Our Team
Ian Bergman
Balance Metrix Business Owner
Ian Bergman is the named inventor on the Balance Mat patent and Managing Director of Balance Mat Pty Ltd, the company that owns the Balance Mat intellectual property and manufactures Balance Mat products, develops software and maintains the balance measurement database.
Ian is a co-founder, seed investor and substantial shareholder of Balance Mat Pty Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter Security Industries International Ltd, a Canberra-based public unlisted company. Both companies are registered in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Balance Mat Pty Ltd operates from the Canberra Technology Park in Watson, ACT, while the Balance Metrix business is registered in New South Wales and operates from Port Macquarie and Hastings Medical Centre at Wauchope. He is in charge of delivery, training and organising ongoing technical support from the Balance Mat Pty Ltd electronics engineering and software development team located in Canberra.
Ian will be instrumental in setting up the Mid North Coast leg of a Better Balance Initiative demonstration project that aims to run balance testing as part of a 12-week exercise physiology program combined with balance testing. If you are an aged care or allied health provider in this region and you’d like to be involved please contact Ian.
Contact Ian Bergman on 0457 123 852 or ian@balancemetrix.com.au
Margaret Metz
Balance Metrix Business Manager
Margaret Metz has been helping her partner Ian Bergman market and communicate about his Balance Mat invention since July 2017 when she was Marketing Manager for Balance Mat Pty Ltd. In 2022 her role producing marketing and communications collateral and managing the company’s branding was taken over by Ian’s two fellow board members as part of their fundraising efforts.
She is now managing the Balance Metrix business that Ian established on 22 June 2022 to sell Balance Mat products under licence from Balance Mat Pty Ltd. As Business Manager, Margaret is responsible for telling the Balance Metrix story, including who’s using balance metrics and why, and for designing and launching Balance Metrix activities.
The most recent activity is the Better Balance Initiative that aims to run 12-week exercise physiology classes combined with balance testing for falls prevention in aged care settings. The Balance Mat manufacturer, Balance Mat Pty Ltd, is a partner in the shortlisted Care Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid for federal funding. If you are an allied health or aged care provider and you’d like to get involved please contact Margaret or Lisa Griffiths (see below).
Contact Margaret Metz on 0418 577 746 or margaret@balancemetrix.com.au
Lisa Griffiths
Balance Metrix Executive Assistant
Lisa Griffiths is Executive Assistant at Balance Metrix. Her job is to assist Business Manager Margaret Metz to pull together the Better Balance Initiative – a 12-week exercise physiology / physiotherapy course combined with balance testing for residents in aged care and the community.
She is liasing with residential aged care providers in Canberra, the Southern Highlands and Gold Coast. If you are an aged care or allied health provider in those or other areas and you’d like to be involved in the Better Balance Initiative please contact Lisa.
Contact Lisa Griffiths on 0432 608 786 or lisa@balancemetrix.com.au
Ryan J Fawke
Balance Metrix Biomedical Technology Presenter
Ryan J Fawke is a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science student at University of Canberra (UC), NDIS participant and part-time Balance Metrix Biomedical Technology Presenter. You can read about Ryan here. Ryan makes time in his schedule to show the Balance Mat “biomedical technology” – a name he coined – to interested exercise physiology, physiotherapy and other stakeholders in the ACT. He is pictured here with Abishek Shrestha from Balance Mat Pty Ltd.
Contact Ryan J Fawke on 0491 101 242 or ryan@balancemetrix.com.au
