As we grow I'm focussed on continuously evolving and improving our company. I'm motivated by the positive impact that Haunt Digital has on our staff and our clients. I love building new relationships and lead Haunt's business development and strategy, while still keeping an eye on the many varied and interesting projects we have on the go.

I'm responsible for Haunt's business and sales strategy, business development, as well as the day to day operational management and coffee runs. My mission for Haunt is to grow the business by delivering high quality outcomes for our clients, and for Haunt to be a great place to work. It's going well so far.

Responsible for leading Haunt's business growth by connecting clients with our great team of developers.

NIWA is one of New Zealand's Crown Research Institutes and undertakes important and varied environmental science. I was responsible for managing NIWA's online channels, which were wide ranging and used by diverse audiences spanning the "sci-curious" public; industry; and the scientific community. I was particularly passionate about proactively communicating important scientific issues like climate change and fisheries management, as well as supporting citizen science initiatives as a way of fostering public interest in environmental science as well as enabling scientific outcomes.

• Managed communications and engagement for challenging, cross-government initiative• Developed communications and engagement plan for launching New Zealand Business Number • Engaged with business sector to inform design of government’s service offering, with emphasis on online services • Secretariat support for advisory board consisting of senior executives from top New Zealand companies.

Responsible for managing web and social media channels first at the Ministry of Economic Development and then within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's establishment team. At its core, this role involved reorienting the use of digital channels from the periphery toward the centre of policy engagement, advice and communication. Key highlights included: - Creating online content guides and Standard Operating Procedures for 12 ministry websites- Developing social media policies and guidelines to support the 23 social media channels - Supporting the Ministry to adopt online policy engagement by developing an engagement hub, and supporting online communications around (at times controversial) business units' engagement activity.

A contract role enabling industry access and use of New Zealand's Core Tourism Dataset. This involved understanding industry bodies' (e.g. RTOs, DMOs, and tourism businesses) data requirements and supporting their efforts to extract relevant information from government-held tourism data. This role sat within the Ministry of Tourism, now part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Tourism consulting, mostly in the fields of sustainable tourism and demand assessment (i.e. is this tourism venture a good idea?). Clients included Pew International, Auckland Major Events, Porters Ski Area, Seychelles Tourism Board and the World Bank.

Tourism consulting and tourism market research. At Angus & Associates I gained an excellent grounding in the design, implementation, and use of a wide range of (mostly tourism) research methods. This included working with New Zealand's core tourism datasets; Global Distribution Systems; online research panels; mixed method primary research; and more. Some of my achievements included: • Data analysis for a demand assessment to inform the proposal for a new air route from Wellington to an international hub subject to runway extension (Client: Wellington International Airport Limited) • Sustainability consulting and advice for Wellington Convention Centre, New Zealand Association of Events Professionals, Conventions and Incentives New Zealand• Designing the sustainability measures for a major government tourism survey.

I provided coordination and assistance for the TIA events team leading up to and during TRENZ, New Zealand's annual international tourism trade show.