Meet Our Team

James Sutton is the Managing Director of Office Solutions IT.

Since being appointed to the Managing Director position in 2014 he has spearheaded the company’s growth with the results speaking for themselves.

Office Solutions IT has shot up from $3m to $10m in revenue during that time, almost entirely organic growth.

James has almost 20 years in the IT game, studying his Diploma of IT (Network Engineering) at TAFE before joining a small technology business as the only employee (outside the owner) where he stayed for 5 years. Then 13 years ago James joined Office Solutions IT as a Systems Engineer. In those days, Systems Engineers were responsible for providing IT support and projects to clients, which James did so well he was asked to become a part owner of the company.

James has a passion for making a difference and gets a real buzz out of solving challenging problems. An avid geek and thoughtful leader, James loves learning and encourages that in others wherever he can. This flows through into Office Solutions IT where they are continually innovating and constantly improving what they do.

James is also a bit of an entrepreneur, who sold lollies in high school and was so successful, he was able to make enough money to buy his first computer. You could say leading an IT company was a fairly natural progression!

James Sutherland is the Founding Director at Office Solutions IT (OSIT), where he is primarily responsible for new business sales, key account management and networking events.  James has an extensive network and enjoys exploring where the services of OSIT can assist other businesses.

James grew up in Melbourne, gained a BA at Swinburne University and then a scholarship to the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney before pursuing a 4-year career in commercial radio.

In a career change James went back to university and completed a Graduate Diploma in Business IT at Swinburne, before moving to Western Australia to pursue a sales career in IT.

James was the State Manager for Remington Pitney Bowes, responsible for 23 team members and revenues of $4 million turnover for 4 years before launching his own business Office Solutions IT in 1996.

James completed an MBA at Edith Cowan University in 1999 and was a part time tutor and lecturer for 3 years.

James has an abundance of energy and a variety of skills including negotiation, leadership and public speaking.

James has a passion for community work and he has mentored young people for Youth Focus for over 4 years, whilst being a board member at Youth Futures since April 2017.  James is the only bike rider to have participated in every Hawaiian Ride for Youth since 2003 and has helped raise over $24 million for the prevention of Youth suicide.

James has been married to Cath for 27 years, they both enjoy travel, writing and reading. 

Igor Pavic is a Director of Business Development at Office Solutions IT where Igor is responsible for the sales and marketing efforts of the company - new and repeat business. He looks after a team of 9 people with 4 direct reports.

Igor has amassed almost 20 years of experience in the IT Industry. His experience ranges from being a technician in his early days at a local computer shop to travelling the world rolling out projects for mid-tier multi-national companies, before moving to become a sales professional in the last few years.

Currently Igor’s day to day is spent managing the team, working on company’s strategic sales goals and fulfilling the technical sales role when meeting new clients. The majority of Igor’s working life has been spent at Office Solutions IT.

Igor has completed a Tafe course in the early 2000s (Network Engineering) and later on acquired two post graduate degrees from Curtin university (Grad. Cert in Information Systems & Masters of Business Administration).

Outside of work, Igor is married and a father to two girls who keep him on his toes all the time. He loves the outdoors especially cycling, skiing and anything played with a ball.