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About Galileo

Australia's full-pipeline AI workforce firm.

Since 2009 we've partnered with ASX-listed Australian businesses through every major IT and business technology shift: ERP modernisation, cloud migration, SaaS rollouts, digital transformation, and data platform builds. Today we run the full AI pipeline. Salary intelligence, the $50K Discovery, AI Workforce Transformation, custom Claude-built software, AI Avatars, and a curated marketplace of certified specialists.

$50K
Discovery, 3 weeks
$100K+
Workforce Transformation
12
Core AI roles
100s
Certified specialists

Our journey

Sixteen years of Australian technology transformation.

We did not pivot to AI last year. The platform is the natural evolution of deep market knowledge and enterprise relationships through every major IT shift since 2009.

Galileo journey timeline: 2009 to 2014 enterprise IT placement, 2014 to 2020 cloud and digital, 2020 to 2024 cloud-native and data, 2024 to now AI workforce transformation with the P1 to P4 pipeline and Anthropic Partner Network.

2009 to 2014

Enterprise IT placement, the unglamorous decade.

Galileo opened in 2009 placing senior technology professionals into ASX-listed Australian enterprises during the ERP modernisation and early virtualisation cycle. SAP and Oracle rollouts. Datacentre consolidation. The slow, expensive plumbing work that made the cloud era possible.

  • ERP modernisation programs across financial services, retail, and government
  • Datacentre consolidation, virtualisation, early SaaS adoption
  • Senior contract and permanent placement, deep ASX-listed enterprise relationships

2014 to 2020

Cloud, mobile, digital transformation.

AWS Sydney landed in 2012, Azure followed in 2014. Every enterprise we served re-platformed. Mobile-first redesigns, DevOps, SaaS adoption, and the first generation of true digital transformation programs. We staffed cloud architects, DevOps leads, and mobile engineering teams through the whole migration cycle.

  • AWS and Azure migrations across mid-market and enterprise
  • Mobile-first redesigns, DevOps practices, SaaS-led re-platforming
  • Digital transformation programs across financial services, retail, professional services

2020 to 2024

Cloud-native, data platforms, hybrid work.

COVID forced hybrid work overnight, and data platforms moved from project to permanent. Cloud-native architectures, Snowflake and Databricks rollouts, cybersecurity uplifts, automation programs. We placed data engineers, security leads, and automation specialists into the firms doing the heaviest internal lifts.

  • Cloud-native architecture, Snowflake and Databricks platform builds
  • Cybersecurity uplifts, APRA CPS 230/234 readiness, identity modernisation
  • Process automation and intelligent document processing programs

2024 to now

AI workforce transformation, full pipeline.

Generative AI changed the question from 'who do we hire?' to 'how do we deploy?'. We built the platform pipeline to answer both. P1 Salary Intelligence (22,008 live records). P2 Business Case Generator (Discovery in 3 weeks). P3 Workforce Transformation (Cowork deployment). P4 Marketplace (hundreds of certified specialists). Anthropic Partner Network applicant. Sydney Anthropic office live March 2026.

  • $50K Discovery: 3-week onsite scoping, board-ready business case
  • AI Workforce Transformation from $100K+: Cowork, plugins, training, governance
  • Galileo Reviewed marketplace: 12 core AI roles, hundreds of certified specialists
  • Custom Claude-built software from $25K, Avatars from $15K

Leadership group

Sydney-based. Senior throughout.

Four leaders, sixteen years of Australian technology and recruitment leadership between them.

Damien Minehan

Managing Director

Strategy, platform, partnerships.

Partners with ASX-listed Australian businesses on large, complex IT and business technology transformation programs. Sixteen years across ERP, cloud, mobile, digital, and data platform shifts. Led Galileo's pivot to AI in 2024 and the four-platform pipeline architecture from 2025. Sydney-based, hands-on across every engagement.

Matt Deacon

Head of Operations

Delivery, infrastructure, security, finance ops.

Owns the operational backbone: P1 to P4 platform reliability, Australian privacy and APRA CPS 230/234 compliance posture, finance and engagement-delivery infrastructure. The reason engagements ship on time and audits pass clean.

Matt Franke

Head of Talent

Search arm, marketplace vetting, candidate pipeline.

Leads the recruitment arm and the Galileo Reviewed marketplace. Owns the 6-step verification process for every specialist on the marketplace and the 74-role taxonomy that powers both Search and the salary tool. Sixteen years of Australian tech-recruitment specialism.

Matt Crossley

Head of Partnerships & Client Development

Logic arm business development, advisory engagements, channel partners.

Owns Logic-arm partnerships, the Anthropic Partner Network relationship, and the channel-partner pipeline. Brings enterprise software channel experience and is responsible for the Discovery-to-Implementation conversion across the mid-market portfolio.

Our principles

Three principles that anchor every engagement.

Pricing transparency. Real Australian market data. Augmentation over replacement.

$500K assessment work for $50K.

Big-four equivalents charge $300K to $500K for an AI strategy assessment. We deliver the same scope in three weeks for $50K, with our AI Lead onsite and a free custom AI Business Analyst Avatar demo before you commit. You keep the validated business case, costed team plan, timelines, and project scope whether you proceed with us or run it internally.

Right-sized teams, real Australian data.

22,008 live salary records across 74 AI roles, 6 cities, and 7 company sizes. Sixteen years of placement evidence underneath every recommendation. Startups ship AI with 4 roles, enterprises run all 12. APRA-regulated firms double down on governance. The Galileo Reviewed marketplace is the minimum viable team to deliver, not a staffing pipeline.

Augment your people. You own everything.

AI Workforce Transformation ships per-employee Cowork plugins generated from real workflows, not bulk role replacement. Custom Claude-built software, Avatars, and plugins are yours forever. No per-seat fees, no vendor lock-in, no escrow. Multi-vendor capable: Claude leads, OpenAI and Gemini deploy where they fit. Your people are the firm. AI is the tool.

Trusted by leading Australian organisations

  • Harvey Norman
  • GWF
  • Smart Group
  • CHG Meridian
  • Blackmores
  • Temple & Webster
  • ACS
  • NFS
  • Shopback
  • Vestone Capital

Two arms, one engagement

Build, or hire, your AI capability.

$50K Discovery for the build. Permanent or contract for the hire. Talk to a Sydney team within 24 hours.

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