tpg capital, founder said to be looking at vocus takeover. Vocus founder james spenceley resigns after failed leadership spill. He is the founder of vocus communications now vocus. Clearly, james spenceley a threetime brw rich lister, twotime ey entrepreneur of the year award winner, and youngest australian to create and lead an asx 100 company enjoys challenging the rules. Telco boss turned fund manager james spenceley on small caps. Earlier in the month, david green abruptly resigned as the companys chairman and nonexecutive director, replaced on an.
Vocus chief executive and founder james spenceley will remain on the board as an executive director, as will vaughan bowen, the founder and an executive director of m2. Iot startup backed by vocus, amcom founders telcoisp itnews. Jul 02, 2010 vocus group limited, formerly known as vocus communications, is an international telecommunications company headquartered in north sydney, australia. In december, the chief executives of vocus and amcom said there will. Vocus communications limited agm 2014 chairmans statement and running order. In december, the chief executives of vocus and amcom said there will be an initial personnel. Vocus founder quits after leadership spill attempt telco. James says investing in startups is not for the faint hearted and in this presentation shares his personal experience to serve as lessons for others. James spenceley serves as board member at airtasker. The failure of a plot to oust vocus chief executive geoff horth has led to the departure of founder and chief executive james spenceley and fellow board member tony grist.
Vocus communications was founded by james spenceley in march 2008 and is headquartered in north sydney, australia. James spenceley born september 1976 is an australian investor entrepreneur and company director. Then james spenceley our ceo will give a more detailed presentation on the. Vocus communications limited annual general meeting 26 november 20. Its two years since former vocus directors james spenceley left and tony grist. According to vocus ceo james spenceley, this approach should provide a faster and more direct route at lower cost to its wholesale customers. James spenceley, the founder of telecommunication provider vocus who resigned last month, has tipped amaysim and nextdc as the two companies he thinks will most benefit from the national broadband. Vocus founder james spenceley resigns after failed leadership. Because it is publicly available information, i got a software.
He is also the chairman of airtasker and chairman of silver heritage group. Some of his betterknown include airtasker, marley spoon, indoor sky dive group and spaceship. Vocus was founded in 1992 by rick rudman and bob lentz and was a publicly held company until june 2014 when it was taken. Founded by james spenceley 1 as a wholesale, business, government and consumer telecommunications provider, vocus owns and manages australias second largest intercapital fibre network. Apr 10, 2011 announcing the acquisition, vocus ceo james spenceley said his company would be able to add metro fibre services to its existing data centre and ip transit products. Jul 02, 2010 vocus group limited, formerly known as vocus communications, is an international telecommunications company headquartered in melbourne, australia. Aug 23, 2012 since acquiring maxnet in june 2012, vocus ceo james spenceley says a number of fastgrowing australian customers have started using the companys new zealand data centres.
Vocus to acquire nextgen networks, australian submarine cable. James spenceley and his small initial team did this by trying harder, caring more and putting themselves in. Cision and vocus unite, ushering in the future of pr and. Jun 29, 2015 vocus james spenceley will take on the role of ceo and managing director of the combined entity. Vocus founder james spenceley launches funds management. As the companys leading straightshooter, james has steered vocus through exponential growth in a business environment that itself has gone through seismic. Vocus founder james spenceley has picked up a stake in call recording software provider dubber corporation as part of its 6. Voc vocus communications limited stock analysis capitalcube. Vocus sets sights on topthree fibre ranking in australia zdnet. Silver heritage names james spenceley as its new chairman. Since acquiring maxnet in june 2012, vocus ceo james spenceley says a number of fastgrowing australian customers have started using the companys new zealand data centres. Ase, the asian casino operator has now announced it has appointed australian business mogul, james spenceley pictured, as its new nonexecutive chairman and director. View jim spenceleys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Telco boss turned fund manager james spenceley on small caps investing vesna poljak markets editor updated dec 11, 2017 2. View vcmmf business summary and other industry information. Vocus was founded by james spenceley in march 2008. Vocus group limited, formerly known as vocus communications, is an international telecommunications company headquartered in melbourne, australia. Spenceley, who founded australias fourthlargest telco vocus communications in 2007, is nicely cashedup for a home upgrade after he sold out. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the 20 annual general meeting of the company and thank you for your attendance today. Nov 23, 2016 james spenceley, the founder of telecommunication provider vocus who resigned last month, has tipped amaysim and nextdc as the two companies he thinks will most benefit from the national broadband. That was when spenceley was ceo of vocus communications. That was evident in his decision to purchase the illawarra hawks in 2014, a struggling national basketball league nbl team. Vocus founder james spenceley has been forced out of the company alongside fellow board member tony grist following a failed leadership coup. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jims.
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