About us

Our Origin Story

Kaiso was born from a simple observation: ISO certification is critical for growing businesses, but the process hasn't kept up. Everyone selling into it was selling you either a tool to do it yourself or hours to have it done. We decided to sell the outcome you actually want — walking into your audit ready — and take responsibility for getting you there.

Our Mission

To make ISO certification fast, affordable and painless for every business — by pairing AI that does the heavy lifting with subject-matter experts who stand behind the result.

Our Vision

To be how Australian businesses get ready for certification — not the software they buy to attempt it, but the firm that carries the work for them and keeps quality management running in their day-to-day.

The team

Meet the Kaiso team

Derek Sheen

Co-Founder

Angel investor and serial entrepreneur. Former experience at Marlin Brands in private equity and founder of Yellow Octopus, a scaled e-commerce business. Drives strategic vision through deep stakeholder management and commercial instinct.

Matt Lawry

Co-Founder

Former General Manager at Yellow Octopus with deep expertise in digital marketing, customer relations, and process optimisation across high-growth e-commerce environments.

Aaron Phan

CTO

Data scientist and developer with previous roles at Seek and NAB. Oversees Kaiso's technology development, ensuring the platform leverages cutting-edge solutions to solve real compliance problems.

Ivan Wowk

Head of Product Design

Product designer with deep experience shaping complex digital systems. Previously Principal Product Designer at Service NSW, where he led design on services handling 76M+ user interactions annually. Brings deep expertise in UX strategy, design systems, and translating regulatory complexity into intuitive workflows.

Ready for your audit?

Tell us where you're at. We'll tell you what it takes and what it costs.

That's everything.
Kobi's ready when you are.