HutSix, a software engineering firm based at Alice Springs, is making huge waves in the industry as it enters the South Australian digital innovation realm.
From its origins in building custom software for remote health practitioners and various Indigenous organisations, HutSix has spent the last six months making firm decisions about the direction they want to take.
Last week, CEO Brad Bellette and EA Erika Hamilton sat with leaders from some of South Australia’s most influential technology and innovation spaces to talk about the change they want to create.
More than just custom software, HutSix has found its fire in tackling the social equity disparity in regional and remote Australia.
Speaking with the likes of AWS South Australia, 42, MIT, Lot Fourteen, Nik&Co Consulting and other change-makers, it became clear that HutSix has found its fire in something that’s more than just custom software.
Other leaders in South Australia’s tech spaces became keen to support HutSix’s vision of tackling the social equity disparity in regional and remote Australia. Aside from this, it’s new territory for a software-led business to enter.
The conversations that CEO Bellette and EA Hamilton have been having in Adelaide in recent months will hopefully build solid relationships in the industry, which will strengthen and support the way forward in HutSix’s change-making mission.
As part of its full-steam-ahead approach, HutSix entered into a sponsorship agreement with innovative education partner, 42 to take on a group of new cadets throughout the year.
The company, excited to offer a workplace and mentorship to students who wish to write code that will bring change to the next generation, presented their values and approach to a booked out audience of students who were eager to hear more.
HutSix has a number of Adelaide visits planned for 2022, each with the goal of firming a foothold in a space that has seen an impressive amount of innovative digital advancement in the last decade.
Their strategic direction towards social equity will be an exciting one to watch as they form working relationships with others who share the passion to provide culturally appropriate technological solutions for those who have for a long time been missed by the innovation radar.