Claudio Conte is the founder of Spiral Orb Designs, a Melbourne web design and branding agency helping service-based businesses build premium websites that strengthen credibility, attract customers and support long-term growth.

He entered the business world at 21 and has since built brands around intentional design, human psychology and commercial strategy. Now 35, Claudio is focused on what he calls his “contribution era,” using entrepreneurship as a practical way to create lasting social impact.

At the centre of this vision is the development of youth learning centres in underserved countries. These centres provide young people with greater access to education while creating opportunities to sponsor both students and the teachers who support them.

Claudio’s strategy is designed to make this vision sustainable. By acquiring and growing profitable businesses, he aims to create the financial foundation needed to fund these initiatives without placing the cost on the communities they are intended to serve, or increasing costs to clients that are welcomed by Sprial Orb Designs.

Spiral Orb Designs also has a sister company, Edu Net Solutions, working closely with the Department of Education which helps Australian schools access quality websites and practical business expertise. Its services are designed to strengthen each school’s digital presence, support tighter budgets and help the Australian education sector gain access to premium services that are generally inaccessible to schools.

Claudio is also the writer behind CDY Productions, where he explores the human condition through personal essays, poetry and speculative storytelling. His work examines love, life, chaos and death, drawing on imagination, adversity and his experiences of personal reinvention.

Outside business and writing, Claudio’s life is centred around his partner Sarah who is the owner of Rise with Sarah Cincotta and their son Alastair. His work brings his different worlds together through creativity, sustainable enterprise and a commitment to expanding access to education.