Saxon Phipps

Saxon Phipps is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Year13 and Career Tools. Year13 is an EduTech company that strives to democratise opportunity to empower all young people into intrinsically motivated education and employment by utilising data & technology to effectively prepare future generations for the ever-changing world of work. Career Tools is a multi-award-winning technology company that has been operating in the education market for over 10 years and is a key influencer in the Australian market when it comes to youth and careers.
Year13 are closing the gap on a 20th-century approach to career-related learning; our north star is to develop generations of young people into a productive, resilient and passion-driven workforce. The team at Year 13 have been able to apply this process to create several youth engagement strategies and programs for the likes of the Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Engineers Australia, and the Industry Skills Organisations (Digital, Mining and Human Services)He regularly speaks at events about youth issues such as The Australian Financial Review - Higher Education Summit, Australian Davos Connection - Future of Education Summits and is on the advisory board to the National Careers Institute and initiative of the Federal Governments Department of Education Skills and Employment.