Our story
It all started one Christmas on the farm when brother-in-law Luke and Marc shared a beer and tried to solve a problem.
Luke was frustrated with having his team maintain paper service records (logbooks) and collectively trying to remember which piece of machinery had been serviced and when.
Luke wanted to quickly check when a machine was last serviced. It should be easy! Given his prior skills with Excel and Access, he had built something that worked but required technicians to go into the office. Most of the team found it challenging to use, and not intuitive to their normal workflow.
Marc saw the challenge Luke and his team were having and set about designing an easy to use record keeping application that people in the workshop could use on their mobile phones. AgOps was born.
Marc Solomon
Co-founder and Techie
Starting his career as a management accountant Marc quickly found it wasn’t for him and his passion was Technology.
As Director, Data and Analytics for a large multinational Marc led teams of software engineers developing Hybrid and SaaS applications.
Marc is passionate about technology and how it enables people to do more.
Luke Stower
Co-founder and Farmer
Day-to-day Luke manages a large cotton operation in Queensland, Australia but still plays an active role in the development of the AgOps application.
Before returning to the land, Luke qualified as a Chartered Accountant and spent several years in London as a financial analyst working in the banking industry.
Luke is Mallawa Irrigation Chairman.
AgOps is made with 💚 in Australia
The future of AgOps
We believe there are many challenges on a farm, and we have started with something simple-ish to build upon. We recognise that AgOps doesn’t do everything farmers want and need at the moment. However, we have used the latest web and mobile application technologies meaning our application will keep growing to meet the needs of the business farmer.
Where we develop the application further will be dependent on you, our customers. If you use AgOps and want to see a new feature then talk to us. We love to listen and understand more.
We look forward to working with you.