About RiPLTec
Ripltec is the joint venture between Incept Labs and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
Ripltec™ is a technology platform that the IPA and its members use in a variety of ways:
- To record progress towards professional status
- To consistently and efficiently recognise and award credit for prior learning
- To record CPD hours, and
- To allow the IPA to assess skilled migration applicants by mapping their credentials against the body of knowledge
Creating the ecosystem for recognition
The unmet need of accounting students is not to study. It is to obtain the credentials that allow them to get a job. Ripltec™ is an AI enabled engine that maps credentials (in a variety of forms) to educational standards. Ripltec™ allowed the IPA to author a professional qualification that is enabled by unlocking skills acquired through prior learning. Ripltec™ is the future of recognition in professional qualifications.
Our Approach
Thinking differently about problems allows us to build differently. We challenge orthodoxies to create robust and practical solutions for all the stakeholders in the educational ecosystem.
Our Mission
To empower individuals by unlocking their skills and qualifications for fast and consistent recognition of prior learning. Removing barriers to employment, advancement and mobility: connecting individuals with institutions and accrediting bodies across industries.
Our Vision
Unlocking skills and empowering futures for millions of aspirational lifelong learners.
The Team
Mark Runnalls
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Mark leads the team and is working closely with the Board to execute the organisational strategy for Ripltec to help millions of learners around the world unlock skills and empower futures. He has worked in Australia and the UK at senior levels for over thirty years across the government, education, consulting, property and technology sectors. Formerly a partner in EY Australia, where he was National Director of Innovation.
Tony Parezanovic
chief technology officer
Tony is Ripltec’s CTO, he is passionate about aligning deep technology expertise with business strategy to drive growth and improve organisational efficiency. With a background in digital transformation, cloud adoption, blockchain, smart contracts, and software development has a proven track record of successfully implementing cutting-edge technology in various industries.
Dr. David Allen
chief knowledge officer
David is Ripltec’s Chief Knowledge Officer. An experienced researcher and scientist in the fields of health, education, data and applied ontology, David brings a human-centric and scientifically rigorous approach to Ripltec’s technology development and business philosophy.
Robert Cooper
Company Secretary
Robert Cooper is the Company Secretary for Ripltec working with the Board of Directors and CEO. Robert has worked with Dr Rob Kay at Incept Labs for over a decade as a social researcher and consultant.
The Board
Dr. Robert Kay
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Dr Robert Kay is the Managing Director of Incept Labs and Founder & Director of Ripltec.
With deep expertise in both industry and academia. Formerly the Head of Strategic Innovation at Westpac Banking Corporation; a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Organisational Development at the University of Technology, Sydney. Establishing Incept Labs in 2008, Robert has co-authored multiple studies of leadership, organisational resilience, innovation, and corporate governance.
His early research focused on experiential curriculum design for the development of 21st Century learning and he has been involved in numerous evaluations of school transformation and professional development programs across South Australia, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Malaysia, including multiple studies of Indigenous education. Robert leads the ongoing research partnership Incept Labs has with the UN Economic Social Commission Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) and Monash University.
Robert holds a first-class honours in experiential curriculum design and worldview change, whilst his PhD involved the application of biological systems theory to improving learning and resilience in organisations.
Andrew Conway FIPA
DIRECTOR
Andrew is one of two IPA directors on the Ripltec Board. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). Prior to working with the IPA, Andrew was an Australian Government Treasury Ministry Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor. He also serves as Adjunct Professor at Deakin University Business School, a Professor of Accounting at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Additionally, he serves on the Department of Foreign Affairs Ministerial Advisory Council on Free Trade Agreement Negotiations.
Brett Maloney FIPA FFA
DIRECTOR
Mr. Maloney currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer for the IPA and is one of two IPA appointed directors to the Ripltec Board.
Prior to joining the IPA Mr. Maloney held senior finance roles in Australia and the UK obtaining commercial experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Distribution and Service sectors in both privately held and listed companies.
Mr. Maloney is a Fellow of both the Institute of Public Accountants, the Institute of Financial Accountants (UK) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He joined the IFAC PAO Development & Advisory Group in January 2025.
Contact
Suite 3.01, 55 Miller Street, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia