Technology meets Industry Expertise
Pinpoint valuations at speed
IDS is a proudly-Australian team of technologists and industry experts who are passionate about helping our clients use property data to solve their commercial and regulatory requirements. We believe that there should be no compromise when it comes to speed and accuracy, and build solutions for our customers that power lightning-fast insights that can be applied with the confidence of pinpoint accuracy.
Our Team
Louie Psaroulis
Co-Founder/General Manager
Louie is a valuation, risk and lead generation expert with over 30 years experience, high-level client networks and deep domain knowledge, and a track record of delivering platforms and products in the marketing, insurance, finance, valuation and property information industries.
Louie is the co-inventor of Australia’s first patented desktop valuation solution (‘EVR’), which deployed Australia’s first valuation panel management function, and the developer of Australia’s first valuer workflow management (‘ValuersNet’) and lender valuation management (‘ValuersLink’) platforms.
Louie was the founding MD of CoreLogic RP Data’s financial services division after its acquisition of Pacific Property Technologies (EVR) and Tele Image (ValuersNet & ValuersLink).
Mike Thanos
Co-Founder/General Manager
Mike is a mortgage industry, technology, and outsourcing specialist who began his career as a solicitor.
With 20 years experience delivering loan processing and property settlement solutions to Australian banks and law firms, Mike has the distinction of being a co-founder of LIXI Limited, the Australian lending industry data exchange standards body.
With his deep knowledge of the mortgage life-cycle and technologies that help to automate and streamline it, Mike has consulted to major listed companies in North America, India and Australia on their mortgage technology product strategies within Australia and abroad.
Chris Spanos
Director, Corporate Strategy
Chris has over 15 years experience as a solicitor, including a graduate role at a top-tier law firm for 4 years, PPT’s General Counsel for 3 years, and Senior Legal Council at CoreLogic RP Data for 6 years.
Chris specialises in negotiating procurement & licensing agreements, intellectual property, competition law, and mergers & acquisitions with a focus on the property information, valuation and software-as-a-service industries.
Before leaving CoreLogic RP Data to join IDS, Chris was Head of Valuation & Government Solutions for 2 years, where he focused on developing products and sales strategies for the valuation and government sectors.
Noel Taylor
Director, Commercial Strategy
A senior management professional with over 20 years' experience in resourcing and leading multi-disciplinary teams, engaging and managing complex stakeholders and overseeing high-value contracts. Noel has a depth of strategic management experience in large scale corporate environments, as well as small scale non-profits.
Noel is a leading international expert in the field of modernising land and property registries and cadastral systems, from business area analysis through policy development and digital disruption of government services.
Leigh Oliver
Head of Product
Leigh is a product specialist with over 14 years’ experience across the Australian property & technology sectors, focusing on platforms, analytics and mobility.
With a diverse background in logistics, financial markets, real estate and valuations, Leigh brings a unique knowledge of the key motivators in the government, finance, property and valuation industries that drive innovation throughout the mortgage and valuation life cycles.
Leigh has delivered industry-first solutions that are critical to the workflow of Australia’s largest financial institutions and government regulatory bodies. Before joining IDS from Thomson Reuters, Leigh worked in the product team at CoreLogic RP Data and as an Analyst at Macquarie Bank.
Dr. Matthew Hardman - Director Analytics
With a PhD in Mathematics from The University of Sydney, Matt has worked in senior quantitative roles throughout banking and funds management since 2002.
Matt has modelled market, credit and operational risk, helping support lender risk management strategies through hedging / calculating regulatory and economic capital for Basel 2 compliance. Matt also consulted to derivatives traders before joining fund manager Rismark as Head of Research in 2007.
At Rismark, Matt was responsible for developing tradable property indices, designing AVMs, modelling and managing risk/return in the equity mortgage fund, economic analysis/forecasting, and developing structured products using property portfolios & derivatives. Matt has authored 4 business method patents.
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IDS is part of the Domain Group.
Domain offers an ecosystem of leading multi-platform property solutions and delivers property marketing solutions for residential, new development and commercial properties, plus the latest market intel.
Australian Property Monitors is part of the Domain Group. APM is one of the largest property information providers in Australia and the trusted source of property information for many leading banking institutions and property professionals across the country.
APM collect and manages data from a range of property based data and imagery sources, including Government agencies, industry professionals, mapping providers and many public and private databases across Australia.
The Municipal Group of Valuers MGV is the peak industry body for valuers providing services to local government. MGV plays a pivotal role in provision and advancement of rating valuations in Victoria. We are proud to sponsor the MGV Emerging Leader Award which acknowledges, encourage and, most importantly, promotes the positive contribution made to the property valuation industry by property professionals engaged in municipal valuations.
Callpoint Spatial is our PSMA/Geoscape data partner.
