Staff Bios
Our multi faceted team works closely together to provide products that are both visually appealing and technically sound. We maintain our own server farm, on a high speed connection to the Internet, which we use for prototyping, database development and client hosting.
Rachel Hamilton-Williams
General Manager (Webmistress)
Working in the design industry for 8 years, switching from print work to the World Wide Web in 1995. Experienced in web/print integration, corporate style application, HTML mark-up and design, HTML automation and client training. Rachel has a degree in Sociology from Massey University. Her primary role is to apply her considerable knowledge of the web to solving your problems. She is an excellent innovator and ideas generator, with in-depth knowledge of site architecture and design.
Simon Blake
Acting General Manager / Technical Manager
After completing his degree, BSc in Computer Science from Massey University, Simon was Internet System administrator for 6 years, with DSIR, Hort+Research, National Library and Globe.Net Internet Service Provider. Experienced in all aspects of Internet connectivity, administration and support, Simon is our best advisor on technical matters, he can provide system analysis, database design, and network support including setting up server(s) and client machines.
John Goose
Accounts Manager
John Goose is our new Accounts Manager, replacing Dean in the accounts section. John has a Diploma in Management from the New Zealand Institute of Management. He is married to our Client support person, Angela, and has quickly come to grips with Katipo systems.
Angela Goose
Client Support / Web Developer
Angela has worked with Katipo since its beginning, providing sound HTML production skills. She is our primary contact for clients once a major project has completed. She is responsible for much of our site maintenance work, quickly and efficiently updating content when you need an extra hand, and offering extra training and even onsite help when staff changes occur. Angela has a BSc (Hons) from London University.
Robert Lyon
Web Developer / Programmer
Robert is another Massey graduate, with a BA in psychology and history. He has been a secondary school teacher, and freelance web developer before coming to Katipo. Robert enjoys coding a website from scratch, and watching it grow.
Walter McGinnis
Programmer / System Administrator
Walter hails from the US. He cut his teeth programming at ArsDigita in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berkeley, California during the dotcom boom. He escaped the bust by moving into contracting based on OpenACS, an open source web toolkit on top of the Oracle and PostgreSQL databases, for the likes of Granta, The New York Review of Books, MIT's Sloan School of Business, Project for Public Spaces, and the US Federal Highway Administration. He's happy to escape, yet again, to a new life in New Zealand working for Katipo.
Peter Sundstrom
System Administrator [contractor]
Peter has been in the IT industry for over 20 years, and never grown a beard. Originally from Australia, Peter now lives in the deep south (Arrowtown). He has many years experience in Unix/Linux engineering, systems integration, firewall/security services, capacity planning, systems monitoring, Perl software development and technical documentation.
Mason James
Programmer / System Administrator [contractor]
Mason has a Bachelor of Applied Information Systems from Taranaki Polytechnic. He enjoys working on open source software. He has a wide range of experience with Linux & UNIX systems.
Rebecca Holden
Graphic Designer [contractor]
Rebecca came to Katipo in 2000 after some time freelancing in the corporate sector. Rebecca has a BDes in Visual Communications Design from Victoria University and has many years experience in graphic design for print and web.