Our Directors

Jon Manning

Jon is co-founder and technical lead at Secret Lab. He holds a Bachelor of Computing with First Class Honours, and earned PhD in Computer Science/HCI for his research into manipulation on social media sites.

Jon formerly worked as the senior mobile Software Engineer at Meebo, a groundbreaking Silicon Valley 'Web 2.0' startup that was acquired by Google, and has co-authored nearly 30 technical books for iconic technology brands, O'Reilly Media and Wiley's For Dummies, on a variety of topics such as game design, mobile development, and rocket science.

Jon (with Paris) was jointly awarded the 2010 Pearcey Award for achievements in the ICT industry. Jon sits on the board of the Australasian Apple University Consortium and the Tasmanian Game Makers Association, and helps organise the /dev/world conference.

Paris Buttfield-Addison

Paris is co-founder and business lead at Secret Lab. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Medieval History, a Bachelor of Computing with First Class Honours, and earned a PhD in Computer Science/HCI for his exploration of the use of tablet technology (他目前正在学习中文).

Paris formerly worked as Product Manager at Meebo, a Silicon Valley 'Web 2.0' startup that was acquired by Google, and has co-authored nearly 30 technical books for iconic brands, O'Reilly Media and Wiley's For Dummies, on a variety of topics such as game design, mobile development, and rocket science.

Paris (with Jon) was jointly awarded the 2010 Pearcey Award for achievements in the ICT industry, and in 2016 Paris was recognised by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) as a Gold Disruptor. Paris is also a graduate of the prestigious Tasmanian Leaders Program.

Paris sits on the board of the Australasian Apple University Consortium, and the Tasmanian branch of the ACS, and helps organise the /dev/world conference.