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Ricardo Martins

Engineer

Ricardo Martins is a computer scientist who likes to discover new things and see how the world works. In his free time he plays sports and travels to interact with other cultures and how to learn from them.

Ernesto Garcia

Engineer

Ernesto Garcia is a software engineer and has been developing software since 2005. An avid soccer fan and father of triplets, when he’s not working he enjoys watching movies, playing video games or having a barbecue with friends.

Bill English

Director, Board

Bill English joined Eightwire’s board due to his long-standing interest in using data sharing to improve social and economic outcomes. He has an interest in technology and its impact on changing people’s lives for the better. After a time as Finance Minister and Prime Minister of New Zealand, retiring from politics in 2017, he set up his own business supporting companies and NGOs to use data for improving social impact. Bill also consults on Social Investment in both Australia and the US.

Lei Liang

Engineer

Lei loves using technology to make hard tasks easier. Having worked in .NET Development for over 5 years, she’s helped us build our awesome website and is busy improving the user experience of our Data Delivery Service. Prior to joining Eightwire, Lei was a .NET Developer for another local Wellington startup and a multi-national company.

Gavin Connell-Otten

Head of Engineering

Gavin Connell-Otten is a technology leader with over 20 years tactical and strategic experience in IT, from Infrastructure Operations to Software Development and DevOps. For the last 10 years he has been focusing on Cloud and DevOps transformations in the product space, and is passionate about using technology to help organisations achieve ambitious goals and gain competitive edge.

Mark Watson

Customer Support Analyst

Mark Watson brings over 12 years of experience as a Database Administrator with two of New Zealand’s most respected service providers. He provides the critical link between Eightwire and its customers through customer onboarding, and support, and building of product capability. Outside of work, Mark loves to spend time with his family, is an avid reader, and is always looking to add to his extensive The Smiths vinyl record collection.

Peter Mansell

Head of Sales & Partnerships

Peter brings a background in health technology sales and leading commercial growth across a range of sectors, often with Government agency customers. This has usually involved working in partnership with co-providers and building new business relationships. Outside work, he can be found braving the Wellington waters on those frequent ‘good days’, getting out to the hills or keeping the stove top coffee in constant production.

Tracy Taylor

Head of Customer Experience & Product

Tracy has a phobia of job titles and prefers to float between tasks fuelled by her enthusiasm for data. Part of her day job is filled with customer engagement, onboarding and support.
She also works with our customers and engineering team to make our Eightwire product development dreams come true. Before Eightwire, Tracy’s background is as a developer with in-depth experience working in data warehousing and as a business analyst documenting business and technical requirements. In her spare time, you’ll find Tracy playing tennis or coaching childrens sports.

Rob Flannagan

Chairperson, Board

Rob Flannagan’s executive and governance experience spans over 30 years and includes the positions of Group Chief Executive roles of publicly listed (NZX and ASX).and private companies. Rob currently holds several Directorships in the Financial Services industry, and is an advisor to a Government entity and to a number of private companies.

Rob is a Chartered Accountant, Fellow of the institute of Directors , Graduate of Harvard Business school and a Justice of the Peace.

Jason Gleeson

CEO, Founder & Director

A business intelligence consultant with over 12 years of experience, Jason has always looked for better ways to deliver to his customers. His focus on continuous improvement for analytics delivery showed that a major issue was preventing complex customers from achieving their goals. The years of frustration took its toll so Jason founded Eightwire to build what his clients needed: a better way to share sensitive data across enterprise boundaries.

Michael Whitehead

Director, Board

Michael co-founded, managed and ultimately exited an international data warehouse automation software company and a New Zealand based data warehouse and analytics consulting company. He now runs a commercialisation advisory business and is a director of several technology companies.

Michael is a chartered member of the Institute of Directors, a Prime Minister’s Business Scholarship winner, a Category Winner at the EY New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and a graduate of Auckland University.

Garry Lewis

COO

As our COO Garry is our chief cook and bottle washer and ensures the business plates continue to spin and not fall off. Fortunately for us, he has a bit of experience; previous to joining Eightwire he was the Head of Business for a FinTech business, and previous to that he ran a wholly owned SaaS based Coca-Cola entity, expanding it globally. When not spinning plates you’ll find him in his veggie garden, trying to catch a trout or keeping his boat upright.