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Our Senior
Innovation & Leadership Team

Australian born company Mobiddiction
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Mobiddiction’s leadership team brings together more than a decade of delivery experience across government and enterprise programs, supported by deep capability in architecture, engineering, secure cloud operations, cyber security and emerging technologies. Since our founding in 2012 we have grown into a trusted consulting and delivery partner for complex programs that require reliability, security and long term stewardship.

We work closely with our clients’ program and technology leaders to translate complex goals into clear strategies, design the solution architecture to support them, deliver the technology itself, and keep it running at a high standard over many years. Our leadership group is hands on and involved in architecture, delivery governance, risk management and operational oversight. Their combined experience shapes every engagement we deliver.

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Mike Vasavada

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Mike founded Mobiddiction in 2012 with a belief that Australian organisations needed a consulting partner capable of blending strategic thinking with high quality engineering, innovation and reliable long term operations. He continues to lead the company through that lens today.

Mike is responsible for corporate strategy, major client relationships, commercial management and the evolution of Mobiddiction’s service model. With more than 25 years working across digital programs, large enterprise transformations and public sector initiatives, he guides Mobiddiction’s focus on dependable delivery and measurable outcomes.

Mike has led Mobiddiction to winning several awards and has been featured on SBS World News, SBS Business Stories, Channel 10 News, SBS Community, WP Engine Partners Program, AWS Partner Network, International ECHO Awards judge, and has been a speaker at NSW state health volunteers, Palliative Care Org and several other industry events and programs.

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Iain Chalmers

Chief Information Security Officer

Iain started with Mobiddiction in 2015 and leads our Information Security Management System and oversees our ISO27001 certification, security governance and risk management. He ensures every program meets both regulatory requirements and contemporary security expectations.

Iain’s background spans more than three decades in development, IT consulting, enterprise platform security, cloud infrastructure and long running government programs. His work includes security oversight for programs that handle sensitive operational data, health related information and financial transactions.

He provides cyber security leadership across architecture reviews, vulnerability management, penetration testing coordination and secure by design practices. He is a certified drone operator, and has deep experience in geospatial and mapping technology.

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Hamsa Chandrappa

Vice President, Engineering and Delivery

Hamsa joined Mobiddiction in 2014 and has shaped the engineering and delivery culture that supports our long term client programs with a key speciality in the Mobile space. Hamsa leads our software engineering, spatial technology, Dev Ops and support teams. Her remit spans solution architecture, technical strategy, development quality and delivery governance.

Hamsa has more than 20 years experience delivering major digital platforms across embedded, web, mobile, cloud, mapping, and enterprise integration. She plays a key role in architectural planning, technical risk management, multi channel delivery and continuous improvement initiatives. She has has extensive experience in mapping technology and integration with GIS and geospatial data and systems.

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Josh Lawson

Vice President, Innovation and AI

Josh directs Mobiddiction’s work in AI, emerging technologies and R&D. He leads our innovation programs and guides clients through the practical application of artificial intelligence, automation, VR, spatial analytics and advanced mapping.

Since joining in 2019, Josh has driven the development of Mobiddiction’s AI supported engineering, intelligent automation frameworks, spatial data insights, and new methods for indoor and outdoor wayfinding. His work ensures emerging technologies deliver real value rather than novelty.

Leadership Timeline

2012

Mobiddiction is founded by CEO Mike Vasavada. The company begins its focus on practical digital transformation and long term technology partnerships.

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2013

Delivery of the Wild About Whales program for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service begins. This becomes a major statewide initiative involving mobile platforms, citizen science, mapping and wildlife data, and continues through to 2021.

2014

Hamsa Muruvalu joins Mobiddiction as a Mobile Specialist Engineer
Work begins on a few programs such as Sydney Royal Easter Show and NSW SharkSmart Program for NSW DPIRD which becomes one of the longest running public safety and geospatial platforms in NSW and continues today.

CEVA Logistics engages Mobiddiction to create a integrated end to end vehicle transport system, with GPS tracking of car carrier trucks, barcode scanning of VINs to ensure correct vehicles were moved, and driver workflow and safety procedures.
Mobiconnect M1 launched as a platform.

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2015

Iain Chalmers joins as CTO / Chief Information Security Officer.
The NSW Government FishSmart Program for DPIRD Fisheries commences and is still active. The program delivers real time mapping, geospatial rules and mobile platforms for recreational fisheries.

2016

Two major programs begin and continue to operate today. NSW Survey Marks for NSW Spatial Services launches, providing long term geospatial and mapping capability.

