Nathan Buzza (born 26 November 1970) is an Australian entrepreneur, investor and the founder of CommtechWireless.[1] He received Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2005[2] and the Western Australia IT&T "Lifetime achievement award" for contributions to the Australian IT Community in 2006.[1][3] Aged 14, he had developed computer games Qubert and Q-Zar.[4]

Nathan Buzza
Born (1970-11-26) 26 November 1970 (age 53)
OccupationBusinessman

Early life and career edit

Buzza was born in Perth, Australia. After completing schooling from Scotch College, he joined Curtin University for Bachelor of Business degree program. Since childhood, he had a keen interest in entrepreneurship and to fulfill his dreams, he dropped out of University in between before completing his business degree. In 1992, Buzza along with his childhood friend Zane Lewis co-founded CommtechWireless to supply middleware clinical workflow software solutions[buzzword] to the healthcare companies.[4] The company received R&D start grant from the government to develop software solutions[buzzword] for mid-clinical healthcare companies.[5] The company saw an early success and expanded its locations in Denmark, Hong Kong, Sydney and Jacksonville with headquarter in Perth. By 2005, the company installed their middleware health solutions[buzzword] in 60 countries and was named as one of the fastest growing businesses by BRW Magazine and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

In 2008, Amcom Software acquired CommtechWireless,[6] for an undisclosed sum and Buzza remained with the company for 18 months as a general manager.[7] Business News awarded Buzza with "First Amongst Equals" 40 under 40 Award.

In 2011, Buzza established a Private Equity firm, Allure Capital offering seed capital to firms in the healthcare and technology industry. In 2012, he joined Austco, a subsidiary of Azure Healthcare Limited (ASX:AZV) as a management consultant and remained with company until April 2014.[8][9] Currently, he serves an advisory board member of the NiQ Healthcare,[10] General Partner in Future Health and Company Director at Alcidion Corporation.[11]

Accolades edit

  • 2002 Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year (Young)[12]
  • 2003 Business News, 1st Amongst Equals (40 Under 40 Awards)[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Man on a Mission – Nathan Buzza". Business.gov.au. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ "CommtechWireless founder, Nathan Buzza named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young". The Courier-Mail. 12 September 2005.
  3. ^ "CommtechWireless founder named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year". The Sunday Times. 9 November 2005.
  4. ^ a b "Buzza programmed to invent". Highbeam. 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. ^ Birrane, Alison (28 October 2003). "Buzza's ingredients spice up breakfast". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Amcom Software, Inc. Completes Four Acquisitions in Two Years". Bloomberg. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Amcom Software Acquires CommtechWireless". Highbeam. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Perth investors back Azure Healthcare". 28 May 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Austco announce the Appointment of Nathan Buzza as the EVP Strategic Alliances". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  10. ^ "NiQ Health welcomes Nathan Buzza". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Executive Profile Nathan Buzza". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 15 October 2014.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Media Release: Ernst & Young".
  13. ^ "If you believe in your idea, they believe" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.