Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · 6 mos · Auckland, New Zealand

• Hectre is the industry leading AI tool for the fruit industry, providing massive sampling quality measures of fruit using automated vision solutions. With the largest growers and producers in over 20 countries, Hectre has grown into a must-have tool for the sector.
• As part of the Executive team, I led the Marketing, Sales and CS function globally.

Sep 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Auckland, New Zealand

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr

• Serving on the Governing board of Crimson Global Academy and non-executive director of Crimson Education Subsidiaries

Feb 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Launched Crimson Global Academy (Subsidiary) as a founding executive board member, while continuing to oversee key regions.

Aug 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Executive team member overseeing a team of Regional and Country Managers and the Growth Team.

Apr 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Joined as a team member 40-50, stayed until ~600. Responsible for new market / expansion strategy and entering into new markets. Governance (Board member), launch and oversee P&L responsibility of multiple regions, including: USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, UAE, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Scotland and Western Australia.

Jun 2017 – Apr 2018 · 10 mos

Aug 2015 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

• Vodafone xone is a venture accelerator and an innovation lab powered by Vodafone for globally-focussed kiwi entrepreneurs.
• Launched in May 2016, Vodafone xone joined six other xone programmes already operating around the globe. Based inside Vodafone’s $50 million purpose-built HQ in the heart of the Christchurch innovation precinct, xone first cohort companies raised over $9M in funding, $9M in revenues and operated in 12 countries within the year and continue to grow rapidly.
• Responsibilities included: programme design, investment committee and governance structuring and management, investment strategy, deal negotiation and acquisition, venture and startup managing, sales and partnerships (government and enterprise), programme marketing strategy, and fund raising.

Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr

Aug 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs

• A dynamic learning incubator environment for entrepreneurs with global ambitions, providing intensive mentoring and acceleration. The ICE Accelerator programme takes new businesses through a series of steps to develop and execute customised plans and strategies to ensure maximum business success and profit. In April 2010 Forbes.com named The ICEHOUSE as one of the top ten technology incubators in the world, the only one in this list outside of the USA.
• If you have the drive to pursue your startup ambition, contact us at The ICEHOUSE. We are looking to support good ideas and more importantly great people with our valuable resources and extensive networks.

Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 · 11 mos · Auckland, New Zealand

• SPARK is the University of Auckland's entrepreneurship challenge and education program. Our goal is to put NZ back in the top group of OECD rankings. Our strategy is to foster a spirit of innovation and culture of entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland.
• Reporting directly to the CEO, the teams responsibility was to attract significant participation in the programme from students and staff from undergraduate and post-graduate schools

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr

• Fund raising through sponsorship partnerships with enterprises and government.