Tech Hui Speakers 2007

• Mr. Bill Day

Bill Day is the Managing Director of Seaworks Ltd, a specialised marine company. He took Seaworks from a startup comapany to a small multi-national company. Seaworks lays underwater cables, runs underwater robots and works in the offshore Oil & Gas industry. In addition, Seaworks also does the marine management for movies by both Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

Bill has a BA, LLB and MBA as well as a host of professional qualifications. He was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year in 2000 .

• Mr. Martin Langhoff

Martin Langhoff works at Catalyst IT, a Moodle Partner which develops and customises Moodle for tertiary institutions in New Zealand. He is also the maintainer of the Stable branch of Moodle. He also works on several other projects, including Elgg, EPrints and Linus Torvald's GIT.

He also has a lot of experience deploying Moodle and other systems in the enterprise and government sector.

• Rachel Hydes

Rachel Hydes is a former Tech Angel at Wellington Girls’ College in 2004. She is now a 3rd year student at Massey University, undertaking a Bachelor of Design and majoring in Visual Communications which involves creating complex 3-D models such as avatars.

• Kelly Cheeseman

Kelly Cheeseman is also a former Tech Angel at Wellington Girls’ College in 2004. She is now a 3rd year student studying towards a Bachelor of Design degree, majoring in Digital Media at Victoria University in Wellington. Her focus is on experimental and technical design that includes subjects such as online communities, virtual reality and game theory design.

• Jeremy Burgess

Jeremy Burgess currently works as a programmer for Sidhe Interactive, New Zealand’s most successful gaming company. Sidhe Interactive's portfolio includes games such as GripShift, Jackass: The Game, Speed Racer, Frankie Dettori Racing, Rugby League 1 as well as Rugby League 2 for Xbox360, Playstation 2 and PCs.