Company Profile
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Our solutions maximise the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of agricultural water.
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1.5 million
Hectares of irrigated land managed with our technology

35,000
Products produced worldwide

1000’s
Of kilometres of canal automated

218
Patents across 21 jurisdictions

70,000
Function points in our water authority software

180
Water authority customers

17
Countries benefitting from our solutions

300 + Staff
Employed globally
Why we exist
Our Purpose
Making water available to the world.
Our Strategy
We do this by delivering solutions that maximise the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of agricultural water.
Our Vision
In doing so we will play a fundamental role in achieving global food security.
Our Values
These values are the guiding set of principles that define the way we do business and form the foundations of our company culture.
Collaboration
We work collectively to achieve the best outcomes for our customers.
Innovation
Our creative ingenuity makes us better, faster, first.
Commitment
We are fully committed to delivering on our promises.
Respect
We respect and value everyone we work with, and the contribution that they make.
Engagement
We all work with purpose, care and pride.
Our story
Rubicon Water has a vision to sustainably increase global food and fibre production through improved water use efficiency. We do this by delivering advanced technology to managers of gravity fed irrigation networks, enabling them to manage their water resources with unprecedented levels of efficiency and control. Irrigation authorities can now deliver accurately measured, constant high-flow, on-demand water to farmers utilising existing open channel systems while eliminating outfalls at the end of channels. With this level of service, farmers are better positioned to make irrigation management decisions, receiving the water their plants need, when they need it at the rate they need it, avoiding wastage and fertiliser runoff.
Rubicon is totally focussed upon improving large scale, gravity fed irrigation systems. This gives us a unique ability to provide our customers with solutions that are built exactly to solve the distinct and special problems that our customers face, unlike the traditional approach of adapting components that were designed for another purpose or another industry. Consequently our customers have the peace of mind that our solutions can be implemented quickly, cost effectively and with low risk.
To achieve our dedicated focus, we employ the widest range of specialists of any company in the field, a distinct advantage that Rubicon brings to our customers. These include civil, electrical, control and agricultural engineers, skilled radio frequency technicians, systems analysts, database experts and software programmers, SCADA design engineers, mechanical design draftsmen, expert electricians, solar power designers, machinists and boilermakers. All are focussed upon practically solving real-world problems and continuous improvement of our products and solutions.
Rubicon designs, develops, manufactures and tests all its own products and proudly boasts ISO 9001:2015 certification attesting to the highest standards in the process of design and manufacturing. Our research and development facility includes one of the largest hydraulic flow and testing laboratories of its type in the Southern Hemisphere where our meters and gates are tested to international standards. A wide array of global patents over new technology built into TCC™ components confirms our focus upon innovation and improvement in our solutions.
Our pioneering research into the hydraulic control of channels in collaboration with the University of Melbourne has led to many important breakthroughs in flow measurement and control theory and which have been recognised by governmental and academic awards including the prestigious Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Clunies Ross Awards. Today we jointly own the intellectual property of many patents with the University of Melbourne.
Established in 1995, Rubicon Water is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. To support our global expansion, we have offices and manufacturing facilities in India, New Zealand, Chile, USA, Spain, China and agents in many other countries. To date, Rubicon has designed, built and delivered over 35,000 control and measurement devices in TCC and FarmConnect™ systems sold to more than 180 customers in 17 countries.
Our solutions from source to crop
Board and CEO

Gordon Dickinson, Chairman
Gordon has over two decades of experience in the financial services industry. His experience includes 10 years at UBS, where he held the position of CEO and Chairman of UBS in Australia and New Zealand. Gordon was awarded the Centenary Medal by the Federal Government in 2001 for services to the financial services industry. He currently runs a family farming business and is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Wool Testing Authority. Gordon has been a shareholder and director of Rubicon since 2003. Gordon holds an Advanced Diploma in Farm Management.

Bruce Rodgerson, Chief Executive Officer
Bruce is a founding director and current CEO of Rubicon. Previously, as Operations Manager Bruce was responsible for the establishment of Rubicon’s manufacturing and project delivery business units. He also had a significant role as part of Rubicon’s marketing and business development team and managed Rubicon’s R&D programs.
In 2010, Bruce took over from founding Chief Executive, David Aughton, to lead Rubicon through its next stage of growth. Prior to the establishment of Rubicon in 1995, Bruce spent six years with the Victorian Rural Water Corporation. Bruce has a degree in Civil Engineering from RMIT.

David Aughton, Executive Director
David has more than 30 years’ experience in water irrigation and has been instrumental in bringing reform to the industry, particularly in the area of operations. He was Rubicon’s Managing Director from when it was founded in 1995 until 2010.
Prior to this, David held senior executive roles with the Rural Water Corporation in Victoria. David is currently an executive director with Rubicon with responsibilities for business development, strategy and R&D. David has a degree in Agricultural Engineering (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.

