Evolve with us
By combining deep industry expertise with practical execution, Hydra empowers businesses to navigate complexity, modernise operations, and achieve sustainable growth.
We are a full-stack agrifood, wine, beverage, and advanced manufacturing consultancy covering strategy, builds, operations, software, and opportunity expansion for your growth and transformation projects.
Hydra Consulting was founded to help businesses tame the beast of modern enterprise to accelerate their growth and success. We since have broadened that ambition to challenge our customers to evolve with us as we increase our capability in and emphasis on leveraging modern tools to navigate a fast-evolving business environment.
Our story began in South Australia, where Ron van Buuren, a systems-focused engineer, and Dr. Darren Oemcke, a strategist who thrives in ambiguity, observed the same challenge repeating itself across industries. Great ideas were getting lost in execution. Smart people were overwhelmed by complexity. Projects stalled. Exports stumbled. Innovation hit walls.
So we built Hydra — a consultancy not just of advisors, but of builders, makers, and implementers. From the outset, Hydra’s work spanned the worlds of engineering, wine, agriculture, manufacturing, and policy. The common thread? Helping ambitious organisations find clarity in chaos and structure in uncertainty. Today, Hydra works at the intersection of:
Manufacturing and technology, helping businesses modernise, automate, and expand.
Wine and beverage export, leading national programs like Growing Wine Exports and WA Wines to the World.
Food and manufacturing innovation, supporting startups and business growth in everything from robotics to value chains.
Water and agricultural policy, where we’ve helped shape and deliver major government reform initiatives.
Our team is small but formidable — engineers, strategists, scientists, and marketers with global experience and local focus. We’ve delivered multimillion-dollar factory builds, policy reform programs, export market entries, and hands-on training that leaves lasting capability.
Hydra doesn’t promise certainty. It promises clarity, momentum, and results — the kind that stick long after the project ends.
Because in a world that won’t slow down, Hydra helps businesses evolve with confidence.