Exceptional client service requires exceptional people. Meet our Client Services team below.
Partner
Since joining Datamine in 2009 from NZ Post, Matt has taken the lead on many of Datamine’s key accounts and is a passionate advocate for using data-driven intelligence to identify and address business challenges. Working with organisations at a senior level, he leads the transformation required to unlock the value of data. Matt has the experience and expertise to balance the technical, commercial and cultural considerations required in order to derive significant value from analytics.
Managing Partner
As our Managing Partner, Michaela has her fingers in all of Datamine's pies. She is the key to ensuring all our internal functions are optimally run. Michaela successfully ran a number of her own businesses, both in NZ and the UK, before joining Datamine in 2010. Her biggest passion at work? All things people – Michaela is constantly striving to develop and deliver growth the Datamine way, all while retaining our values, enhancing our culture and building internal capability.
Founder & CEO
Paul loves data. Part people-person and part tech geek, he founded Datamine in an effort to connect and empower people to benefit from data analytics every day. Since 1995, Paul has been using his unparalleled experience and insight to guide the business and continue to push conventional boundaries. With a focus on collaboration, innovation and pragmatic excellence, Datamine is passionate about giving organisations the knowledge they need to unlock the value in their data. And with Paul at the helm, we’re going places.
Marketing Technologist
A self-described ‘systems thinker’, Manchester native Andy bridges the gap between marketing, IT and software. He has spent over a dozen years in roles defining and delivering campaign management and marketing automation solutions in the telecommunications, airline and retail sectors. Andy is passionate about assisting clients through the Marketing Automation minefield, making the most of the opportunities, overcoming challenges and driving performance from what they do.
Consultant
Kat joined the Datamine team in mid-2021 with over a decade of experience in data-led process optimization and technical sales across the finance and ICT industries. She is passionate about working with clients and using data analytics to uncover the opportunities buried within business challenges, solving problems and delivering exceptional client-focused solutions.
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Charles joined the Datamine team in early 2020 with over 15 years of experience in data analytics and business development, including taking a SaaS retail analytics platform to a global market. He’s worked for organisations such as Accenture, 11Ants Analytics, IRI Global and more, and he’s enjoyed applying those learnings to his role at Datamine. To Charles, analytics is about taking the complicated and making it simple – so he’s passionate about helping clients unlock this value.
Consultant
Ant joined the Datamine team in April 2021. His career spans 15 years working in the Technology space working across verticals including Telco, ICT and Data. Ant has held a number of leadership positions in both a technical capacity as well as across senior sales and business development functions. His goal these days is being able to bring both those areas together to deliver the best outcomes for clients, whilst keeping everything simple.
Consultant
Dominik joined the Datamine team in February 2022. His career spans over 20 years, working in the technology industry across NZ and the UK in sales and marketing management positions.
His IT experience includes IT infrastructure, cloud computing, SaaS, data engineering, and business applications such as CRM, Marketing Automation and Service Management software. Dominik has a passion for innovation, technology and working with customers & partners on how people, processes and technology will meet their business objectives.
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Bruce’s strength lies in the delivery of complex ideas in a simple, effective and visual way, whether it’s building software or analysing data. Previously in a global role as UI/UX designer at Golder Associates, he also understands the issues that big organisations face. He’s passionate about solving actual business problems and ensuring there is a real impact – and making it easy for the people involved!
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Emma holds a double degree of BCom and Bachelor of Consumer & Applied Science from University of Otago. She specialises in data visualisation, using her design skills to help clients tell stories with their data. Emma’s eye for detail and enthusiastic approach to tough client challenges make her an asset to the team.
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Delivery & Implementation Manager Louis has worked closely with several of New Zealand’s leading FMCG suppliers and retailers to help them maximise the value of their sales and customer data. He has a wealth of experience in identifying opportunities to deliver actionable insights to clients, and he loves having the opportunity to work face-to-face with a diverse group of colleagues and clients in his role.
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Vanessa joined the Datamine team with a BA in Business Management & French, an MSc in Political Science as well as in-depth vocational training in Data Science. Having previously worked at KPMG New Zealand and King’s College London, she enjoys combining her strategic and operational knowledge with her interest in data visualisation to provide clients with clear, realistic and implementable insights.
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Sophie joined Datamine as a recent graduate from the University of Auckland, where she studied a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Business Analytics and Marketing. Through her degree, she found a passion for data and an appreciation for its value in solving business problems and uncovering potential opportunities.
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Josh joined Datamine in 2022 as a recent graduate from the University of Auckland, where he studied a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing and Operations Management. Whilst here, he learned of the important role data plays in solving problems for businesses and discovered his passion for communicating these insights in a way that anyone can understand.
