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Our story: Over three decades of practical training design and delivery

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Award-winning. Experienced. Australian-Owned.

Training should change how people actually work, not just fill a session with information – this was the clear belief that CTO was founded with.

Ever since, we have grown into one of the most trusted professional training companies that organisations across Australia count on. We design and deliver customised workplace training programs to hundreds of organisations across every state, territory and sector.

Our pillars

Tara Raj

Business Development and Marketing Director

With strong expertise in hospitality and tourism, paired with sharp commercial instincts in business development, marketing, and client strategy, Tara brings an unusual combination to CTO. That background shapes how she approaches every client relationship – with the same attention to detail, personalisation and service standards she built her early career on. 

For Tara, a training solution is only as good as its fit and she works closely with clients to make sure every program is designed for maximum impact, not just maximum content. As Business Development and Marketing Director, she leads CTO’s growth strategy with the same focus she brings to client work – clear thinking, genuine relationships and outcomes that matter.

Rhonda Garvin

Business Development and Operations Director

Rhonda plays a central role at CTO, working across client relationships, program coordination and operations to ensure training runs smoothly from first conversation through to delivery. She works closely with organisations to shape practical training solutions while coordinating CTO’s national team of trainers.

With a background in programming and software development, Rhonda is a Microsoft 365 specialist with a strong focus on making complex technology practical and usable. She specialises in Microsoft Teams, Excel, OneNote and OneDrive, and brings a problem‑solver’s mindset to everything from workflow challenges to improving day‑to‑day efficiency.

Meet the experts behind CTO

CTO is proudly Australian-owned and operated. Our trainers are located across every Australian state, territory, and select international locations. Our team brings together specialists in Microsoft 365 technology training and professional development – the two distinct disciplines that most training providers treat as one. 

That breadth of genuine expertise, under one roof, is rare in the Australian training market.

Gordana Marinkovic
Pat Stanley
Stuart Mackay
Hayden Wall
Russ Norton
Ananda Sims
Ben Kirk
Cindy Da Silva
Judy Gleeson
Lisa Harrison
Ken Holzman
Steve Ellis

What we believe about training

At CTO, we hold a few principles that shape every program we design and every session we deliver

  • Training without application is just information
  • One size fits no one
  • The trainer makes the difference
  • Confidence is the outcome
  • Relationships matter

Delivering Training Across Australia & Beyond