Experience

Southern Youth Development

• New Zealand
• Community Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Trustee

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Supporting young people struggling with the transition to work and adulthood Supporting young people struggling with the transition to work and adulthood



For Trades

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing

• Board Trustee

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  For Trades provides employment oversight and supervision of apprentices entering the workplace For Trades provides employment oversight and supervision of apprentices entering the workplace



Vibration Action Ltd

• Chair

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Technology to prevent carpel tunnel and hand/arm vibration injury Technology to prevent carpel tunnel and hand/arm vibration injury



OmniEye Holdings

• Chairman

  • Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

  Using AI and imagery to achieve early identification of lame dairy cows Using AI and imagery to achieve early identification of lame dairy cows



TracMap Inc

• President

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2019

  Overseeing the initial establishment and growth of TracMap's USA operations, focused on supplying TracMap's operational efficiency solution to the High Value Crop sector in CA, AZ, OR & WA. Overseeing the initial establishment and growth of TracMap's USA operations, focused on supplying TracMap's operational efficiency solution to the High Value Crop sector in CA, AZ, OR & WA.



TracMap (now Tabula)

• Founding Director

  • May 2015 - Oct 2019

  TracMap started as a precision agriculture system specifically designed for ground-spreading applications such as fertiliser spreading and spraying. Over time it expanded to produce what is regarded as the simplest job management system in the world. TracMap systems are designed with the intelligence to be responsive to all levels of user – from someone who has made a policy of using the computer as little as possible, to the most sophisticated commercial farmers, growers and contractors who use it to drive maximum efficiencies in their businesses. Founded originally to help New Zealand farmers place fertiliser more accurately, where TracMap has been proven to increase the efficiency of application by up to 20%. Today customers across a range of agricultural industries and crops achieving similar gains. Solidly established and successful in New Zealand, TracMap is also experiencing strong international growth, and now has a total of 50 staff Show less



TracMap

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2006 - May 2015

  Initial establishment, and then overall management of an agricultural technology company growing extremely rapidly. Stepped down to allow appointment of a CEO, and allow me more time for personal interests, and enable me to focus on where I most enjoyed and could add most value to the company growth. Initial establishment, and then overall management of an agricultural technology company growing extremely rapidly. Stepped down to allow appointment of a CEO, and allow me more time for personal interests, and enable me to focus on where I most enjoyed and could add most value to the company growth.



Thomas Electronics Otago Ltd

• Owner

  • Apr 2005 - Apr 2006

  A good little business specialising in sales and servicing of GPS and radio electronics. I purchased to undertake the initial "proof of concept" development of what is now TracMap, and sold it to a staff member a year later once it became apparent that the TracMap concept was not only going to succeed, but was going to consume all my energy and time. A good little business specialising in sales and servicing of GPS and radio electronics. I purchased to undertake the initial "proof of concept" development of what is now TracMap, and sold it to a staff member a year later once it became apparent that the TracMap concept was not only going to succeed, but was going to consume all my energy and time.


NZ Grassland Association
• President

  • Nov 2003 - Nov 2004


Wrightson

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solutions Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Nov 2004

  A regional manager, managing the South Island arm of the technology development division of farm servicing company Wrightson. Managed 16 staff as well as running several significant technology transfer projects, including a national project to identify solutions to sheep pneumonia. A regional manager, managing the South Island arm of the technology development division of farm servicing company Wrightson. Managed 16 staff as well as running several significant technology transfer projects, including a national project to identify solutions to sheep pneumonia.



NZ Grasslands Association

• Executive

  • Nov 1996 - Nov 2003

  Member of NZ Grasslands Executive. Along with several other exec members initiated a major restructure of how the Association was structured to ensure its continued success as a key tech transfer agent in NZ pastoral farming. Member of NZ Grasslands Executive. Along with several other exec members initiated a major restructure of how the Association was structured to ensure its continued success as a key tech transfer agent in NZ pastoral farming.



Agriculture NZ

• Consultancy Manager

  • Jan 1990 - Dec 2000

  Management of a staff of 15 delivering Agricultural Consultancy Services in the lower half of the South Island. Management of a staff of 15 delivering Agricultural Consultancy Services in the lower half of the South Island.



Sheep & Beef Farming

• Owner

  • Jul 1977 - Feb 1987

  Farming a 5000 su hill country farm on the coast in South Otago, where undertook considerable farm development. Farming a 5000 su hill country farm on the coast in South Otago, where undertook considerable farm development.