David Newstead Email & Phone Number

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

eCatch is a start-up providing an electronic solution catch and position reporting to commercial fisheries in New Zealand. As one of three Co-Founders, I'm responsible for commercial and operational considerations.

Dunedin, New Zealand

• Oversaw the strategic side of education product development. With Product Manager direct reports implemented and maintained this strategy through the various service functions with the company - software & content.
• The successful launch of kuraCloud; a cloud-based learning platform (branded as Lt).
• Embedding the Customer Success Management role and development of customer communities.
• Development of Lt Customer stories and validation research in partnership with the Marketing team.
• Management of the Education Software Development team and reviewing the implementation of Agilemethodology within it.

Dunedin, New Zealand

• Responsible for developing the market opportunity for KuraCloud in the tertiary education sector.Key achievements:
• Heavily involved in the conception, design & development of kuraCloud.
• The initial soft launch of kuraCloud to key customers: planning, training, marketing, etc.
• Navigating both the shift from perpetual software licensing to recurring revenue and the complex legal compliance requirements of Software as a Service, particularly in international jurisdictions.
• Through the NZTE Better-By-Design program, learned and implemented Design Thinking principlesinto our product development life-cycle.

Dunedin, New Zealand

• Responsible for the development of new educational content through a team of up to eight Instructional Designers, to suit a diverse international audience. Content ranged from undergraduate science laboratories.
• Forming and growing the Instructional Design team.
• Selecting content areas and designing suitable learning and assessment materials.
• International product training with customers and staff.
• Evolution from hardware to software to content focus.

Responsible for course design, coordination and lecture & laboratory teaching to a range of undergraduate science and medical courses.

General Management Program

Improve the way you manage day-to-day business and other core work functions with our General Management Program. Combining business.

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Physiology

An undergraduate major in Physiology and Cellular Biology. My Honours year dissertation was in Physiology, specifically human.

Bachelor Of Health Science, Physiotherapy

Undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy. Specific interest in neuromuscular rehabilitation.

Step-Up Program, Business Coaching

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