BEN HAMEY

Bonobo is humbled to be working with LIFX on reinventing the lightbulb.

We’d love to tell you that product development is like baking muffins but it really isn’t. At Bonobo we embrace the iterative nature of design, an agile approach to code, and a lean approach to execution. It threads us together, into who we are and how we approach creating killer products.

Bonobo is a team with a veritable Venn-diagram of skills who work hard and love what we do. To make the very best products, we’ve surrounded ourselves with a hand picked list of make-things-happen-ers from all over the world.

With over 30 apps released to date, our experience draws from a broad base of client work, collaborative partnerships, and sometimes by simply following our own noses.

Our recent successes include the “PostSecret” App, a collaboration between Bonobo and Frank Warren, letting you anonymously share and read secrets around the world. PostSecret entered the overall App Store charts at #1, remaining the top-ranked social networking app for several months. Our other favourite Bonobo apps include “iBoost - Make Your Car Sound Turbo” (#1 paid App on the Japanese Store), and Zilla, a digital dashboard modelled on the GTR (#1 Navigation App in 11 countries).

We’re proud to have developed apps with the fantastically awesome people at Roamz, ABC, Discovr Music and many more.

We work with individuals, companies and likeminded investors that share our passion for great design, innovation & brave ideas.

• Key instigator of fundamental strategic change of the company to broaden from the urban planning space into new media and mass market software (Mycosm)
• Instrumental in securing a $1.9m USD capital raise
• Co-Inventor of a patent for Mycosm technology (Australia granted, USA pending)
• Designed the user interface, user experience and information architecture for complex desktop software and web applications
• Oversaw software development team to fulfil product design, technological and commercial requirements
• Created product marketing strategies and responsible for campaign execution
• Managed sponsorship and events at 6 large international trade shows and numerous smaller events
• Performed business analysis in difficult emerging markets to identify opportunities and threats
• Forged new strategic relationships in technology acquisition and general business development, both domestic and overseas
• Responsible for brand development of new and existing entities (identity design, architecture and implementation across the company)