About
About Us
Abletech was founded in 2006. Since then, we have built a great team of professional programmers, system architects, consultants and geo-application specialists. We are great to work with, and the processes we use let our customers see what we are producing every step of the way.
Management Team
Nigel Ramsay
Principal Consultant, MTech (Hons)
With over 15 years experience in software engineering, and numerous deployments of web applications both here and overseas, Nigel’s goals include growing New Zealand’s IT export capability and applying international experience in a local context.
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Marcus Baguley
Principal Consultant, MSc (Hons)
With over 15 years experience in software engineering, and a string of successful systems deployed around the globe, Marcus’s goals include reducing the cost of
software by increasing developer productivity with development processes, effective tools, and smarter code.
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Cameron Fowler
Technical Consultant, BE
Cameron was introduced to Abletech as an intern through the 2010 Summer of Tech programme and was a part of the Abletech team part-time throughout 2011. In completing his study, he is now a permanent fixture on the Abletech team and amongst other things is currently working on MapMySites, Abletech's SaaS locator. He aims to hone a set of skills that will allow for lightning quick solutions to complex problems. In his spare time you are most likely to find Cameron either rock climbing or in front of an iLive-T112 digital mixing system, good times!
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Cameron Prebble
Technical Consultant, BSc/BCA
Starting in 2007 as an intern with the Summer of Code programme, Cameron has gone on to develop a bank branch location service, an air and water quality mapping solution and has also contributed to Abletech's AddressFinder. Cameron’s goal is to provide the best solutions for data-visualisation and mapping with a strong focus on user interaction.
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Calvin Kaye
Technical Consultant
Calvin was introduced to Abletech through the Summer of Tech Internship Program and joined the Abletech Team in January 2012. He is about to complete his BSc in Computer Science and has already impressed with his contributions to Abletech’s MapMySites product. Calvin loves software development especially in the area of web development and enjoys applying creativity to software in order to solve real life problems and developing applications which make people’s lives easier.
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Jeremy Olliver
Technical Consultant, BSc
After getting a kick start to his career with the 2007 Summer of Code internship programme, Jeremy comes to Abletech with solid experience creating customer focused products and working on data-centric applications, having worked extensively on PlanHQ and heaps!, a Personal Financial Management Service now offered by KiwiBank. Jeremy's goal is to build innovative web applications which provide an awesome customer experience.
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Joseph Leniston
Technical Consultant, BBI/BCA
Joseph joined the Abletech team in October 2011 and brings with him seven years of development experience. He started his development career working on an Enterprise Java application at the Ministry of Social Development. Joseph has loved the transition to using Ruby on Rails which focuses on providing high quality applications that meet users needs with a minimum of overhead which, in Joseph's opinion, is what software development is all about. Now Joseph is returning to Java to take on a new challenge building Android Applications. Joseph's goal is to build innovative applications that help people and business complete new tasks and reveal new insights by taking advantage of the features now available in modern mobile devices.
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Naiki Pohe
Technical Consultant
Naiki was introduced to Abletech through the Summer of Tech Internship Programme and joined the Abletech team in January 2012. With just a couple of papers to go she will be completing her BSc in Computer Science by the end of the year. Naiki has an impressive track record to date working on a number of client projects and was a finalist in 2011 for the Anita Borge Google Scholarship. She has a particular interest in front-end web development and enjoys contributing to the development of user friendly systems and providing effective solutions.
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Pam Ramsay
Accounts
Pam has been a part of the Abletech team since the very beginning and is the wonderful person who keeps all our accounts in order. The world would certainly be a scary place without her!
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Sean Arnold
Technical Consultant
Sean was introduced to Abletech through the Summer of Tech Internship Programme and joined the Abletech team in January 2012. He is about to complete the final paper of his BSc in Computer Science. Sean has an interest in web and mobile applications including Android and iPhone and loves seeing the end product. He is currently one of the key members of the development team working with Loyalty. Outside of finding the perfect espresso machine, Sean's goal is to develop functional yet usable products that meets customer's needs.
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Ryan French
Technical Consultant, BDI
Ryan gained great experience with Sharesight in 2010 as an intern through Summer of Tech and in completing his study joined the Abletech team in November 2011. He loves all things design especially in the context of web design and development and strives for web design that is functional and easy to use as well as looking aesthetically beautiful and clean. Ryan loves using the latest HTML5 and CSS3 standards and wants to leverage his skills in Javascript to create richer front end web design. His goals for the future include continuing to develop his front end skills to create better web design and a richer experience for people and down the track, he sees himself starting his own design studio.
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Shevaun Coker
Technical Consultant, BCMS (Hons)
Shevaun started with Abletech in January 2011. After graduating from the University of Waikato Shevaun moved to Wellington where she joined the IT Applications team at the Ministry of Social Development working on a range of RoR developments. Shevaun's goal is to make our customers lives easier by building fun, functional and user-friendly software which meets business needs.
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Andrew Whitehead
Marketing and Business Development Strategy
Andrew joined the Abletech team in November 2011 and brings with him 14 years of experience in people and event management, as well as brand development/management predominantly in the non-profit sector. He is someone who firmly believes everything communicates something with one of Andrew's goals being to ensure that Abletech's marketing communications are in-line with the great service our clients have come to expect.
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Ross Jourdain
Technical Consultant
Ross started with Abletech in March 2012. He has 7 years development experience and has specialist experience with e-commerce and security. Ross started his development career in Enterprise Java and has worked on many varied projects including secure email, vehicle logistics, print publishing and self-service kiosks. Ross's interests include both hardware and software design and development. He is currently in his spare time, building a radio controlled helicopter for aerial photography.
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Natalie Ferguson
Interaction and Web Designer
Natalie's company Decisive Flow has an impressive 7 year history of working with companies the world over, designing interfaces that meet the unique goals of each business. Decisive Flow share offices with Abletech in Wellington and is one of our key business partners with Natalie bringing her expertise to many AbleTech projects. Natalie's designs are deceptively simple - she is great at converting complex workflows and interactions into simple, intuitive tasks.
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Lulu Pachuau
Design Consultancy
Lulu works with Abletech on a regular basis and is certainly one of our key business partners. Her company, Lushai, specialises in user research, design strategy, information architecture, interaction design and usability testing. Lulu is great at asking the hard questions that really get to the heart of creating an excellent user experience.