Rikky Burkett
Chief Executive OfficerRikky's areas of expertise are in the field of entrepreneurialism, education and business growth. Ten years ago, Rikky co-founded Paradigm Training Group, which delivers entrepreneurial, management, business, workplace health and safety and Australian Maritime accredited qualifications. Rikky has consulted on entrepreneurialism and business growth throughout Australia and South East Asia. It has been Rikky's goal to evolve education through new technologies, which is what lead him to co-founding VisionTek in 2020.
Alex Reynolds
Head of EngineeringAlex's expertise is heavily focused in Simulator development and syllabus implementation across a number of simulator platforms. With years of experience in developing aircraft models, avionics, and flight modelling. Alex has worked with large defence organisations as a Senior courseware developer working with the next generation of training tools. Alex was the Lead Developer in delivering the first Virtual Reality PC-21 Training System to the Commonwealth. The knowledge gained from his experience puts Alex as one of the only few in the world to develop and embed syllabi into a virtual reality aviation product.
Rob Legat
Chief Compliance OfficerRob brings an extensive background in corporate governance and legal practise to Black6 with focused experience in audit and compliance across a range of federally regulated industries; including the Vocational Education and Training, National Disability Insurance Scheme, and credit licensing sectors. In particular, he specialises in conceptualising, designing, and implementing policy frameworks. Over the past 20 years he has served on and advised the boards of for-profit and not-for-profit entities at state and federal level, and taken part in government working groups for policy direction and legislative reform.
Simon Di Florio
Software EngineerSimon has expertise in designing automated process workflows. Prior to joining Black6, Simon worked within the Microsoft Power platform to develop applications and business reports that streamlined document management workflows. Simon also has experience in data processing, control systems design and computer vision applications.
Nick Kranenburg
As an Aviation Training System specialist, Nick has applied 26 years of flying, training and simulation experience within his own simulation and training organisation Black6. Prior to Black6, Nick developed Simjet as a defence and airline, training and simulation supplier over 17 years. Nick is also a current operational Boeing 737 Pilot. Nick has designed and developed with the Commonwealth, VR procedural training systems for the new RAAF PC21 and also the B350 King Air for use at the Air Force Central Flying School in East Sales. Over the last few years, Nick has supported the Air Force Candidate Management Centre deliver national motivation and attraction programs with F/A-18 Super Hornet simulators and instructors.