Big Problems and Big Ambitions A growing Christchurch agritech company has big ambitions to create a global rural network to revolutionise biosecurity. Working as the Innovation Manager of Synlait Farms gave Ryan Higgs the opportunity to see first-hand the challenges of tracking staff and contractors across their 13 farms. They…
From Small Seeds You might think a training platform aimed at the retailers would have struggled during COVID, but RedSeed has continued to go from strength to strength. RedSeed was the brainchild of Co-Founder and CEO Anya Anderson who started the business in 2010, along with 3 other co-founders. Anya…
Custom D is a customised software development company working with clients to develop web & mobile apps, which often need complex, integrated workflows. They are sector agnostic and work with start-ups through to established players; but what really spins their world is working with a partner who is looking to…
Not all of Christchurch’s success stories are “home grown.” Phocas Software tells a slightly different story – of a successful Australian company being won over by the talent they found across the Tasman and the persuasiveness of a man who didn’t want to move! Phocas Software is a Sydney-headquartered company…
Photo: Opmetrix management team from left to right; Eion Robb – CTO, Jo Richardson – COO, Oliver Huggins – CIO and David Barley – CEO. The Accidental Tech CEO David Barley never set out to be the CEO of a growing tech company. His background was in FMCG (fast moving consumer…
From educators to technology heroes, how one couple turned frustration into a growing business When Paul Sibson gained Principalship of Fendalton Open-air School in 2007, he relocated from the UK with his Kiwi wife Aimie, a secondary school teacher. Life in education might have continued, but some people don’t just…
A scaling company from Christchurch is disrupting the global backup market with a deep focus on understanding customers’ needs. We’ve all become familiar with the idea of the “pivot”, but Comet Backup is more of an evolutionary story, says GM Josh Flores. It all started in the early 2000s when…
This episode we are live at the Canterbury Tech Summit again, with Kris and Andy interviewing Sonia Cuff (Cloud Advocate at Microsoft), talking about her career journey, women in tech, technology and much more. Also included in this episode is a selected excerpt from Andrew Leckie of IoT Devzone’s session…
This episode we are live at the Canterbury Tech Summit, with Kris and Andy interviewing Stephen Scheeler from the Digital CEO (and ex-CEO of Facebook Australia & NZ), the Summit keynote speaker, with his insights into leadership, recruitment, trends he’s observing and much more. Also included in this episode is…
