Innovo expands sales team to meet enterprise demand

Specialist quality assurance and software testing consultancy Innovo has expanded its sales team as demand surges for AI-enabled testing solutions.

The new hires will focus on helping large Australian organisations overcome the testing bottlenecks created by rapid cloud application updates, ensuring security, performance, and compliance while accelerating software delivery through cutting-edge solutions.

Michael Lohmann and Trevor Murray join as senior sales executives along with Sarah Cody as sales executive. 

“Australian enterprises are recognising that to keep pace with development, their software testing challenges require agentic AI solutions – not just more manual processes or traditional script-based automation,” Innovo CEO Hamish Leighton said.

“The demand for our agentic AI-driven testing expertise has accelerated dramatically as organisations struggle to keep pace with updates from platforms like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and Microsoft while maintaining quality and compliance standards.”

Lohmann joins the team with over 20 years of experience in enterprise sales and leadership, having previously worked for Delphix.

With 27 years of experience in sales and delivery, Murray previously worked for ANZ Bank, Telstra, and various government departments. 

In the lead-up to joining Innovo, Cody brings extensive experience in professional services sales and technology consulting from Endava and Vention. 

The combined expertise of the new sales team strengthens Innovo’s ability to address the specific challenges facing Australian enterprises, from complex regulatory requirements to legacy system constraints, Innovo said.

Addressing enterprise testing challenges

The expanded sales capability will help Innovo address the growing recognition among Australian enterprises that traditional script-based testing frameworks can no longer keep pace with the rapid evolution of cloud applications. 

With quarterly updates from platforms like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and Microsoft creating unprecedented testing demands, combined with major data breaches costing the Australian economy over US$2 billion in the past year, organisations urgently need AI testing solutions that ensure security, performance, and compliance while accelerating delivery.

“We’re seeing enterprises move beyond the endless workshops and their challenges of the past,” Leighton said. 

“They want practical solutions that can provision clean test environments in minutes instead of weeks, provide realistic test data without Privacy Act violations, and enable reliable automation that adapts to changes rather than breaking every update.”