Lynda O'Grady, Independent Non-Executive Director
Lynda has 30 years’ experience in IT, telecommunications and media. Her executive career included roles at Telstra at the Executive/Managing Director level including as Chief of Product; Commercial Director of Australian Consolidated Press, the publishing subsidiary of PBL and General Manager of Alcatel Australia. Lynda served as the inaugural Chairman of the Aged Care Financing Authority and on the board of National Electronic Health Authority.
Currently, Lynda is a non-executive director of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, Wagners Holding Ltd and is a director of Avant Mutual Group and its subsidiaries. Lynda has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Iven Mareels , Independent Non-Executive Director
Iven Mareels is Director of the Centre of Applied Research, IBM (A/NZ) and honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne. Previously he was Director (IBM Research in Australia) 2018-2020 and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Melbourne 2007-2018.
He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia (EngExec, NER, CPEng), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, USA), the Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC, Austria) and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering – which he also serves as Director/Vice-President Audit & Risk, and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB, Belgium).
Iven has published widely, he has co-authored over 500 refereed publications, and is a co-inventor on some of the key patents that underpin Rubicon’s unique water management technology. Iven obtained the ir (equivalent to BEME) in Electro-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Gent, Gent Belgium in 1982 and the PhD in Systems Engineering from the Australian National University in 1987.

Tony Morganti, Independent Non-Executive Director
Tony has 30 years’ experience as a professional advisor in tax and M&A transactions and was previously a corporate tax partner at KPMG for 20 years, specialising in the agribusiness, telecommunications, media and mining industries.
Tony is currently the Chief Financial Officer of GS1 Australia Pty Ltd. Tony is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Chartered tax advisor and admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Tony has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree, Victoria University and a Master of Laws (Juris Doctor), Monash University.
Senior Management

Jason York, Chief Financial Officer
Jason has over 20 years’ experience in chartered accounting and corporate finance. He has led the finance function in both small and large multinationals, where he has successfully driven global expansion through the establishment and implementation of forecasting strategies, corporate structures and the re-engineering of integral internal processes.
Prior to joining Rubicon, Jason held the role of Vice President Finance (APAC) for ConvaTec, a global medical products company. Jason is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Les Ganci, General Manager – Commercial Operations
Les leads Rubicon’s sales, marketing and project delivery functions within Australia and internationally. He is focussed on developing and implementing strategies that drive company-wide growth.
Les moved into the role after six years as Rubicon’s CFO. Prior to joining Rubicon in 2010, Les held positions as European Financial Controller for NASDAQ-listed Primus Telecommunications and as Manager, General Accounting for Fosters Group. Les has a Bachelor of Business from RMIT.

Caroline Sabolek, General Manager - Human Resources
Caroline has more than 20 years’ experience in developing and implementing human resource strategies to build rigorous processes and high-performing workplace cultures. She has extensive experience in working with blue and white-collar workforces within Australia and across Asia Pacific, having previously worked for ConvaTec, Future Fund and Becton Property Group. Caroline has a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Business (Human Resource Management).

Dr Paul Spooner, General Manager – Design and Production
As General Manager of Design and Production, Paul leads Rubicon’s Engineering and R&D teams, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Supply Chain functions. Paul is an experienced and strategically driven senior manager, with a history of delivering sustained measurable value in start-up and mature businesses across multiple industries.
Paul has an extensive background in both commercial and technical disciplines, having previously worked with Bosch, Frontline Australasia and Solar Systems in general management, technical and operational leadership roles. He has a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and attended Harvard Business School Boston in their Program for Leadership Development.

Dr Jason Grant, General Manager – Software and IT
Jason leads Software and IT at Rubicon, and is busy transforming people, process, & technology. Previously, as Chief Architect at Agentis, he commercialised technology from the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute towards packaging and logistics. The AI used to coordinate booster rockets on the space shuttle was also sold to DHL. As CTO at Utiba, Jason developed a payment platform that processed 38 billion global transactions p/a. As Head of Engineering at Amdocs, Jason led a 230-person team who pioneered cloud-based SaaS solutions and DevOps.
Jason holds a PhD in physics and has written software used at supercollider facilities and nuclear reactors. He has studied CIO management at Carnegie Mellon (Washington DC), with awards and publications detailed on his LinkedIn page. Jason is proud to still be an active, hands-on software engineer.

Matt Ryan, General Manager - Technical Services
Matt is a founding Rubicon staff member and has 29 years’ experience in the water industry in both the urban and rural sectors. As General Manager of the Technical Services group, Matt leads a multidisciplinary team of specialists who provide technical support in the areas of solution development and design, control engineering, wireless data communications engineering and project management to the entire Rubicon business. Matt has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from RMIT