Experience

Tractor Ventures

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Partner, NZ

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Auckland, New Zealand Tractor Ventures provides a flexible, revenue based financing alternative for founders who want to lead profitable technology companies. We support our founding teams to create optionality in their companies - whether they want to run profitably, raise a VC round (on their terms) or to exit. Get in touch if you’d like to chat about this as an option for your company!



Komodo

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Komodo is the complete, wrap-around software and service solution that enables independent schools to build the best wellbeing strategies, measure their effectiveness and create the best possible environment for students.



Autocode

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Autocode is an online code editor with API autocomplete, instant hosting, and a Standard Library anybody can contribute to.



Remote Social

• Australia
• Software Development

• Investor

  • May 2021 - Present

  Remote Social is building the future of team culture online. Remote Social are on a mission to transform how remote and hybrid teams engage. Check out the website here - https://www.remotesocial.io/



HOP Ventures

• New Zealand
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co Founder / Specialist Generalist

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Auckland, New Zealand HOP is a consultancy that I run with Kirsti Grant. We usually focus on Product Management, Operations and People & Culture for SaaS businesses from pre-revenue through to growth stage. I work across a business as part of their leadership team and get involved in anything from product strategy & delivery to building out a new product or hiring a new function.



Startmate

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Mentor / Investor

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Populate.io

• Software Development

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2020

  Auckland Populate is collaborative recruitment planning and insights for your team. Use Populate to get alignment on hiring plans and minimise time spent in spreadsheets. Track your headcount progress and use insights to help plan future growth.



Vend by Lightspeed

• Canada
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP of Product

  • 2014 - Sep 2015

  Auckland, New Zealand Focussing on the Vend product and shipping some awesomeness for our fast growing global customer base. Responsible for the overall Product Design & Management as part of the wider Product, Engineering and Technology (PET) team.

• Head of Strategic Projects

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  New Zealand I have recently taken on the role of Head of Strategic Projects. Vend have many projects running at any given time that are additional to the core product. These projects vary in size and type and this team will be growing, consisting of Project Managers, Project Co-ordinators, Developers and Designers. My core responsibilities are: - Coordinating our internal projects where we interface with external parties. - Making sure there is ownership inside Vend for every… Show more I have recently taken on the role of Head of Strategic Projects. Vend have many projects running at any given time that are additional to the core product. These projects vary in size and type and this team will be growing, consisting of Project Managers, Project Co-ordinators, Developers and Designers. My core responsibilities are: - Coordinating our internal projects where we interface with external parties. - Making sure there is ownership inside Vend for every opportunity. - Scope projects to understand key stakeholders, deliverables, major roadblocks, desired outcomes and expected time frames. - Develop and keep up to date the project roadmap allowing everyone in the organisation to see which projects are currently in the pipeline and projected dates for milestones and completion. - Prioritise competing projects in conjunction with CEO / Senior Management Team - Complete projects through facilitating other people and resources so that the project is completed to a predefined standard. Typical projects could be: - Working with payment providers to help them integrate with Vend. - Working with hardware suppliers to ensure Vend works with their devices - Running premium customer implementations, and various implementations - Coordinating and promoting strategic product partnerships. - Manage 3rd party apps. - Manage the pipeline of 3rd party apps from conception to release. - Look out for opportunities via 3rd party integrators who provide add ons to our core product. - Ensure 3rd party apps are bug free and does what it says on the box before they are released - Facilitate advertising the 3rd party app on the VendHQ corporate site and via webinar. - Negotiate where end users access support for the integration. - Educate Team Vend on 3rd party apps to ensure everyone knows how this might impact on their role. - Ensure the Knowledge Base is up to date before the launch of the 3rd party app.

• Projects & Operations

  • Oct 2012 - May 2013

  New Zealand As Vend grew an Operations component was required in my role. This was to ensure that there was somebody taking care of the operational requirements of the business as well as being across how the business and it's people work. My core responsibilities were: - Identify projects that will bring benefit to Vend by way of making things better internally or by delivering on strategic objectives. - Scope projects to understand key stakeholders, deliverables, major roadblocks, desired… Show more As Vend grew an Operations component was required in my role. This was to ensure that there was somebody taking care of the operational requirements of the business as well as being across how the business and it's people work. My core responsibilities were: - Identify projects that will bring benefit to Vend by way of making things better internally or by delivering on strategic objectives. - Scope projects to understand key stakeholders, deliverables, major roadblocks, desired outcomes and expected time frames. - Create and manage project plans. - Develop and keep up to date the project roadmap allowing everyone in the organisation to see which projects are currently in the pipeline and projected dates for milestones and completion. - Prioritise competing projects in conjunction with CEO / Senior Management Team - Complete projects through facilitating other people and resources so that the project is completed to a predefined standard. - Take responsibility for keeping up to date with operational priorities - Be an expert on the internal machinations of Team Vend by understanding how the organisation and its people work. - Complete board reports for the CEO. - Manage 3rd party apps. - Manage the pipeline of 3rd party apps from conception to release. - Look out for opportunities via 3rd party integrators who provide add ons to our core product. - Ensure 3rd party apps are bug free and does what it says on the box before they are released - Facilitate advertising the 3rd party app on the VendHQ corporate site and via webinar. - Negotiate where end users access support for the integration. - Educate Team Vend on 3rd party apps to ensure everyone knows how this might impact on their role. - Ensure the Knowledge Base is up to date before the launch of the 3rd party app.

• Product & Projects Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

  New Zealand I was brought into the small but quickly growing team at Vend to manage the product and to assist with growing the Product team inline with the rest of the business. My core responsibilities were: - Identify projects that will bring benefit to Vend by way of making things better internally or by delivering on strategic objectives. - Scope projects to understand key stakeholders, deliverables, major roadblocks, desired outcomes and expected time frames. - Create and manage… Show more I was brought into the small but quickly growing team at Vend to manage the product and to assist with growing the Product team inline with the rest of the business. My core responsibilities were: - Identify projects that will bring benefit to Vend by way of making things better internally or by delivering on strategic objectives. - Scope projects to understand key stakeholders, deliverables, major roadblocks, desired outcomes and expected time frames. - Create and manage project plans. - Develop and keep up to date the project roadmap allowing everyone in the organisation to see which projects are currently in the pipeline and projected dates for milestones and completion. - Prioritise competing projects in conjunction with CEO / Senior Management Team - Complete projects through facilitating other people and resources so that the project is completed to a predefined standard. - Complete board reports for the CEO. - Manage 3rd party apps. - Manage the pipeline of 3rd party apps from conception to release. - Look out for opportunities via 3rd party integrators who provide add ons to our core product. - Ensure 3rd party apps are bug free and does what it says on the box before they are released - Facilitate advertising the 3rd party app on the VendHQ corporate site and via webinar. - Negotiate where end users access support for the integration. - Educate Team Vend on 3rd party apps to ensure everyone knows how this might impact on their role. - Ensure the Knowledge Base is up to date before the launch of the 3rd party app.