Pax8's Danni Munro departs; Upwind expands to APJ; Davinia Simon joins Databricks

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Thursday April 30, 2026

Editor's Note

At Pipeline, we spend a lot of time talking seriously about the pressures of running a tech business. So it feels only fair to make a little room for something less serious too.

At Carnival in Paradise on night two of next week's Pipeline event, we’re introducing the Pipeline Polar Bears dunk tank, proudly sponsored by Kaseya, with all proceeds going to the Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter. If there’s someone in your orbit you know will be at Pipeline and who deserves a brief and public meeting with cold water – the boss with too many “quick chats”, the colleague who lives in reply-all, or the vendor with a case to answer – you can nominate them.

It’s $500 for three shots, all for charity, and you’ll need to nominate your dunk-ees and why they should take the plunge. You can nominate them using this link or use the link in the Pipeline 2026 app.

There’s a good cause behind it and possibly a bit of catharsis too.

- William Maher, Editor

 

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Davinia Simon becomes Databricks' public sector lead for ANZ

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Previously head of channel and alliances for ANZ at AWS.

 

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Specialising in product security and cryptographic certifications.

 

Theo Hourmouzis joins Anthropic as GM of ANZ

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Pipeline 2026: Game Changers

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