Experience

Pyper Vision

• New Zealand
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO & Chemical Engineer

  • Mar 2018 - Present



Spout | Milk on Tap

• New Zealand
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

• Co-Founder & CTO

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Spout (Previously Project M) was born as part of Venture Up, NZ's leading youth accelerator. Spout is reducing plastic waste in cafes by providing an alternative to buying milk in single use plastic bottles. Spout allows outlets to dispense milk from reusable kegs using a tap system. Spout (Previously Project M) was born as part of Venture Up, NZ's leading youth accelerator. Spout is reducing plastic waste in cafes by providing an alternative to buying milk in single use plastic bottles. Spout allows outlets to dispense milk from reusable kegs using a tap system.



The Momentum Programme

• New Zealand
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Committee Member

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2022

  Momentum provides access to advice, connections and investment channels through student-led investment committees. Momentum provides access to advice, connections and investment channels through student-led investment committees.



University of Canterbury

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pasifka Mentor & Tutor

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2019

  I worked as Pasifika tutor at the University of Canterbury. This involved assisting mainly 1st and 2nd year Pasifika engineering students with their studies. Including helping them with study techniques for tests and exams, formatting reports to a high standard and grasping concepts taught in class.

• Chemical Engineering TA

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

  Worked as teaching assistant for a 200 level mass and energy balance course. This involved running a weekly helpdesks for the course to help students grasp fundamental aspects of chemical engineering as well as marking assignments and tests.



Syft Technologies

• New Zealand
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Feb 2018

  Over the 2016/2017 summer I interned at Syft Technologies. Syft produces instruments which are ground-breaking chemical analytical tools specialising in trace volatile analysis. Initially my internship was centred around production of these machines including assembling and tuning machines to ensure they would detect chemicals as expected. At the end of my internship I continued with Syft part time while studying. Over the 2017/2018 summer I moved into a development role and worked on a variety of projects including design and testing work of the next generation instrument hardware, user interface design and and implementation of new business systems.



Christchurch Casinos Limited

• New Zealand
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bartender

  • Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  This job involved serving drinks and food on the gaming floor, attending to customers in the restaurant, working behind the bar, taking orders, pouring drinks as well as making cocktails and coffees. This role was highly team and customer orientated and required a good understanding of what the customer and other staff members required in order to make everything run smoothly. This job involved serving drinks and food on the gaming floor, attending to customers in the restaurant, working behind the bar, taking orders, pouring drinks as well as making cocktails and coffees. This role was highly team and customer orientated and required a good understanding of what the customer and other staff members required in order to make everything run smoothly.



Skyline Queenstown

• New Zealand
• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food and Beverage Attendant

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2016

  Over these years during summers and term breaks I worked in the busy Market Kitchen Café and Stratosfare restaurant. This job involved working at the till, making coffee and other drinks, waiting and clearing tables. This role required me to step up into leadership roles at Skyline's busiest time of the year, including lead the cafe team through, at the time, its day of highest ever turnover. It also taught me a lot about how to provide exceptional customer service. Over these years during summers and term breaks I worked in the busy Market Kitchen Café and Stratosfare restaurant. This job involved working at the till, making coffee and other drinks, waiting and clearing tables. This role required me to step up into leadership roles at Skyline's busiest time of the year, including lead the cafe team through, at the time, its day of highest ever turnover. It also taught me a lot about how to provide exceptional customer service.