Your partner in performance

Since 1996, F1 Solutions has been a trusted technology partner of government departments, businesses and not-for-profit organisations. We develop software that transforms industries. We design and implement complete cloud solutions. We manage and maintain IT systems and services. In doing so, we put businesses and their stakeholders on a fast track to the future.

Who are we?

F1 Solutions is a locally grown, right-sized organisation that above all else puts our customers and people first. We are flexible, understanding, local and outcomes focused.

We build easy-to-use systems that make our clients’ lives simpler, better and richer. It enables them to do more good, be more productive and drive transformational change.

By looking at problems holistically, we deliver high quality, future proofed, secure and scalable solutions.

We utilise our own full complement of locally based skills and expertise from our in-house industry subject matter experts, best-of-breed products and leading partners such as AWS and Microsoft.

Most importantly, we work with you to identify how good technology can drive your business.

Software Development

Powering efficiency, engagement and change

In a business environment fuelled by data, software is the engine. F1 Solutions partners with businesses to develop software to suit their requirements and aspirations. However, unlike many developers, we’re also trusted experts in IT infrastructure. We ensure your systems talk to each other.

Engineered to provide value beyond their individual purpose, integrated systems are far more valuable than the sum of their parts. Along the way, staff are engaged as laborious tasks are automated, customers are thrilled by greater consistency, functionality and individualisation, and stakeholders develop entirely new levels of trust.

That’s the power of the holistic approach, and that’s the F1 Solutions way

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Managed Services

Put your business in
pole position

F1 Solutions makes managed IT services simple, smart and safe with a flexible, all-in-one solution tailored to your requirements and available at a highly competitive, easy to manage, flat per-user fee.

Each plan removes administrative and resource costs and pressures from your business, allowing consistent forecasting, budgeting, cash flow and risk management. We’re your very own IT department, at a fraction of the cost.

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Cloud Services

Business anytime. Anywhere. Future proof.

With our partners Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure, we bring the power of the cloud to organisations seeking highly scalable, low-cost solutions that offer entirely new ways of working.

F1 Solutions manages the design, architecture, migration, integration and hosting. Along the way we ensure it all happens without interruption to current workflows. And we walk the talk – our own business is run within the AWS and Azure clouds.

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Systems Integration

Let data drive your success

To realise the true power of data, as all leading businesses are doing, systems integration is essential. Systems that don’t speak with each other to share vital information can’t provide critical insight, make customer experience consistent across all touchpoints, or be automated to save staff from arduous, low-value tasks.

As experts in software development and IT infrastructure, we take care of your integration needs holistically, ensuring interoperability of hardware, software and telecommunications. And we make it easy!

The result, a future-proofing of the organisation, is truly transformational.

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Software as a Service

Leaders in innovation

Sophisticated software built and managed by F1 Solutions, under our OmniStar brand, is now the leading SaaS applications in the multi-billion dollar grants, ethics and research industry.

As a result of massive implementation of this platform across numerous institutions, including the Federal Government agency NHMRC, state health departments including South Australia Health and New South Wales Health (NSW), and universities such as the University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Western Australia (UWA) and University of Queensland (UQ), we have deep, specialist knowledge around grants, ethics and research management.

We bring innovative ideas and solutions that are imagined and designed in-house to industry, helping organisations scale safely, adapt to new environments and meet constantly increasing customer expectations.

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You're in good company!

F1 Solutions has had the pleasure of working with some of the biggest and more versatile organisations, world wide. We're always excited about new challenges and connections as we continue to consistently deliver great products and services to our clients.

Meet our leadership team

Gustad Boman

Chief Executive Officer

Gustad Boman is a technology veteran who built F1 Solutions from a Government help desk in the late 1990s into a pioneering technology player. Before F1 Solutions, Gus was a senior sales executive and technologist at IBM. His vision is F1's growth into an international business powered by rich IP and “good technology that empowers clients to effect change and transform their futures”.

Zarthost Boman

Chief Operations Officer

Zarthost Boman is the driving force behind F1 Solutions 2.0. He is focused on achieving the true potential held in F1 Solutions’ IP and rich human capital. Zar has been responsible for F1 Solutions’ early adoption of .Net technologies, as well as the migration of OmniStar to the cloud and, most recently, its scale and growth strategic plans, Zar has boundless energy and enthusiasm for innovation, disruptive technology and strategic insight.

Cimi Peters

Chief Financial Officer

Cimi Peters has a wonderful way with people and often says ‘People may not remember what you said or did, but they will never forget how you made them feel’. Cimi heads two key portfolios at F1 Solutions, HR and Finance. She has single-handedly revamped most of the F1 Solutions internal systems and implemented a new ERP system that is central to the growth and scale aspirations of F1 into the future.

Gary Doecke

Director or Sales

Gary powers the sales function at F1 Solutions and has often worked shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, helping them make the journey from complex to simple through transformative solutions. Gary was appointed Head of Sales with F1 Solutions after he onboarded some of F1’s largest clients, including University of Queensland and South Australia Health.

Nikhil Ferreira

Director of Marketing

Nikhil Ferreira is the key mover behind F1's 'go-to-market' strategy and is responsible for the business’s new brand identity and website. With over 30 years experience in global markets, Nikhil has worked with the executive team to structure scale and growth initiatives that will grow F1 Solutions in Australia and beyond over the next decade.

Chris Maish

Chief Technology Officer

Chris is the brains behind the OmniStar Grants, Ethics and Research solutions at F1 Solutions. He has been instrumental in technology adoption and product development in software dev, infrastructure and SaaS. Chris became F1 Solutions’ CTO in 2019, after three years as our Enterprise Architect. Early in his career, Chris worked with Unisys as Dell Client Infrastructure Representative, prior to joining F1 Solutions in 2008.

Nicholas Bourke

Chief Architect, OmniStar

Nick architected OmniStar from the ground up from a single application into a platform with three distinct high value solutions for Grants, Ethics and Research. Primary interface to most clients Nick is cool and methodical in his approach. He is a rich source of information around grants giving, receiving, ethics governance and research management excellence.