Co-founder and co-author of the Intouch systems, Chris leads the software development team. His main role is research and coding of Intouch applications. Chris is renowned for mass producing software applications which he humbly puts down to the ability to cut and paste his code.
Career History
After graduating with the highest academic average of the class of '82 at Mt Beauty High School Chris commenced a degree in computer science and focussed his sporting career on cross country skiing.
Having already attained Australian National Champion for 9 consecutive years, his sporting career was on an international scale spending northern winters competing on the International cross country circuit.
He competed at the World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games and attained the best-ever Olympic result for an Australian in cross country skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
During his years as a skier he refined his computer skills by designing and building race timing systems, "raising the bar" on the quality of ski races in Australia.
With a degree in computer science from the Australian National University Chris funded his sporting career with contract programming and providing business services in Mt. Beauty and Falls Creek. Implementing hardware and software solutions in an environment where the PC was just beginning to mature and become available to smaller businesses.
In 1991 Chris met Klaas Sybranda, who shared a mutual interest in business systems development. Talking about the right development tools and comparing programming notes led to the development of a POS system for a restaurant owned by Klaas.
By 1994 the success of this casual collaboration led to the formation of Intouch Technology and a contract to develop and install a ticketing system at Falls Creek Ski Resort, Victoria, Australia.
Personal Information
Personal Information
Chris Heberle was born in Myrtleford, Victoria in 1965. His father's family had business interests in building, furniture store and floor covering services. Jack Heberle had a long involvement with skiing and Falls Creek, as head of the Ski Patrol for many years. He also built many of the lodges and buildings at Falls Creek and apartments and homes in Myrtleford and Mt Beauty.
Chris lives in Perth, Western Australia and when not working on Intouch development shares his passion for aviation with partner Dr Sally Young.
