About us

The world's leading Zendesk app developer

Founded in Melbourne in 2015. Remote-first. 12,000+ customers. Premier Zendesk Partner.

Our Story

Born to make Zendesk more powerful

SweetHawk was founded in 2015 with a simple mission: build the apps that Zendesk's most ambitious customers needed but couldn't get anywhere else.

Starting with a handful of apps, we've grown to become the #1 app developer on the Zendesk Apps Marketplace, trusted by 300,000+ agents at 12,000+ organizations worldwide, from startups to household names like Amazon, Pinterest, and eBay.

We're a remote-first team, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with team members around the globe. We live and breathe Zendesk, and every app we build is proven by real Zendesk users in real environments.

2015
Year founded
300k+
Active agents
12,000+
Organizations
#1
Zendesk Apps Marketplace
The team

Meet the people behind SweetHawk

A small, senior crew with deep Zendesk DNA — spread across the globe and united around one mission.

Tom Hissink
Tom Hissink
Chief Executive Officer
Andy Summerton
Andy Summerton
Chief Product Officer
Peter Godden
Peter Godden
Chief Customer Officer
Vincent Brendel
Vincent Brendel
Chief Technology Officer
Fabio Vilela
Fabio Vilela
Engineering Manager
Keith Bower
Keith Bower
Head of Customer Experience
Michael Emmerson
Michael Emmerson
Customer Engagement Manager
Luo Ran Zhu
Luo Ran Zhu
Senior Software Engineer
Ritesh Hiremath
Ritesh Hiremath
Software Engineer
Jasmine Hissink
Jasmine Hissink
Customer Operations Coordinator
Our values

How we build & operate

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Purposeful simplicity

Every feature we ship solves a real problem. We don't add complexity for its own sake — we make hard things simple.

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Security first

Privacy and security are foundational, not afterthoughts. We're transparent about how data is handled and take compliance seriously.

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Customer success

We win when our customers win. Our support team is staffed by people who know Zendesk deeply and care about getting it right.

Recognition

Zendesk Premier Partner

SweetHawk is a certified Zendesk Premier Partner — the highest tier of the Zendesk partner program. In 2026, we won the Best Collaborator award at the Zendesk Partner of the Year Awards.

Premier Partner status means we work directly with Zendesk's product and partnership teams to build apps that meet the highest standards of quality, security, and user experience.

The SweetHawk team
A rare SweetHawk team gathering held on 17 March 2026
In their words

What teams say about working with us

Best Collaborator for a reason — hear it from the people who build their workflows with us.

I can tell you want to make good products that help meet peoples needs. You heard that people struggled with the Zendesk change and you listened.
Scott Patterson
Service Desk Team Leader, OneNet
The combination of powerful apps and an incredibly responsive, knowledgeable team make SweetHawk an easy recommendation.
Stacey Young
Operations & Finance Manager, NGS Structural Engineers
We have received nothing but stellar support working with the SweetHawk team. The apps have been incredibly useful, and the team is super responsive in providing personalized, tailored support when needed.
Holly Vaughan
Customer Experience Leader
Your team made setup straightforward and the apps feel native to Zendesk, we saw value quickly.
Christian Arendse
Dynamo Analytics

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