Executive Team
Daniel Lai
CEO and Managing Director
Kurt Mueffelmann
Global COO & US President
Andrew Burns
Chief Financial Officer
Tony Howell
Global Chief Architect
Daniel Lai
Daniel Lai is the CEO and Managing Director of archTIS. Lai leverages his extensive industry experience implementing organisational change to address the information security challenges government and businesses confront today in a rapidly evolving cyber environment.
Over his career, he has successfully led IT initiatives including the Security Enterprise Architecture for the Single Information Environment for the Department of Defence, spearheading enterprise change as the National Manager for Service Delivery for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, and restructuring and implementing enterprise ITIL services for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Lai is a regular speaker at industry events and has been featured in the Financial Review, the Australian and CIO magazine.
Kurt Mueffelmann
As Global COO and US President of archTIS and Nucleus Cyber, Kurt Mueffelmann brings over 25 years of technology leadership to the companies. He brings his passion for start-ups, and proven strategies for scaling go to market efforts and achieving hyper revenue growth to the role.
Mueffelmann has overseen the growth and sale of four technology companies and earned two Deloitte Fast 500 company awards at previous companies. He has served as CEO of Cryptzone, HiSoftware (acquired by Cryptzone), Create!form International (acquired by Bottomline Technologies), and RealWord (acquired by Microsoft Great Plains). Mueffelmann was Vice President and General Manager of both the Document Output Solutions and Business Process Solutions divisions of Bottomline Technologies where he was responsible for over $40 million in profitable revenue while broadening the product lines and expanding the distribution model.
Mueffelmann has served on the advisory boards of numerous companies and professional organizations within the technology industry. He holds a BA degree in economics and political science from Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Andrew Burns
Andrew Burns brings more than 25 years of experience in executive, commercial and financial leadership, driving sustainable business transformation and profitable growth to the archTIS CFO role. His distinguished career includes CFO and 2iC to the MD/CEO of the then-listed Citadel Group Limited alongside archTIS Chairman Dr Miles Jakeman. Andrew played a key role in quadrupling Citadel’s revenue, managing M&A and delivering an engaged, high-performance workforce. He has also held senior financial leadership roles at Open Pay, RAS Technology, General Electric, and GE Healthcare. Andrew holds an Executive MBA in Business from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and a Bachelor of Commerce and Accounting from the University of Canberra. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently a director of Viva Leisure Limited (ASX:VVA).
Tony Howell
Tony Howell brings extensive domain expertise in information management, security and architecture to the role of archTIS’ Global Chief Architect, Defence and Intelligence. Howell specializes in data-centric capabilities and emergent technologies including ABAC, Cloud, AI, ML and analytics platforms. In his career, he has delivered successful technology outcomes to Australian Government organisations in the Defence, Law Enforcement and Intelligence sectors. His previous roles include Director, Consulting Data Practice and Director, Consulting Data Modernisation Practice at Deloitte, Senior Information System Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Information Systems Architect at Hewlett Packard Australia, and independent consulting engagements with Australian government agencies.
Thomas Myerscough
Chief Technology Officer
Irena Mroz
Chief Marketing Officer
Marcelle Newbound
Customer Experience Manager
Thomas Myerscough
As CTO Thomas Myerscough is responsible for managing archTIS’ technical strategy, service management, and relationships with key technology partners. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, with 20 years in Federal Government technology. In this time, he successfully delivered projects from design to implementation and support for the Australian Department of Defence, Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Finance and Deregulation. His government and subsequent private industry experience gives Myerscough a deep breadth of expertise from which to call upon to innovate archTIS technology platforms and ensure seamless client delivery.
Irena Mroz
Irena Mroz is CMO of archTIS. She is responsible for defining the company’s branding, demand generation and public relations. An innovative strategist with impeccable attention to detail, Mroz leverages more than 20 years of B2B marketing expertise to direct the company’s marketing strategy and communications programs.
Mroz has built her successful career by empowering start-ups and public software companies to exceed growth objectives through successful demand generation programs, product positioning, high profile events and product evangelism. She served as VP of Marketing at several cybersecurity start-ups including data-centric security company Nucleus Cyber (acquired by archTIS) and Infocyte, a malware and threat hunting solution. As the SVP of Marketing for Cryptzone’s network and application security solutions and the VP of Marketing for HiSoftware, a provider of compliance and security solutions acquired by Cryptzone, she led the integration of the two global marketing organizations, while managing development of all strategic marketing programs and communications for the joint entity. Her previous roles include senior marketing positions at Bottomline Technologies and Create!form International.
Mroz holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Boston University’s College of Communication.
Marcelle Newbound
Marcelle Newbound is focused on optimizing the customer experience to drive satisfaction and product proficiency for successful implementations and long-term relationships. She has over 18 years of experience working in the Information and Communication Technologies sector across multi-national companies, including Deloitte, Thales and Peoplebank. Newbound’s experience spans across driving strategy, maturing process and policy, creating customer onboarding and training and Account Management.