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PROUD TO BE TEAM IRESS It's my third anniversary at Iress today, and oh - what a roller coaster it has been! A takeover offer, a change in CEO and management team, a new strategic direction, new divisions and a transformation. As Iress released its FY23 result yesterday and my third year turned over, I contemplated whether the title of this post should be "Proud to be Iress", "Proud to be an Iressman" (get the pun?) or "Proud to be an Iressian." Whatever we call ourselves, I'm proud to be part of Team Iress and think its time we shouted it from the rooftops. Most people know that we are in the middle of a transformation program. These processes can be tough, and what's going on at Iress is no exception. Within a relatively short timeframe we restructured, appointed new business heads, sold businesses and made the difficult but necessary decision to reduce staff numbers. Iress starts 2024 focusing on product innovation and roadmaps, client service and transparency in financial reporting. Change creates both uncertainty and opportunity. It's a time to focus on delivery but also to wave the flag and celebrate the good. I want to lead the charge by declaring - this is a great business with strong recurring revenues, great clients, great people and great prospects. Our predecessors built sticky products in big addressable markets. We acknowledge the roots they planted. Our job is create green shoots from those roots. Yes, the journey is tough and we still have lots to achieve. But we are well underway, and there's light at the end of the tunnel (it's not a freight train!). Thanks to all of Team Iress. I'm proud to be on the team. Michael Dwyer Julie Fahey Trudy Vonhoff Niki Beattie Anthony Glenning Michael Bowan Marcus Price Kelly Fisk Harry Mitchell Paul Giles Jason Hoang Justin Schmitt Cameron Williamson Ana Smith Kelli Willmer David Hentschke Julia McNeill Chris Donlon Charissa Astley-Turner Eric Kuah Ian McKenna

Genuinely cannot believe it has been 5 years since I started at The Distance! I know a common question is where do you see yourself in 5 years time? I think it is impossible to answer that question, because so much changes within 1 year, let alone 5! At The Distance, I have worked as a Project Manager, Account Manager and now Head of Partner Success. I have learnt a huge amount from everyone I have worked with, but particular shout-outs to: Anthony Main - some of what he says about stays lodged in my brain, and I find myself regurgitating knowledge, passing it off as my own of course! Louise Toal - The Distance - Listening to what I think are genius thoughts and then actually advising a better approach... Gemma Oliver - Creating the structure that makes the sales-to-project life so much easier and always someone I can bounce off. James Paton - Always asks a great question and has a different way of thinking, which again, I have shamelessly stolen to pass off as my own Plus of course, everyone else I have worked with whilst at The Distance, too many to mention, but I have learnt something from all of you! Finally, within the last year or so I have had the opportunity to work with Fiona Chorlton-Voong and Ryan Hall learning about Marketing and Sales outreach, which has been invaluable. I have really appreciated them answering my questions and keeping things simple! Here is to the next 5 years!

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersTooneYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersToThreeYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersToThreeYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

Today marks my 4 year anniversary at Perpetua. I'm in the midst of some vacation time, so if I didn't have Abi Harmon reminding me today, I probably would have forgotten! I joined Perpetua as an Account Executive with zero software sales experience. All the hubris in the world, but with nothing material to back it up. I bought the company vision, saw the early tailwinds of retail media, and went all in. And I saw instant success. HA - yeah, right. Those first few months were incredibly humbling. That hubris quickly turned to insecurity and self doubt. I spent a lot of time in the early days self-debating if I had what it took to help scale the company up to the aggressive ambitions that we had. Well, I'm still here, so I thought I'd share a few principles I've abided by during my time at Perpetua, and throughout my career, that have helped me grow. 1. The bar for the quality of work you deliver never moves up or down. "How you do one thing is how you do everything." Adam Epstein had that ingrained in me early. That doesn't mean be a perfectionist and never get anything done because it's not perfect. It means that every time you put your name on something - whether it be a customer pitch, a review for a team member, or even just a thought shared during a meeting - you bring your highest quality of thinking to the table. 2. Read more than everyone else. You know a lot less than you think you know, and the only way that changes is through digesting content (and not just industry content), piece by piece. It's the magic of compounding interest, applied to your knowledge. Reading is a non-negotiable commitment for me, I treat it the same as a work deadline. As an introvert, there's much to this that is preference based against other forms of learning, but I still believe it applies across the board. 3. Take pride in the ability to "go deep". A quote from Jeff Bezos that has always stuck with me: "The thing I have noticed is when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right." When you stop going deep, or don't know how to go deep, you stop even knowing what the anecdotes are. You settle for averages in reporting and call it a day. I've rarely made a good decision from looking at a dataset alone.

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersToThreeYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersToThreeYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersToThreeYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS

"Happy 1st Work Anniversary"! One years of hard work and commitment deserve a round of applause! 🎉 May the road ahead be filled with even more remarkable accomplishments and personal growth. Here's to your ongoing success and a bright future in your career! 🌟 #WorkAnniversary #MilestoneAchieved #WorkSuccess #CareerJourney #AchievementUnlocked #CareerMilestones #CheersTooneYears #EmployeeRecognition #datasostechnologies #DataSOS