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Alex Hartman

Alex Hartman won the Young Australian of the Year Award for Career Achievement in 2000. Alex founded Mytek Pty. Ltd in 2001, to provide affordable and friendly computer support services across Australia.

Mytek offers roadside assistance for home and business computers. Mytek members gain access to a 24 hour computer help desk and a national network of computer professionals.

Alex is the Manager, Technology at Gresham Advisory Partners. Gresham is a leading Australian merchant bank that specializes in Corporate Advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring & Repositioning, Debt & Equity Capital and Strategic Advice. The Gresham Australasian Media & Communications Fund has $122 million of committed capital in two funds focused upon traditional and new media, telecommunications and electronic commerce.

Alex sits on the National Innovation Awareness Council reporting to the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources and the Hon Peter McGauran MP, Minister for Science.

Alex is the Chairman of the Youth Hub, part of the IT Skills Hub, a collaborative effort between the IT industry and government to address IT education and training issues.

Alex was the youngest ever columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald at age 16 and was named among the Sydney Morning Herald's "People to watch in 1998". He was nominated as a finalist in the 1998 Young Australian of the Year Awards, was winner of the NSW 1999 Young Australian of the Year Awards for Career Achievement and was included among Cosmopolitan Australia's 1999 list of "Most successful people under 30".

In 1997 he was awarded the Telstra/Australian Financial Review 'Australian Internet Award for Outstanding Achievement'.