Big Red Group appoints Brent Rutherford to CTO

Experience marketplace Big Red Group has hired Brent Rutherford as the newly created role of chief technology officer.

Rutherford will lead the organisation through its next phase of growth - powered by first-party data and a technological transformation across the brands.

The appointment comes as Big Red Group is undergoing a transformation of its e-commerce experience for suppliers and consumers across its suite of brands.

Rutherford’s role will be focused on creating a technology-first environment that supports business goals, and building a platform that delivers an end-to-end customer and supplier experience to match the incredible experiences the company offers.

Rutherford’s background includes helping scale technology and business operations in large yet rapidly growing companies such as Dell and Apple, and has also held senior roles in technology solutions companies. With a customer-first approach, Rutherford is passionate about creating moments for customers that go beyond their expectations.

Big Red Group co-founder and CEO, David Anderson said, “We’ve made exciting acquisitions over the last five years, and now as the leading experience marketplace across ANZ, we’re looking to modernise our infrastructure as we turn our attention to the next period of growth for us and our supplier community.

“With five e-commerce marketplaces that deliver an experience to a customer every 25 seconds and an existential crisis facing many of our suppliers post Covid, we’re eager to build world-class infrastructure that will support a broader range of services for suppliers and help us reach our goals of delivering an experience every second by 2030.”

Rutherford said, “As a values-driven business, and with the recent appointment of a CSO in Jemma Fastnedge, we’re on the path to growth through doing good and great. In the projects on the roadmap for the technology team, there is a great opportunity to significantly contribute to the success of a company at such a pivotal moment in its history, in such an exciting industry.”