YERRA is an Aboriginal word that means "To Fly or Soar". We are a majority owned Canberra based Indigenous business which provides Business and ICT services to government, private enterprise and not for profits. Yerra was established by Canberra local Indigenous man and entrepreneur, Dion Devow. Originally from Darwin, Northern Territory, Dion is of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander desce
nt with heritage that stems from Palm Island in Northern Queensland, to Darnley Island in the Torres Straits. In 2014 he was awarded ACT NAIDOC business person of the year and is currently ACT NAIDOC Person of the year. Dion is also an Ambassador for Indigenous Community Volunteers and was recently elected to the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body, which is a highly respected advisory board elected by the community to advise local government of local Indigenous issues. Yerra is one of only a few Indigenous ICT companies in an industry that is not highly represented in terms of participation by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Yerra has 60 years of experience in an around ICT and community development. We would like to encourage Indigenous Australians to choose ICT as a career. Yerra has partnerships with Accounting Firms, ICT and Recruitment Companies. Our aim is to create and work collaboratively with other businesses to strengthen the services that they provide. Yerra’s offerings include but are not limited to: • Infrastructure | SAAS |Servers and Storage systems | Security • End User Computing | Unified Communications | Virtualisation • Software Renewals | Mobile Computing | Audio Visual • Networking | Performance Management | Website Design & Development • Cyber Security | Digital Identity & Identity Management | Application Development • Digital Transformation & Transition | Cloud – IAAS, PAAS, SAAS | Cloud Readiness & Planning | Architecture | Business Development | Contingent Staffing | Contractors • Non Ongoing | Permanent | Bulk Recruitment | Executive Recruitment
