Meet the team
Leadership team
Gavin McEwen
Executive General Manager
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Gavin is from a Waikato dairy farming background, with a Bachelor of Horticulture from Lincoln University. He has 30 years' experience in the agricultural sector, both owning and operating his own businesses through to managerial positions in LIC, Turners and Growers, and Farmax Ltd. Gavin's focus is on furthering the potential of New Zealand pastoral agriculture, believing that transparency and collaboration among the agricultural service industry is long overdue and is key to unlocking that potential.
Russell MacKay
Head of Sales and Marketing
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From a 150 year old family farm in eastern Southland, Russell MacKay has lived and breathed farming and agribusiness, with roles including fencing, shepherding, agri-tourism, farming and rural banking - as well as a stint dog sledding in Canada for a change of scenery. As Head of Sales and Marketing, Russell is passionate about showing farmers how FarmIQ can take their business to the next level.
Kelly-Ann Hubbard
Head of Technology
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Wellington born and bred, Kelly-Ann originally studied exercise science, but for the last 20 years she has worked in a variety of IT roles, including development, business analysis, testing and management. As Head of Technology at FarmIQ, Kelly-Ann manages the teams that build and support our software, and ensures our technology stack is reliable and efficient.
Todd White
Head of Product
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Todd has more than 25 years' experience in agriculture and agritech, including completing a PhD in pastoral science at Massey University, working in the farm system team at AgResearch, and working in various farm, science and education roles across the United States. He has been at FarmIQ for 11 years. As Head of Product, his goal is to solve farmer problems by delivering simple but powerful technology solutions that advance the financial performance and environmental sustainability of pasture-based farming systems.
Pete Young
Finance Manager
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Pete has been a chartered accountant for over 15 years and started his accounting career with Deloitte in Hamilton. He is responsible for the finance and accounting functions of FarmIQ Systems Limited, and reports regular financial information to the board and the management team.
Development team
Tom Botica
Business Development Manager
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In addition to managing our international customers and Dairy Systems Monitoring, Tom assists with the HelpDesk, delivers national trainings and represents Farmax at industry events. Outside of work he enjoys training and competing in powerlifting.
Paul Marshall
Desktop Developer
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Although he is a senior software developer for Rezare Systems, Paul spends most of his time as a desktop developer contracted to Farmax. He helped create the original Stockpol software in the 1980s, which later became FARMAX. Watching British comedy and choral singing keep him busy outside of work.
Support team
Adam Richards
Technical Support
Specialist
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Adam is a Technical Support Specialist for both FARMAX and FarmIQ, supporting customers with technical issues and running online training sessions. He also manages the FARMAX accreditation programme, supporting rural professionals and farmers to level-up their FARMAX skills and knowledge.
Tara Hegarty
Technical Support and
Environmental Specialist
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Tara is our Technical Support and Environmental Specialist for FARMAX and FarmIQ. She assists customers with any questions about the FARMAX products and hosts training workshops around the country. Additionally, Tara works with the FarmIQ team to develop environmental tools such as the Freshwater Farm Plan. Tara has a Master's in Environmental Science looking at land use conflicts between conservation, forestry, and agriculture.
