About Us
RipeOnline Pty Ltd comprises a core team of seasoned practitioners with wide-ranging business, communication, IT and training skills. We work collaboratively, bringing teams together around your brief to ensure the best possible outcome.
We specialise in using new technologies to enable global collaboration, capability building and online community development. In practice, this involves helping our clients cultivate positive ongoing relationships with their constituents, relationships through which they can connect, learn and grow together.
Our mission is to create engaging online environments which not only attract but also retain users. Research shows massive churn but little traction in the online environment. Attracting users is the easy part; keeping them requires commitment and strategy. RipeOnline's user-focussed methodology ensures that instant attraction is backed up by enduring appeal.
We understand that the process of invigorating a client's web presence often has ramifications for other aspects of their operation. Our service includes holistic mentoring and support through this transition process to embed the internet as a central business and customer relationship management tool.
Our international client base spans the environment, tourism, arts and culture, education and training sectors.
In a nutshell:
- We deliver online solutions to help you adapt and grow
- We listen to your objectives and translate them into a tailor made solution that is creative, cost-effective and user-friendly
- Our team is experienced, professional, highly skilled and inventive. When appropriate, we also enlist international specialists to realise the full potential of your project
- We have a track record of success in developing collaborative online and eLearning solutions in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors
Our core team
Tess Dryza
Director
Tess works with commercial and not-for-profit clients, assisting them to adapt and grow. Her approach is invigorating and creative. She has over twelve years experience in the interactive industry as a creative director, senior producer and instructional designer on a broad range of high-end commercial and not-for-profit accounts. She has created a range of dynamic online communities and eLearning solutions for a diverse spectrum of users including corporate banking analysts, financial advisors, teachers, arts managers, artists, flight attendants, primary, secondary and tertiary students and train drivers. Tess draws on her rich professional practice including community cultural development, cross cultural communication, digital design, online education and training and interactive community development. Previously she was the Creative Director of ZIVO NSW and the Open Training and Education Network (OTEN), working on large scale corporate and educational web projects on accounts. She holds an M.A in Design - Digital Media and a B.A in Communications (Marketing and Theatre/Media). Tess is available for consulting, conferences, seminars and leading workshops.
Pippa Dickson
Project Manager
Pippa is an experienced project manager and designer with a strong background in developing initiatives for government agencies and the private sector across tourism, education, arts and culture and manufacturing. She has successfully conceived national and international projects and implemented strategies and pathways to deliver ongoing value. She regularly contributes to Australian design journals and is a member of the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board and the Furniture Designers' Association. Her magnanimous approach and capabilities often result in invitations to judge awards. Pippa has travelled extensively and believes in the ability of the online environment to connect people and bright ideas. She holds a BA in Political Science and Asian Studies and a PhD in Fine Arts.
Joel Winter
Company Manager
Joel is a seasoned logistics and project manager, with a background in Education, Environmental Management and Photography. He has managed large and small scale initiatives for a broad range of corporate and not-for-profit clients, most notably as National Projects Manager for Landcare Australia Ltd. Joel is a widely published professional photographer and educational writer. He holds a BSc in Geology and Marine Science Univ. Sydney.