Our Team

Anna Pino

General Manager

Anna has spent the past 20 years involved with business development at various levels. Her interests in small and start up companies stems from growing up in a small business family and having spent many years dealing first hand with the ‘challenges’ that face these businesses.

Anna’s expertise ranges the full gamut of business issues from financial planning control and analysis, market definition and import/export strategies, human resource management through to stock control and purchasing structures. Anna’s approach is to be ‘hands on’ at all times.

Anna’s experience has seen her undertake varying roles including:

  • Establishing and assisting in the running a number of small business in their ‘start up’ stages;
  • Establishing R&D assessments for both public and private clients;
  • Providing ‘hands on’ business advice and advice to SME’s and corporate clients;
  • Spinning out ‘ideas’ and organizations from Research Institutions ;
  • Successfully preparing companies for external investment;
  • Developing intellectual property based products for business.
  • Successfully restructuring and managing a medium sized speciality allied health business.

Anna started her life working life as a Psychologist and found that relating the principles to the business environment to be her greatest interest. Anna has completed a number of additional studies including a Graduate Diploma in Computing (specialising in systems analysis and information systems) and a Master of Commerce in which her dissertation focused on the issues associated with capital raising for small business in Australia.

 

Cindy M. Reese

Business Development Manager

Since migrating to Australia from the USA, Cindy has worked as a GM for a growth technology training company, a BDM for an IT Systems Integrator and Investment Manager for an early-stage venture capital fund and incubator.

Cindy has a passion for the scientific method-- having been involved in graduate level research in microbiology, chemistry and medical entomology.

Dealing with cutting edge and emergent technologies, she finds an opportunity to apply her unique experience in business development and passion for science.

At Lighthouse, Cindy is responsible for providing strategic business advice to new tech-enabled businesses. Her areas of particular expertise are around helping get businesses ‘investor-ready’, sales and marketing.

 

Lyn Robbins

Finance and Administration Manager

Lyn has spent several years working as a finance/administration manager in small business and has gained accounting and taxation experience through her work as an assistant accountant in a small chartered accounting practice. Lyn is a member of the National Institute of Accountants.

Lyn’s role with Lighthouse is to look after the finances and the day-to-day administration.

 

 

 

Candice Edye

Marketing and Events Manager

With nearly two decades of marketing and small business experience, Candice Edye has developed a keen eye for how small businesses waste money on inconsistent and adhoc marketing and how they can turn this around for a more strategically focused organisation. As an entrepreneur who quickly built her own successful marketing training business, she empathetically helps other business owners set marketing priorities and create effective marketing plans.

Candice has run marketing workshops for hundreds of small business owners ranging from those who have just started in business to those who been in business for over 30 years. She is a regular guest blogger, speaker and writer and has been published and quoted in publications like Nett Magazine, Marketing Magazine, The Canberra Times, City News, The Chronicle, Canberra Weekly, The Business Mums Magazine, B2B in Canberra, ABC radio,  House and Garden Magazine, Mother & Baby Magazine and is regularly featured on the Handmade Market Blog. She also facilitates a small business support group and is a qualified trainer.