Leigh Jasper

Co-Founder

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia28 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founded Aconex, leading to a $1.6 billion acquisition.
  • Expert in SaaS and cloud collaboration solutions.
  • Proven track record in capital raising and business strategy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with extensive experience in business strategy and capital raising.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingProject Management

Other Skills

Start-upsSaaSProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSales ManagementCapital RaisingGeneral ManagementLead GenerationStrategyE-commerceStrategic PartnershipsSolution SellingEnterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingMergers & Acquisitions

About

Passionate, entrepreneurial, strategic and people focused leader. In 2000, co-founded Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for managing construction projects. As CEO, led the company from founding, through multiple capital raisings, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and company acquisition by Oracle Ltd in 2018.

Experience

28 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
8 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Glitch capital

Chair

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Firmable

Co-CEO and Co-Founder

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site

  • Firmable is Australia’s definitive B2B database helping businesses drive smarter decisions and outperform by knowing more about their leads, customers, and candidates than ever before. It allows sales and marketing teams to accelerate growth and improve engagement; helps recruiters to identify and attract the right candidates; and saves time for anyone seeking reliable market intel.
Start-upsSaaSBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipBusiness Development+12

Payapps limited

Director

Oct 2020 – Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Secondquarter ventures

Chair & Co-founder

Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Launchvic

Chair

Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Buildxact

Director

Dec 2019 – Jun 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

Saniel ventures

CEO

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · Melbourne, Australia

Impact obesity

Director

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

Seek

Director

Feb 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Australia

Salta properties

Director

Jan 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia

Burnet institute

Director

Jun 2016 – May 2023 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Australia · Hybrid

Aconex

CEO and Co-founder

May 2000 – Aug 2019 · 19 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne Area, Australia

  • Co-founded Aconex, a leading provider of cloud collaboration solutions for the global construction industry, in 2000 with Rob Phillpot. The company served projects worth over one trillion dollars from its 50 offices worldwide.
  • Aconex listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in 2014, and prior to going public had raised $86 million in private equity investment. Acquired by Oracle Inc for $1.6 billion in March 2018, in Australia's largest technology M&A transaction.
  • Led global growth for Aconex, expanding the business into Asia, North America, South America, the Middle East and Europe.
  • Extended the verticals serviced from construction to infrastructure, power, mining, and oil and gas.
  • Evolved the product line from single collaboration platform to multiple solutions for all phases of project life-cycle.
  • Worked with McKinsey & Company, consulting to clients in financial services, media and information technology. Prior to McKinsey, worked on similar projects at A.T. Kearney.
  • Holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

Mckinsey & company

Business Analyst

Jan 1998 – Apr 2000 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • Managed client projects in financial services, media, IT, and consumer goods.
  • Projects included e-commerce strategy and M&A, business growth strategy, and operations performance improvement.
Management ConsultingProject ManagementBusiness StrategyCapital RaisingSales Management

Education

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Honours) — Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Jan 1993 – Jan 1997

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science (BSc) — Mathematics

Jan 1993 – Jan 1997

University of Melbourne

Diploma of Modern Languages — French

Jan 1995 – Jan 1997

Harvard Business School

High Potentials Leadership Course

Jan 2007 – Present

University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business

Executive Venture Capital Program

Jan 2004 – Present

Australian Institute of Company Directors

Company Directors Course

Jan 2009 – Present

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