I'm the proud father of three kids (26 through to 22) who seem to be turning out pretty well. This has been my most important, challenging and rewarding role, but from time to time I do forget this and get more immersed in my work than I should.

When I can, I like to use my experience to help small and medium business owners build enterprise value, and help them through the trials and tribulations that are just a normal part of doing business.

The scale of the opportunity with the Cin7 software meant I went from a consulting role here to working more directly with the team there to make the most of the window of opportunity.The strategic thinking behind the positioning and functionality of the product (not my thinking by the way) makes me appreciate how good some people can be at this stuff, and I was very grateful for the chance to be part of the Cin7 success story for a while.We also had a whole heap of very good… Show more The scale of the opportunity with the Cin7 software meant I went from a consulting role here to working more directly with the team there to make the most of the window of opportunity.The strategic thinking behind the positioning and functionality of the product (not my thinking by the way) makes me appreciate how good some people can be at this stuff, and I was very grateful for the chance to be part of the Cin7 success story for a while.We also had a whole heap of very good luck along the way too!We successfully raised funds and grew our presence from Auckland, Australia and San Francisco across the US, and the UK. Show less

I've worked with the team here for ten years on and off and am currently working as a sounding board and advisor, as well as actually executing some of the requirements myself.Datum are successfully making the transition to a SaaS business and are a great client for me as they are a high growth technology company, looking to expand internationally.

After working alongside John and BJ at Gopher for three years as a business advisor and mentor, I was offered the opportunity to become a shareholder whilst taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer to help accelerate their growth.After lots of traveling, and having successfully helped with their international expansion into Indonesia, my role has returned to one of occasional business advisor.

As COO, my role was to help implement the strategies determined by our CEO, freeing him up to get on with more outward facing activities.

A business set up as trial for a franchise joint venture between my fiancee and myself, which I now don't have a day to day involvement with.www.massagemedayspa.co.nz

Whilst working with Jeremy and the team here we managed to grow turnover and profitability, partly by turning around a struggling competitor in a "no money down" acquisition.

This was my first taste of franchising and business coaching, which was a very useful learning platform.

Business development of an Auckalnd wide range of high profile personal service/retail outlets.Starting with two small locations, whilst I was a half owner we built this to a multi-million dollar medium sized business employing around 60 people across four locations, all from a "no money down" deal offered to me by an appreciative shareholder at the time.

National distributor for a range of personal care goods, including KMS Haircare, Voila and Affinage.Acquiring the rights to distribute KMS across NZ as a vertical integration into our supply chain at Scnips PhD, is still one of my proudest achievements in business. Essentially a cash flow positive acquisition from day one.