Grey Tech Gurus is an Australian based community service organisation, made up of retired I.T. and business professionals who offer their expertise and time to provide tech support to Seniors. We rely on generous benefactors, patrons and donations to continue our work.
Our Mission is to eliminate the technical divide impacting older Australians through affordable technology support and our goal is to assist as many people as we can.
Everyone here at Grey Tech Gurus, including consultants, admin staff and fund raisers are all volunteers.
GTG was founded in 2023 by ex-Pulse International Chief Technology Officer, Wayne Robinson. Our modest fees cover our operational expenses. We offer a vast range of technology help, from basic tasks such as setting up Smart TV's, phones & computers to hardware, cyber security, Scam Awareness and Assistive Technologies such as Google Home and duress alarms.
Education and Cyber-Safety go hand-in-hand with our technical support. Our Seniors Cyber Safety Workshops and pop-up help stalls at shopping centres helps Seniors avoid the ever increasing risks of Identity Theft, Phishing and Scams.
Best of all, you don't need to be on NDIS, My Aged Care or a Home Care Package in order to use our services.
We rely on the continued support of our patrons and welcome anyone who wishes to help with this very worthy cause.
Our services are primarily aimed at retirees, seniors, NDIS Participants and people on My Aged Care plans. We also assist other charitable NFP's (Not for Profit) organisations .
Staying connected with technology is crucial for older adults as it can significantly enhance their well-being by reducing isolation, improving communication, and offering access to healthcare and information. Technology also supports cognitive health and can improve overall quality of life.
Our team are all volunteers who give up their time to support this worthy cause. Most of us come from corporate I.T. or business background and we are mostly retired ourselves or are semi-retired. It is important to keep younger people enaged, so we have developed an intern program to train and mentor juniour staff.
Founder & Director of Grey Tech Guru's. Over 40 years I.T. experience in roles from Software Development to Chief Technology Officer / CIO Roles. Wayne has held technology related roles at Westpac, IBM, Pulse International and AMEX.
D.S. is a graduate from ANU University with a Bachelor of Arts and was a long-term successful marketing manager at prestigious organisations such as Westpac and Citibank. At Grey Tech, D.S. now heads up our Public Relations role and is the subject matter expert on the Microsoft Office suite and other Microsoft 365 products.
Myles is our first ever intern. He is responsible for office admin and is currently being trained in hardware administration as well as web site administration.
Even though we are in a different state to the Grey Tech Gurus, I have used Wayne & his team over 30 times. His team can logon remotely with most of my problems, especially email issues. These have always been fixed very quickly. I always call the Guru guys whenever I think I have a scam email and they check it out and clean it up. We have been so impressed that we've sponsored one of their Scam Awareness seminars.
Wayne has been a volunteer with us at VMR Bribie for over 3 years now and has helped us out with out with many IT issues. He has been both knowledgeable and quick to respond to issues.
We can offer extremely low fees on our support due to being staffed by volunteers and having funding from a variety of different sources. We will always try to keep our charges to the absolute minimum and we review our donation status twice per year. If we have good stream of donations and sponsorship, then we will reduce our fee structures accordingly.
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