Mark Woodland
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Early Life
Mark Woodland is an Entrepreneur. He is also known as Mark Alexander Woodland. He was born in born June 28, 1982. He is an Australian business executive and retired Australian Army NCO who served in the Royal Australian Artillery and Australian Army Psychology Corps. He is the Chief Innovation Officer of Xplor. His military service included deployment as part of Operation Relex.
Education
Mark Woodland was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. and grew up in Queensland. His father, Paul Woodland, was an economist, and his mother, Fay, worked as a teacher. Woodland attended Bond University but did not complete his bachelor of Law.
Business Career
Mark Woodland Joined the Australian Army in 2003 serving in the Royal Australian Artillery Corps. During a training exercise, Mark Woodland injured himself and later transferred to the Australian Psychology Corps where he helped soldiers returning from war. In 2010 Woodland retired from the Australian Army to help his mother in her childcare business. Mark Woodland was responsible for the administration of the service, which deeply frustrated1him; this resulted in the development of the software platform Xplor.
Xplor
In January 2016, Mark Woodland and his mother sold thier 3 childcare businesses and Woodland then went on to found Xplor2, a software platform that removes administration from parents, educators and centres so they can focus on teaching and learning. 2https://dynamicbusiness.com.au/leadership-2/entrepreneur-profile/mark-woodland-on-xplor-the-edutechstart-up-that-evolved-out-of-his-22m-childcare-service.html 1 https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2017/06/01/can-software-revolutionise-childcare Xplor received funding3from Venture Capital Firm AirtreeVentures4and grew to become the second-largest childcare platform in Australia. Late in 2019 Xplor was acquired by Private Equity Group Advent International, who also owned the software platform QikKids. Woodland became CEO of the company and now leads the largest childcare software platform in Australia.
Media Articles
1. https://www.afr.com/young-rich/financial-review-young-rich-2017-20171020-gz4w8i 2. https://www.afr.com/young-rich/atlassian-cofounders-lead-young-rich-list-2018-20180918-h15jji 3. https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue+codes/news/the+2017+brw+young+rich+list+is+here,4 4700 4. https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/young-rich-list-2017-australias-top-100-wealt hiest-selfmade-citizens/news-story/5dcd18f89c49252b3de13250cebc840c 5. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/news/xplor-flurosat-among-the-winnersof-this-years-tech23-showcase/ 6. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/news/meet-23-innovative-australian-sta rtups-chosen-years-tech23-showcase/ 7. https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/xplor-and-kindynow-bring-tech-to-the-t oddler-market-20170830-gy76fj.html 8. https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2017/06/01/can-software-revolutionise-childcare 9. https://www.afr.com/young-rich/brw-young-rich-2016-20161026-gsb62m 10. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/5-things-you-need-to-know-in-australian-tech-todayv12-2016-8 11. https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/telstra-ceo-andy-penn-heads-the-top-20-list-of-business-l eaders-on-twitter-20160713-gq4hv3 12. https://womensagenda.com.au/ 13. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/advice/startupsmart-funding/melbournestartup-xplor-raises-6-million-without-even-having-to-approach-investors/ 14. https://www.afr.com/technology/child-care-tech-startup-xplor-raises-6m-to-keep-parentsconnected-20160728-gqftgz 15. https://dynamicbusiness.com.au/leadership-2/entrepreneur-profile/mark-woodland-on-xpl or-the-edutech-start-up-that-evolved-out-of-his-22m-childcare-service.html 16. https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/up-550pc-young-rich-lister-s-childcare -app-has-a-growth-spurt-20180710-p4zqmf.html 17. https://www.afr.com/technology/child-care-tech-startup-xplor-raises-6m-to-keep-parents-connected-2016 0728-gqftgz 18. https://www.afr.com/technology/child-care-tech-startup-xplor-raises-6m-to-keep-parents-connected-2016 0728-gqftgz
Social Media Links
1. https://twitter.com/MarkAWoodland 2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mawoodland 3. https://www.instagram.com/markawoodland/
Awards
1. EY Entrepreneur of the Year: https://getbusiness.com.au/2017s-top-victorian-entrepreneurs-revealed/
