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Darren Cook

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Chief Executive Officer at Adaca
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Darren Cook is the CEO of Adaca, bringing over 20 years of experience in scaling Australian technology companies. He specializes in AI-native engineering for regulated industries and holds a Masters from The University of Sydney Business School. Colleagues describe him as an exceptional, engaging, and commercially excellent leader.

His core conviction is that the difference between good and great always comes down to the people you put around the problem.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How Darren shows up

Friendly But Fast
Driven But Considerate
Decisive But Friendly

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Darren cares about

AI in FinServ
His company, Adaca, specializes in AI-native engineering for regulated financial services, and he frequently posts about AI's impact on the industry and new technologies like Claude.
Scaling Businesses
He has extensive experience as a Chief Operating Officer at multiple companies, focusing on building operational foundations, scaling engineering capacity, and driving growth.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Chief Executive Officer
Adaca
9-2024 - 4-2025
Chief Operating Officer
Adaca
10-2023 - 4-2025
Fractional CXO
Growth Collaborative
4-2020 - 10-2023
Chief Operating Officer
Expert360
10-2017 - 4-2020
Chief Operating Officer
Industrie&Co - Part of Accenture
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2003 - 2005
Master's
The University of Sydney Business School
1994 - 1995
Associate Diploma
Western Sydney University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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