Anna provides executive support to the ANFF-NSW Node Director and administrative support to the ANFF-NSW team. Anna ensures the efficient management of the ANFF-NSW office functions. Anna has extensive secretarial and office management experience gained from working in the banking and finance industries prior to joining ANFF in 2017.

Rehana has extensive experience working in event management within our public and private sectors. Rehana started her career as a coordinator in the film and television industry and eventually moved into events. During her time working for Business Chamber Queensland, she worked closely facilitating industry-government-university relationships, bringing parties together to benefit from greater understanding and collaboration.

Dr Martin Ams received the B.Sc. degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in optical laser physics from Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2001 and 2008, respectively. He then worked as a Research Associate at the MQ Photonics Research Centre and the Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Macquarie University until mid-2011. Following this Dr Ams took a 2 year post-doctoral position at City University London in advanced optical fibre sensors and their applications. He is currently the business development manager for the OptoFab node of the Australia National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Sarmad is a skilled professional in the field of fibres & textiles, with a PhD that underscores a deep understanding coupled with hands-on industry experience. Through a career that bridges both academia and industrial sector, he has collaborated on cutting edge projects, bringing innovation to produce textile products with enhanced aesthetics and performance, reduced cost and with minimum negative impact on our environment. His areas of interest are textile raw materials, Industrial engineering, yarn manufacturing, fabric manufacturing, fabric processing and textile testing & characterisation.

Zaw Htoo (Ethan) Aung bring 27+ years of extensive international experience including 16+ years in the semiconductor manufacturing sector combined with 8 years in senior operational and commercial management and leadership positions across various industries and regions across Asia and Australia. During his 16+ years in the semiconductor manufacturing sector, Ethan has worked in various engineering roles in technology nodes ranging from 280nm to 45nm with Global Foundries in Singapore and Silanna Semiconductor in Australia. His comprehensive skill set in the semiconductor industry encompasses process integration, yield enhancement, new product and process development and introduction, technology transfer, process optimization, failure analysis, test and production management. Ethan experiences include leading and managing complex large-scale new process and product development projects from design layout validation to qualification, test, process fine-tuning, and yield improvement to high-volume manufacturing (HVM). Ethan has held multiple senior executive positions with multinationals and mid-large size companies in Asia. His management expertise includes leading multi-dimensional operations, growth strategies, business development, managed and corporate finance and led diverse teams. His prior roles include as a CEO, managing a company generating annual revenue of ~USD180 million and over 1,100 employees and as an Asia Geneal Manger role overseeing operations, strategic growth, business development and sales across multiple markets in Asia including Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Ethan holds MBA from University of Newcastle in Australia, MSc in Consumer Electronic from Nanyang Technological University from Singapore, Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business from Emeritus Institute of Management and Bachelor of Engineering from Yangon Technology University in Myanmar.

Ann is the Administrative Assistant of the MCN.

Sue is in charge of liaising with users, billing, editing the website and producing the ANFF ACT Newsletter.

Stephen joined the Medical Device Partnering Program as Innovations Manager in 2019. Prior to this he held roles within the Health and Medical team at the Department for Trade and Investment at the Government of South Australia and medical device cluster organisation MedTech South Australia. Stephen led a South Australian Health and Life Sciences trade mission to China in 2018. Stephen started his career a mechanical design engineer and has previously worked for medical device companies in Australia and the UK, on a variety of devices from Deep Brain Stimulation to ophthalmic devices and laparoscopic surgical equipment so he brings a great breadth of experience to the role.