Gareth Hill Email & Phone Number

Riverhead, Nz

Auckland, New Zealand

Developing and running an internal ideas management system, coordinate company-wide idea challenges, facilitating ideation workshops, researching emerging technologies and leading proof-of-concept projects and pilots using modern innovation methodologies in collaboration with people across all levels, from the CEO to the people on the tools.

Auckland, New Zealand

Overseeing product development with a strong grower-centric approach and ensuring the innovation pipeline and product development roadmap are well aligned.

Auckland, New Zealand

Identify, develop and execute an innovation strategy and roadmap aligned with Cropsy’s strategic business goals and growth priorities.

Providing plant disease and data science expertise, advising on direction and strategy, assisting with pitch presentations and meeting with prospective investors to provide context within the national and international agritech sector.

Auckland, New Zealand

Leading a team of data scientists and analysts while building a wider innovation culture internally and providing data science support externally.

Auckland, New Zealand

Developing an innovation culture that facilitates the flow of ideas for business growth and product development. Leading projects and initiatives to improve internal processes, demonstrate technical capability externally, explore opportunities for new or existing clients, facilitate product development, or prototype potential products.

Auckland, New Zealand

Data consultancy work that involves working closely with clients to deliver data science solutions, data analysis, data visualisation, data management, modelling, machine learning and reporting. The range of problems requires a range of skillsets, having required upskilling rapidly in areas such as data engineering and data governance when the project demands it. The client base is broad, having worked with significant players in the retail, real estate, energy and healthcare sectors. The role requires substantial client engagement, project management, recruitment, and helping to develop the short- and long- term data science strategy for the company.

Managing the society’s website, member of the Executive Committee, helping to guide the society and the associated journal to meet society goals, developing and implementing strategy to increase membership for society and readership for journal.

Auckland, New Zealand

A mix of programme and project leadership, leading a range of project teams with members from across NZ and internationally, as well as direct line management. Working in a range of crops and primarily focussed on plant diseases, the research had a broader goal of developing and encouraging the use of digital tools and technology in plant research and the horticultural sector. Member of the Emerging Digital Technologies leadership team and a key player in the internal data management and data science initiatives. Recognised innovator and intrapreneur and involved in the development and commercialisation of a range of software and hardware tools as well as helping establish an internal tech development pathway.

Auckland, New Zealand

Lecturing within the BIOSCI 321 course on plant disease modelling, disease forecasting and the application of advanced data science and digital technologies in the field of plant pathology.

Postgraduate Certificate, Computer Science, A

Data Science, Intelligent Systems, Computer Vision, Geoinformatics

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

Studying the infection, latency and quantification of botrytis bunch rot, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea.

Master Of Science (Msc), Plant Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biology

Education record