The Team
Konnekt is a wholly Australian-owned company that develops and sells a ground-breaking product and service to help you, your family and friends stay connected and feel safe.
Karl Grimm
Founder and Managing Director
Karl Grimm is an experienced business leader with a successful history of surmounting technology challenges and creating sought-after products and services. Building an incredibly happy team who love their job is central to good management.
Karl is customer-focused, enjoys a positive outlook on life, and has a reputation for honesty and integrity above all else.
John Nakulski
Co-Founder and Marketing Director
A heart-warming customer experience, as effortless as a handshake, is central to Konnekt’s vision. John has a track record for establishing products that delight and developing international partnerships for companies such as Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies.
John has a passion for all things related to health and wellness, experience volunteering in Aged Care, and is a champion for user-centric design.
Natalie Allinson
Office Manager
Natalie originally trained as a secondary teacher and worked in education for seven years before moving to office management. She loves to organize and to work with numbers, but also has a passion for people networking.
Experienced in business administration, HR, contracts and more, Natalie tweets rhymes to our Social Media followers and is well known in the local community for her voluntary work in Aged Care.
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Gabriella Fox
Marketing Coordinator
Gabby is a natural leader and marketeer, and is building business relationships between Konnekt and Aged Care industry associations, government bodies and residential facilities.
In between running marathons, Gabby is completing the last semester of her Bachelor of Business (Marketing) degree at RMIT.
Stefi Allinson
IT Coordinator
Stefi is our cheerful and helpful resident IT expert. Stefi oversees the setup and configuration of Videophones to individual customer needs.
Degree-qualified with a Bachelor of IT, Stefi’s expertise encompasses multiple operating systems, networking and web communications, and many other technologies.
Caru Froneman
Marketing Coordinator
Methodical and enthusiastic, Caru plans, tracks and helps execute Konnekt’s marketing campaigns across digital and traditional media.
Caru is also completing the last semester of her Bachelor of Business (Marketing) degree, enabling her to apply the very latest methods to help the Konnekt team improve the quality of life of even more people.
Ian Holland
System Architect
Ian is renowned in the world of video & voice technology, successful in leading large teams, and accomplished in international business. His work has repeatedly met the high reliability standards of demanding customers such as Fortune 500 corporations.
When Ian isn’t solving the impossible, he coaches basketball and enjoys a highly technical radio direction-finding team sport known as foxhunting.
Angelo David
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Angelo is a natural in sales. He plans to educate online customers worldwide about Videophone’s benefits, through the medium of Digital Marketing.
In between volunteering for the Asian Association and assisting with Fit2FightCancer, Angelo is at RMIT completing his Bachelor of Business, majoring in Information Systems.
The Virtual Team
Our team of local and international partners supply hardware to our specification, develop Videophone software, support Konnekt Internet services, design our web and demonstrate our product.
If you feel you can help us improve the lives of the elderly and disabled as a valued Konnekt partner or reseller, simply Contact Us.