Our History

Emprise is the family company of Shaun O'Brien and Carole O'Brien. The Emprise story began in Sydney, Australia in 1992 when Shaun and Carole left IBM to establish a specialist data management and application enabling consultancy.

A year later, Shaun and Carole joined forces with a third long term IBM consultant to establish Creative Relational Solutions Pty Ltd (CRS), to deliver not only high quality consulting services but also software to support data management in large organisations. Shaun and Carole later bought all the shares in CRS. Shaun and Carole made the decision to move to Perth in 1996 (for Perth girl Carole, it was coming home), and took advantage of the move to rename CRS to Emprise.  The Emprise identity became a reality in May, 1997.

Why "Emprise"?

The modern term “enterprise” is derived from the Old English word “emprise”.

Emprise: "An undertaking, enterprise; esp. one of an adventurous or chivalrous nature. Chivalric enterprise, martial prowess."

Emprise described an adventurous and chivalrous undertaking. Such an undertaking could be expected to involve an extended scope, difficulty, challenge or risk, and required the knight committed to the undertaking to demonstrate courage, honesty, prowess (gained through years of both training and experience), initiative, imagination and a willingness to undertake new ventures. The knight was expected to live up to the strict principles and moral code of his rank, as defined by the times in which he lived, and to be fully committed to succeed.

Translated into modern terms, we believe that “emprise” describes both our company and each of our business undertakings - a challenging undertaking, to which we are committed to succeed, that we approach with professionalism, initiative, creativity, innovation, skill and experience.

The decision to change the name of the company to Emprise, reflected both the continuing objective of providing high quality consulting, and a desire to expand into new areas.

What has this to do with Mobility Products and Stairlifts?

After years of working in the large corporate environment, it was time to make a change.  Both Shaun and Carole sought new challenges.  After a long term search for a suitable business - one that met their objectives of making a difference and being a good business - Emprise bought Mandurah Mobility Products, and Shaun and Carole left the IT field.

Mandurah Mobility Products was established in 1994.  Shaun and Carole took over the business in 2005.  Five years down the track, both the business and the positive reputation of Mandurah Mobility Products have grown.  Driven primarily by Shaun (while Carole spent time at home with their daughter), using his extensive experience in working with people, understanding their requirements and providing suitable, quality solutions to their needs.  Mandurah Mobility Products has established itself as the premier mobility products supplier in the Peel Region, and is rapidly improving its presence in the Perth Metropolitan area and country WA.

Emprise Stairlifts, an offshoot from Mandurah Mobility Products, was established to meet the growing demand for stairlifts in WA.

Emprise Mobility - focussing on mobility products and solutions such as those already offered by Mandurah Mobility Products - will follow shortly, to satisfy the growing demand for our products and services outside of Mandurah and the Peel Region.