ICT Infrastructure & Professional Services | Cybersecurity | Recruitment Services
We are dedicated to developing employment opportunities for women and Indigenous Australians in the ICT sector by developing the expertise and experience of the people we work with.
Our Point River Placement Program offers a range of employment opportunities to Indigenous Australians working across a variety of areas in the Corporate Sector.
Network Routing & Switching Solutions, Software Defined Networking, Wireless Networks
Unified Communications, Video Conferencing Solutions, Contact Centres
Compute, Storage, HCI, software defined data centres
Connectivity, collaboration and security solutions for cloud
Staff Augmentation, service desk, specialised managed services
Project Management Services
Like every aspect of our business, the brand was very carefully considered and holds great meaning for us. It is intrinsic to our core values, our history and the path we now find ourselves on.
Point refers to Darlington Point where Melissa’s Mother, grandparents and great grandparents grew up. Tracing her heritage back to the Warangesda Aboriginal Mission and Brungle, Melissa fondly remembers her trips back to “the Point” with her brother and sister to share time with her grandparents and extended family.
Surrounding the delivery of unparalleled professional services, we are committed to develop our capabilities, enhancing our communities and providing fantastic opportunities for Indigenous people who work with us and engage with technology, business and government.
River refers to the mighty Murrumbidgee that flows through Darlington Point and past the Mission. The river represents our journey, starting and building our business, developing our capability, knowledge and experience and delivering outstanding constantly evolving solutions for our clients. Finally, the river represents the flow of information, between our company and your business to ensure that we understand your requirements and you have all the information you need to make the best decisions and get the greatest results.
Networks describes the way we do business and the criticality of our connections with our clients, suppliers, business partners, community and the environment. We aim to create a strong network of organisations and individuals that share our vision, our values, our passion and our focus on delivering amazing client outcomes, providing incredible opportunities for Indigenous people and enhancing our communities.
melissa.lacey@pointriver.com.au
Melissa is a proud Wiradjuri woman who was born and raised in Canberra. After graduating from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2002, Melissa completed the Public Service Indigenous Cadetship with the Department of Human Services. In 2005, Melissa took on a role with a leading accounting firm and developed robust skills in a range of financial services, eventually specialising in Internal and External Audit and Forensic Accounting services.
In 2009, Melissa returned to the public sector and took up an Assistant Director role focused on providing budgeting and financial forecasting services for a major Federal department.
Throughout her career, Melissa has aspired to build and lead a business that can be shaped by her professionalism, dedication and values. The opportunity to team up with her great friend, Sally, was too good to pass up.
In 2021, Melissa won both Indigenous Business Woman of the Year and Innovation Business Woman of the Year at the Rubik3 Canberra Women in Business Awards.
melissa.lacey@pointriver.com.au
Melissa is a proud Wiradjuri woman who was born and raised in Canberra. After graduating from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2002, Melissa completed the Public Service Indigenous Cadetship with the Department of Human Services. In 2005, Melissa took on a role with a leading accounting firm and developed robust skills in a range of financial services, eventually specialising in Internal and External Audit and Forensic Accounting services.
In 2009, Melissa returned to the public sector and took up an Assistant Director role focused on providing budgeting and financial forecasting services for a major Federal department.
Throughout her career, Melissa has aspired to build and lead a business that can be shaped by her professionalism, dedication and values. The opportunity to team up with her great friend, Sally, was too good to pass up.
Having worked with Point River Networks over the last 5+ years, we (Capital Easy Finance and Leasing and Reuse-Recycle IT) have found them to be very knowledgeable, professional and their communication skills in their requirements have been excellent, which makes it a pleasure to work and assist Point River Networks in their future endeavours.
James Falzon (CEO) and Mario Grech (GM RRIT)
We've been working closely with the Ladies at Point River for the past few months and they've been great.
Anna, Qalitas