Team

We run a pretty lean ship, which helps us move fast and maximises the value of your membership to the community. The Board meet monthly are actively involved in promoting tech in the region.

Staff

• Steve Pavarno: Executive Officer (part time)
• Ramola Duncan Marketing & Events person (part time)

Board

• Aaron Fulton: Secretary. Owner at Radar IQ
• Michael Davis: Co-chair. CTO at Levno
• Sarah Ellison: Co-chair. CTO at Author-it
• Richard Fernando: Treasurer. Owner at Firecrest Systems
• Nick Crossman: Board Member. General Manager at Trio Technologies
• Clint Dunstan. Board Member. Leader at Tussock Line
• Rachel O'Connor. Board Member. Marketing Manager at Toyota

Interested in joining the board? Our AGM is in July. We meet monthly for an hour. Meetings are low overhead and focus on growing the tech community. Six seats are open to employees of ManawaTech member companies. Two seats are open to ecosystem partners like councils, tertiary providers, related community organisations. Ecosystem seats are for a maximum of one year to allow both breadth and depth of connection.

Past board members

• Wendy Carr: CEDA
• Chris Deere: CEO at Integration Technologies
• Jasmine Groves: ED of Industry Partnerships at UCOL / Te Pūkenga