About

At Corro®, we believe communication is more than infrastructure. It is a strategic capability, and that belief drives everything we do: building a platform that unifies fragmented systems, preserves the integrity of every message, and unlocks the wisdom hidden in daily conversations.

Our mission is simple: to deliver communication tools that are easy to use, seamlessly integrated, and secure by design – empowering both individuals and organisations to work with clarity and control.

Until now, organisations faced a trade-off: control or choice. Corro disrupts this compromise by bringing coherence back – combining flexibility for people with sovereignty for organisations.

Founded in Australia and New Zealand by Rod Drury (Xero) and Sara Goldsworthy (ex-AWS, Australian Government), Corro is being built locally by a small, dedicated team committed to giving organisations choice, sovereignty, and confidence in the way they communicate.

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Leadership

Corro was co-founded by Rod Drury (founder of Xero) and Sara Goldsworthy (former AWS and Australian Government PM&C).

We’re currently scaling our team and have a stellar founding team of experienced engineers, architects, researchers, designers and professionals across Australia and New Zealand helping to build our company and product. Team members bring experience from Australian federal and state government, AWS, Atlassian, Microsoft, Canva, Xero, tech startups, UTS, UNSW, industry associations, Macquarie Bank, Louis Vuitton, and more.

Sara Goldsworthy

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Sara Goldsworthy

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Sara has over 20 years experience leading multidisciplinary teams in the public and private sectors, tackling complex national security, technology, and foreign policy issues. Prior to co-founding Corro, Sara was the Head of National Security and Defence Policy for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Australia and New Zealand, where she helped secure the partnership between AWS and the Australian Government to build a Top Secret cloud for Australia’s national security community. Throughout her distinguished public service career, she led teams through crisis response, machinery of government reform, and major event delivery at the commonwealth and state level.  Sara held senior executive positions in a range of Australian Government agencies, including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Industry, as well as in the Office of National Intelligence and the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet. She is a Fellow of the University of Technology, Sydney, where she is also a Visiting Fellow in the School of Computer Science.

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Founder

Sir Rod Drury KNZM

Founder

Dr. Jess Modini

Head of Product

Dr. Jess Modini

Head of Product

Dr. Jess Modini is an experienced technology leader, academic and security researcher, global keynote speaker, inventor and advisory board member. Prior to joining Corro, she held senior positions at Amazon Web Services, the Australian Cyber Security Centre, and the Australian Department of Defence. Jess holds a Doctorate in Cyber Security from UNSW ADFA, where her research focused on operationalising cyber epidemiology for critical infrastructure resilience, and where she is also a postgraduate lecturer. She also holds Master's qualifications in Cybersecurity Operations, Systems Engineering, Space Operations, Project Management and International Relations (Security).

Brian Farnill

Head of Engineering

Brian Farnill

Head of Engineering

Brian is a Software Development Engineer with over 20 years experience in the private and public sectors. As a highly motivated technical expert and leader, he thrives on learning modern technologies and delivering the best solutions to his customers. He has a strong background in development and DevOps tools, automation and the AWS cloud platform. This enables him to help customers realise the value and potential of the cloud across various technology areas, and then deliver projects to migrate to new platforms. His background in working in Canberra has enabled him to collaborate with numerous federal government-based clients, familiarising him with the common challenges they face. He approaches these challenges with fresh ideas to help his customers transition to more modern, cloud-computing compatible solutions.

Sally O’Donnell

Head of Policy, Operations and Strategic Communications

Sally O’Donnell

Head of Policy, Operations and Strategic Communications

Sally is an experienced leader in strategy, policy, operations and regulatory innovation with over 18 years' experience delivering complex initiatives across digital regulation, humanitarian operations, national security and international policy. Before joining Corro, she led the development and successful passage of Australia's world-first Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, navigating complex stakeholder environments and translating challenges into practical solutions. Sally is recognised for her ability to build high-performing teams, manage risk and drive results in fast-changing landscapes.

Dr. Alan Davison

Principal Researcher

Dr. Alan Davison

Principal Researcher

Dr. Alan Davison is an esteemed scholar in humanities, arts and social sciences and an experienced senior university leader in Australia, widely respected for his expertise and thought leadership in communications disciplines. Prior to joining Corro, Alan held senior academic leadership roles including Faculty Dean at the University of Technology Sydney and Head of School at the University of New England, where he navigated large teams through major organisational change and external disruption. He has led significant collaborative projects, including the development of industry-focused courses and professional development programmes with stakeholders ranging from the technology sector to law enforcement. Alan's research centres on interdisciplinary collaborations and the insights of evolutionary science into human behaviour and communication, with a particular focus on the role of technology in enhancing critical thinking and decision-making. He is an active scholar publishing in both academic and general outlets, and a leading public advocate in Australia for viewpoint diversity and open inquiry in universities and government institutions.

Kate Murray

Head of Business Development and Commercial Growth

Kate Murray

Head of Business Development and Commercial Growth

Kate Murray brings over 15 years of experience building and leading high-performing global teams across telecommunications, enterprise technology, and customer success. Most recently, Kate served as Global Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Meta, where she led global telecommunications operations across 40+ countries. Throughout her time at Meta, based across London and San Francisco, she oversaw vendor strategy, infrastructure, and large-scale program delivery, managing significant budgets and driving commercials across international markets. Over nearly a decade at Meta (Facebook), Kate also led programs around connectivity. Kate was also Senior Manager for Customer Success at Octopus Deploy, where she led the customer success and business development functions. Kate began her career in business development and account management in New Zealand, throughout her career she has built and led high-performing distributed teams across the US, UK, and APAC, driving efficiency through automation and process improvement.

Ben Waldron

Fractional Chief Financial Officer and Strategic Advisor

Ben Waldron

Fractional Chief Financial Officer and Strategic Advisor

Ben is a results-driven finance leader and seasoned senior executive with extensive experience across the UK, Europe, the US, China and Australia. His career highlights include leading Bakkavor Group's IPO on the FTSE 250, scaling divisions as CEO in the US and Asia. Ben brings deep expertise in major transactions, corporate finance, ESG, and helping businesses scale in complex, multi-market environments. He is a committed people leader with a strong track record in development, succession planning and board-level governance.

Why we created Corro

Communication shapes how the world works – yet the systems we rely on are no longer fit for purpose.

Instead of creating clarity and connection, they have become fragmented and complicated. They leave people wasting hours, organisations losing knowledge, and leaders trapped in an impossible trade-off: lock everything down and lose flexibility, or allow choice and live with chaos.

Our communications are scattered - between bloated enterprise tools, ad-driven personal apps, and systems never designed for modern work. This fragmentation costs time, erodes knowledge, and puts sensitive information at risk.

We’ve ceded control to platforms we can’t trust. Yet technology, coupled with great design, enables us to reinvent communications with everything we have learned over the last 30 years. But with the right technology and design, we can rebuild communications — intuitive, secure, and sovereign by default.

From different worlds – one building global-scale software from New Zealand, the other shaping global technology and national security policy from Australia – we both saw the same problem, and the same opportunity to fundamentally transform how people communicate. We didn’t want to accept fragmentation and dependence as inevitable. We saw the chance to do something about it – harnessing the perspective, innovation and values of Australia and New Zealand, and to collaborate on building the new standard for communication.

Corro is about reimagining communication as a foundation for trust, resilience, and progress in an increasingly complex world – and this is just the beginning.

The new standard in communication

We’re currently working with priority customers on co-design projects. These are commitment-free workshops to influence how next-generation communication should work; driven by real-world needs rather than legacy paradigms.

If you would like to inform the future of Corro through co-design, please email us at hello@corro.co

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