News 2026

Linden Jackson, Managing Director of Agile IT, is heading to Sydney on Wednesday 3 June 2026 for Catalyst, an event built around a simple idea: the people running technology businesses learn fastest from each other.

What Catalyst is

Catalyst is designed to bring managed service provider (MSP) business owners together in a collaborative environment, alongside other business founders and industry experts. The focus is not on a vendor pitch or a trade-show floor. It is on the real, practical lessons people have learnt while scaling their own technology businesses, what worked, what did not, and what they would do differently.

For an owner-led business like Agile IT, that kind of candid, peer-to-peer conversation is genuinely valuable. Running a managed IT business well takes more than technical depth; it takes good decisions about how the business itself is structured, resourced and led. Time spent with founders who have faced the same decisions is one of the most direct ways to sharpen that thinking.

Why it matters for Agile IT

Agile IT has been family owned and operated since 2007. Staying sharp as a business, not just as a technical team, is part of how we keep delivering for the clients who rely on us. What Linden takes from a room full of experienced founders does not stay in Sydney; it feeds back into how we run the business, plan ahead, and look after the people we work with across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

“The best lessons in running a business rarely come from a textbook. They come from other owners who have already been where you are. Catalyst is a chance to have those conversations honestly, and to back a good cause while doing it.”, Linden Jackson, Managing Director

Giving back

Catalyst is about more than industry conversations. All ticket proceeds are donated to charity, helping support important community initiatives.

This year, the event is proud to support Plate It Forward, an organisation dedicated to providing meals to those in need while creating employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work. It is an approach to giving we admire: it meets an immediate need and builds something longer-term at the same time.

By attending Catalyst, you are not just investing in your own learning. You are also contributing to a cause that makes a real difference. That pairing, practical value and genuine community benefit, is exactly the kind of thing that sits well with how we think about giving back at Agile IT.

Say hello in Sydney

If you are attending Catalyst on 3 June, come and find Linden, he would be glad to talk shop, compare notes, or simply say hello. And if you run a business across Melbourne or the Mornington Peninsula and want a technology partner who takes the running of a business as seriously as the technology itself, get in touch.