WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND nzoom.com?
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND nzoom.com?
Over the last few months, TVNZ have brought together a team of New Media specialists including experts in design, technology, sales and content in order to build what they believe is the best possible website. nzoom.com is the result of their efforts. Background information on some of the key people who have been involved in the project follows.
Simon Aimer, General
Manager, nzoom Ltd
Simon is a chartered engineer with a
BE from Auckland and an MBA from Paris. He spent many years
in Europe and the US working in technology fields before
specialising in strategy with the Boston Consulting Group.
He has held directorships with a number of companies
including Campus Radio 95bfm Ltd, Metrowater Ltd and Nature
& Co Ltd.
Reg Russ, General Manager, New Media TVNZ
Reg
holds qualifications in engineering, human resource
management and senior corporate management.
His current position includes the development of programme enhancements, productivity improvements and new revenue streams while controlling all TVNZ’s graphics, teletext, subtitling and website operations.
He has been honoured by the Queen for services to broadcasting in New Zealand.
John
Marks, Content Manager, nzoom.com
John is a former
newspaper, radio and television reporter. He progressed from
journalist to network editor of TVNZ News. Several stints
overseas included running TVNZ Olympic and Commonwealth
Games News coverage.
John is a foundation producer of TVNZ’s websites and has worked with Reg Russ to form its New Media division.
Leonie Smits, Sales Manager,
nzoom.com
Leonie has an extensive background in sales,
both in New Zealand and overseas.
She came to TVNZ last
year from Telecom where she was Sales Manager for Xtra’s new
media division.
Daniel McLaren, Site Development Manager,
nzoom.com
Daniel progressed through a career of
illustration and cartooning with the NZ Herald before
working as an artist to the Sydney Morning Herald working on
their website and producing interactive features for IBM.
Returned to NZ to work on the NZ Herald websites before
going to Telecom E-solutions as team-leader. Daniel has a
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam.
Dave Simonsen, Executive
Producer, nzoom.com
Dave is the Executive Producer for
the nzoom.com sport, business and news sites. He has a
Bachelor of Communications degree from AIT, majoring in
journalism. He has been involved with TVNZ’s website
activity since its early beginnings and was part of the team
that won a TUANZ award for the ONE business site.
Paula
Davy, Executive Producer, nzoom.com
Paula was News Editor
of Auckland University magazine Craccum while completing a
Bachelor of Arts (majoring in English and Philosophy), and
was a newsreader on Radio 95bFM.
Paula produced the
award-winning budget99.co.nz website for TVNZ New
Media.
Valerie Walshe, Marketing, nzoom.com
Valerie has
a background in the marketing of services and technology.
She has worked for ASB Bank, IBM and Blue Star.
Prior to joining TVNZ, Valerie was Marketing Manager for BankDirect and was part of the team that built BankDirect from scratch in under a year. During her last six months at BankDirect, Valerie also held the role of Acting General Manager.
Valerie was one of the three finalists for New Zealand Marketer of the Year in 1998 and last year was named as Direct Marketer of the Year.
nzoom.com will launch on
Sunday 19 March
2000.