Tandem respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Wathaurung, Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin nation and pay respect to their elders past, present and emerging.
We're about using data for positive change.
We apply a moral and ethical compass to the organisations we work with and how we go about doing it.
Our story.
Like you, we are driven by our mission.
While working in the not-for-profit sector we saw passionate people weighed down by the complexity of the digital economy. Struggling with reporting requirements. Fed up with complicated, inaccessible databases. Overwhelmed with poorly integrated systems and inefficient processes.
People dragged away from the core purpose of the organisation.
The absence of data strategy and the complex, poorly integrated systems we dealt with left us frustrated. We were also disenchanted by technical support agencies who rarely understood what really matters to a purpose driven organisation—its mission.
We noticed it’s extremely rare to see data optimised to support the primary purpose of the organisation.
We’re about changing this.
Our goal is to create purpose-led data and analytics to help organisations that are agents for social change execute their mission by connecting their data and purpose.
We’re here to help you measure what matters most by building transformative analytics platforms for your organisation based on data-driven strategies. Platforms that are grounded in good design, that favour simplicity over complexity. Data and analytics systems that evolve with you, not uniform solutions.
We get your purpose and data working in tandem towards your mission, not against it, so you can deliver greater social impact.
This unlocks your data and helps you tell your story of social change.
The tandem team
Our team of talented data professionals are united by one goal: connecting an organisation's purpose and data to help them make sense of complexity and uncover bold paths forward.
Michael Noonan
Director, Strategy
I’ve been fortunate to have a career that combines my two passions, data and strategy.
After years travelling the world with my snowboard in tow chasing the winter, I trained as a social researcher, and worked in a consultancy firm helping large organisations solve their biggest strategic problems.
I evaluated national policy and program initiatives, provided advice on strategy, and devised frameworks and approaches for governments and other organisations to assess their impact. I was trained to ask the right questions and to always scratch under the surface to uncover the real story behind the data.
Later in my career I discovered my second passion and became more involved in data and technology. I was fortunate enough to work with progressive organisations around transformation strategy and implementation, where I was responsible for the kind of large-scale data and digital transformations that are essential to enable complex organisations to succeed in the digital economy.
Working for years with various organisations on difficult problems has taught me one thing: when making strategic decisions some organisations rely excessively on intuition, others too much on pure numbers. But I believe that good decision-making happens when the intuitions of people and data are balanced in tandem.
My goal is to help organisations connect their data to their purpose to increase their sustainability. I help organisations who do good in the world create elegant, simple and transformative analytics platforms that help measure their impact and support their mission.
Because I believe that increasing data-driven capabilities can help organisations grow and continue to solve some of society’s most important issues.
Outside of work I love spending time at home with my wife, two beautiful daughters and Figaro, our cat. I also enjoy giving back through my volunteer role as chairperson of WCIG, a not-for-profit organisation focused on reducing disadvantage through employment opportunities for marginalised people.
I’m also obsessed with the electric guitar, which I play in an eight-piece funk band.