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Seattle, WA, US

Supporting AWS customers to find success in the cloud by leading the Enterprise Support team in the New Zealand region.

Auckland City, NZ

New Zealand Water Polo is the Not For Profit governing body for the sport of water polo in New Zeland. Our mission is to provide accessibility to lifelong and enjoyable water polo experiences.

Parnell, Auckland, NZ

The Ice Angels is a leading angel network that invests in and supports exceptional teams that are exploiting global opportunities. Since 2003, members of the Ice Angels have collectively invested over $90m into 148 companies. Our portfolio represents a broad range of industries including software, mobile, gaming, web, medical devices, biotech and advanced.

Sydney, NSW, AU

At Jayride.com we provide seamless transport experiences for travellers by allowing them to compare and book transport around the world. With Jayride.com, travellers can compare and book with 3,000+ transport companies, servicing destinations including over 1,000+ airports across North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and the Pacific.The Jayride.com.

Auckland Central, Auckland, NZ

We are transforming ReachMedia into a true marketing solutions business. People have known us for ages in the letterbox space, but it’s really just one of the many marketing solutions we offer these days. We realised a number of years ago that we needed to build a business that marketers and business owners could use as more of a multi-channel shop for.

Auckland Central, Auckland, NZ

Over the last 3 years, ReachMedia has embarked on an investment program to transform the company from a distribution centric business to a data driven media organisation. The introduction of new media touchpoints such as mobile retargeting, and increased insight capability centre around ReachMedia’s core competence in “Location Intelligence”. As part of.

Auckland, NZ

We are committed to creating and delivering great content, experiences and results for our audiences and customers. We believe in being the best in connecting, enriching and inspiring Kiwis every day across Digital, TV & Radio platforms.

Maroochydore, QLD, AU

A good friend Yvette Adams set up the The Creative Collective and it has been a pleasure to be involved. Yvette's enthusiasm and drive has evolved a small PR firm into an award winning and full service creative services agency. So many awards that they recently moved offices in order to find a home for them.I would like to say that I have had a helping.

Sydney, NSW, AU

Active angel investor with Sydney Angels where we invest in innovative early-stage companies with high growth potential. Sydney Angels provides quality investment opportunities, a collaborative investment process, and an opportunity to support entrepreneurs and the early-stage ecosystem.The companies Sydney Angels invest in receive mentorship and oversight.

Barangaroo, NSW, AU

We are advancing the IT delivery capability within Lendlease including a new IT operating model, PMO, delivery engine and sourcing function. The goal is to create a faster, more agile, collaborate and customer focused delivery.

Sydney, NSW, AU

Working with selected group of global partners we are transforming Origin with strong governance, simplified business processes and implementation of new application platforms that will position Origin to continue its growth curve throughout the next decade and beyond.

We engineered Jigsaw to free up your time & save you cost, so that you could do what you do best; grow your Business. We did this by setting up and delivering services, from an offshore development centre in the Philippines, to the world.

Ethan Group is a company to watch. A mate asked me to help him out for a couple of months - I was there for 5 years and learnt a lot.At Ethan we:- Found new customers,- Talked to them about their business,- Implemented solutions that would help them grow.

Sydney, NSW, AU

At Telstra, I found out that billion dollar outsourcing deals are a reality. They are also very complex and hard to manage. With the right team in place they can be a huge success.

NZ

42 Below was the dream of Geoff Ross - in 4 years it went from an idea on a long hall flight, to IPO, and then acquired by Bacardi. We took it to Mexico - Geoff tells the story in his book (Every Bastard Says No) rather well:"Mexico City came next. Like most big cities with an emerging international culture, Mexico City was dabbling cocktail culture. Geoff.

8 of us had a dream to change the entertainment world - we would blur the boundary between games and movies. We had two challenges:1) We needed money2) VC's in NZ at the time were stingyLooking back our dream was too early for market - a decade on and entertainment studios are only just talking about it now.

Wellington, 6140, NZ

I often get asked if my MBA was worth it - I can sum it up easily:- Yes, if you want to climb the corporate ladder,- Yes, if you can get into a place like Singularity University,- No, if you want to start your own business - instead add up your fees, loss of employment, living expenses and bar tab for 2 years - then head to a SydStart, Startup Weekend or Y.

This was a spin off from Scrapex where I partnered with a clever bloke called John Forbes. The business performed really well when plastic prices were depressed. John offered me a great deal so I exited and ever since I have watched plastic prices continue to climb...I told you he was clever - I now understand how to value a company.

I was playing Waterpolo in South Africa where I was well looked after by the Coetzee family. They also gave me a part time job working in a plastic recycling plant.When I returned to NZ I made some phone calls, realised that NZ wasn't very good at recycling, started collecting scrap plastic, loaded it into containers and shipped it back to South Africa.

Global telcos made many acquisitions in the 90's and had no idea of the cost of their networks. I developed a commercial model that calculated the cost of a bit of data as it travelled around the world. The results fundamentally changed the way that C&W priced its data services.10 years later the NBN is starting to roll out - I think that they have a lot.

GB

I worked through the dot-com era where investors were trying to pick the next best thing.Protx was going to be what paypal has become. We had funding & a great team. Super Duper Consultants came in on silly money and changed the business model significantly. My gut feeling was that they had it wrong. Sadly, Protx burnt all their cash and are a wafer of.

London, London, GB

uSwitch had a great model, great management team and hired exceptional consultants. I built their financial model and helped them raise capital. They are still doing well today.