Mobiddiction begins its work with the Forestry Corporation of NSW for mapping, RTK GNSS, field mobility tools and spatial data systems – this is still an ongoing engagement in 2026.
Pharmacare engages Mobiddiction to plan and deliver mobile apps for it’s health and wellness products and subscriptions.

2017

Delivery of the Get Permission mobile service for the DPI Game Licensing Unit, supporting hunters with rule access, permissions and compliance information.
Whiteley Corporation engaged Mobiddiction to rebrand and rebuild their website and integrate cleaning chemical handling and use education.

We added a lot more Enterprise clients such as Harvey Norman, Atomic212, Telstra, CranaPlus, Digital Wellness.

2019

Joshua Lawson joins Mobiddiction as VP of Innovation

Hamsa becomes Vice President, Engineering and Delivery

The Drought and Supplementary Feed Calculator for DPIRD Agriculture is launched and continues to evolve as an important tool for farmers and land managers.

Farmgate Auctions engaged Mobiddiction to take over development and managed service for their online auction platform. This is a real time auction platform with web and mobile apps, and a backend and database hosted on GCP.

Mobiddiction first uses drones and mission planning software for aerial imagery and data capture to use in geospatial and mapping projects. We delivered a Display Village Custom Map for HomeWorld and Augmented Reality at BBL Cricket Sydney Thunder Cricket Games.

AR VR

2020

We delivered our first 360º VR and engagement platform for global brand Genesys as a “Journey to Sydney” global SDR 2020 event with close to 2,000 attendees.

Mobiconnect M2 platform launched.

2021

JB HiFi’s home installation and field technician platform launched.

Stay Upright engaged Mobiddiction to modernise and rationalise their IT platforms, brand and website integrating course information and booking systems across several Australian states.
Completion of the Wild About Whales program after eight years of continuous operation across web and mobile platforms.

Genesys engaged us to deliver a World first under water global summit REEF 2021 as a 360º VR experience, our team travelled to Queensland to shot bespoke content in places such as Great Barrier Reef and Cairns.

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2022

With permission from NPWS, our client for the now closed Wild About Whales program, we relaunched the service as Whale Watch as a free app and platform for users, and as a technology demo for our geospatial and mapping capabilities.

2023

Invocare engages Mobiddiction to modernise and standardise mapping their portfolio of memorial parks. We send drone and 360 degree photography teams to 14 venues across NSW and QLD to collect imagery and data, and build a platform and design a standardised graphical language to create maps in a consistent and corporate branded style, for both digital and printed use.
Mobiconnect M3 platform launched.

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2024

PatientVR launches for NSW Health – Nepean & Blue Mountains local health district and in QLD South Metro at Logan Palliative care and continues today. This work expands Mobiddiction’s footprint in healthcare technology and immersive therapeutic tools.

2025

Mobiddiction completes ISO27001 certification.

RocketCrew VR launches in Starlight Express rooms in partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation at Sydney Children’s Hospital and Westmead Children’s Hospital.

VapingVR receives the NSW State Literacy Grant and enters evaluation phase with the Drug & Alcohol Department at Nepean Hospital.

Mobiddiction creates our first ever real time AI powered real time analytics tool for custom mapping platform Mapiddiction.

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2026

AI powered Mobiconnect M4 platform coming soon.

What

Our Leadership Team Brings

Our senior leadership combines technical depth, consulting experience and more than a decade of continuous delivery across government and enterprise environments.

Their work has shaped platforms that have run for five, eight and even ten years without interruption, including:

  • SharkSmart and FishSmart for NSW DPIRD Fisheries

  • Forestry MapApp for the Forestry Corporation of NSW

  • NSW Survey Marks for NSW Spatial Services

  • Drought and Supplementary Feed Calculator for DPIRD Agriculture

  • PatientVR for NSW Health Nepean District

  • Wild About Whales for NSW NPWS

  • Invocare Group 14 Memorial Parks Digital Mapping

  • Sydney Royal Easter Show Digital Engagement

  • Melbourne Royal Show

  • Several large scale consulting and delivery programs in many industries

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Mobiddiction is an ISO Certified Technology Company Australia

The leadership group ensures every engagement is guided by strong governance, secure architecture, transparent communication and a commitment to practical outcomes. They also oversee our ISO27001 certified security posture and support continuous improvement across engineering, cloud operations and delivery practices.

We are a home grown 100% Australian owned company started in Sydney back in 2012 and now service clients across the globe.

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