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Teresa Engelhard

Founder & CEO, StickyTek

Greater Melbourne Area

Overview 

Teresa Engelhard is the Founder & CEO of StickyTek, with a background that includes serving as a Non-Executive Director at WiseTech Global and Origin Energy, as well as holding various leadership roles at companies like Planet Innovation and Redbubble. She has a strong track record in start-ups, product marketing, strategy development, and mergers, with notable experience in telecommunications and venture capital. Engelhard's career highlights include founding StickyTek and serving as a Managing Partner & Venture Partner at Jolimont Capital, showcasing her expertise in business strategy, management, and corporate development, as well as her ability to drive strategic partnerships and negotiate successful deals.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & CEO

    2021 - Current

  • Non Executive Director

    2018 - 2024

    Wisetech Global (ASX: WTC) is the leading software solutions provider for global logistics, customs clearance and freight-forwarding. Wisetech automates and simplifies global trade flows and its customers include all of the top 25 largest global third-party logistics providers.

  • Non-Executive Director

    2017 - 2020

    Origin is Australia's leading integrated energy company and largest retailer– exploring, generating and delivering energy solutions to more than 4 million electricity, natural gas and LPG customers. Origin is committed to being a part of the climate change solution and was proudly the first energy company in the world to sign up to all seven initiatives under the global ‘We Mean Business' coalition.

  • Non-Executive Director and Investor

    2016 - 2019

    A connected health innovator with product development, software engineering and manufacturing core competencies that span medical devices, the internet-of-things and consumer products.

  • Entrepreneurs Programme Committee Member

    2015 - 2018

    The Entrepreneurs' Programme Committee advised on government innovation programs and served as the investment committee for the Accelerating Commercialisation grant program, Australia's largest source of seed capital funding.

  • Non-Executive Director and Investor

    2011 - 2017

    A global, online marketplace connecting consumers, artists and a cutting-edge supply chain. Aligned with the purpose to support creatives, I joined the board as the first independent director and helped founding CEO, chair and investors set ambitious goals and actionable plans to acheive global category leadership and an eventual $1 billion valuation target.

  • Board Member and Investor

    2008 - 2016

    A leader in behind-the-meter C&I smart energy solutions combining the Enterprise Internet of Things, energy management and smart building technologies. Acquisition by GE in 2016.

  • Managing Partner & Venture Partner

    2007 - 2016

    I helped Australian/New Zealand technology companies succeed in global markets as an active lead investor and board member, including at Daintree Networks, Australia's highest value technology acquisition in 2016 and at Next Window, an AVCAL award winner for exit performance in 2010.

  • VP Marketing

    2002 - 2005

    Innovative solutions based on patented micro-photonics for fiber-to-the-home, HDMI and other high bandwidth, optical links

  • VP Software Solutions and Series A Investor

    1997 - 2001

    ONI Systems developed the first flexibly-configurable optical networks for communications backbones, achieved a $5 Billion IPO, and displaced Nortel Networks.

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