About MyPass

In 2013, Matt Smith was working as an operations manager in the Resources sector, deploying crews of 50 to 500 workers to high-risk sites each week across Western Australia. What he witnessed was a system that put workers at risk.

Managing skills and competency information for casual workers contracting across multiple companies was a convoluted nightmare. Massive Excel spreadsheets, standalone systems that couldn't talk to each other, and constant manual updates created information gaps that represented real risks to people coming home safely from every shift.

The numbers told the story: 115 process steps between receiving a request for workers and having that crew arrive on-site job-ready. 40% of those steps involved manually updating spreadsheets, creating operational costs and risks across the entire supply chain.

This wasted time and resources for everyone: workers, service providers, and site owners alike.

Matt, a Mechanical Engineer by trade, had started his career on the ground—wearing hi-vis vests and work boots, coordinating large contractor groups. He'd built strong relationships with highly skilled tradespeople and learned first-hand what it takes to deliver projects safely, on time, and to a high standard.

But the compliance systems weren't keeping pace with the industry's needs. Matt often felt personally exposed, not having the hand-on-heart assurance that everyone in the field was trained and competent for their tasks.

So in August 2013, Matt and his wife Nerita took the leap. Backed by their personal savings, they founded Project Match Australia and built a pilot portal to match workers to shutdown projects. The pilots validated something critical: this wasn't just Matt's problem—it was an industry-wide challenge.

By August 2016, Matt could see a bigger opportunity: to fundamentally reshape how highly regulated sectors operate by creating a single source of truth for each individual worker—a record that, with their permission, could be shared across the supply chain and across multiple industries.

MyPass Global was born.

At the center of this new model was the digital Skills Passport, designed to empower workers and eliminate the duplication of information across multiple organisations. Thousands of workers signed up for early access, and we demonstrated how we could reduce risk and cost for our first clients.

By 2018, we had just 10 employees building our core development and implementation teams. We added enhanced worker pooling, compliance management, and onboarding functionality to ensure every MyPass user received direct benefit from our software.

Protecting personal information became our license to operate, and in December 2018 we earned ISO27001 certification for our Information Security Management System.

Over the years, MyPass has continued building momentum - gaining trust from large progressive clients, winning six highly coveted industry awards including AFR's Most Innovative Company and Most Innovative Product, and expanding internationally.

Today, our team has grown to over 100 engaged MyPassers who share one mission: to fundamentally change the way entire industries operate, ensuring every worker has the right to a safe workplace and goes home to their families every night.