The regional Māori hackathons we do in collaboration with T3W, Datacom, NZTE, and regional government organizations across New Zealand are the most important work we do each year. It’s been an honor to participate and speak at two Hack Tairawhiti Read more…
Kiwis often joke about New Zealand being a “rock on the bottom of the Earth.” The reality is, it’s a massively creative, stunning, sustainability-focused prototype for the communities of our future. It’s not just their progressive agenda, or (relatively) agile Read more…
There are a select few humans that get to design the future, and Greg Broadmore is one of them. He’s been with Weta Workshop for 18 years, and has lead the creative studio designing Magic Leap’s first games for seven. Read more…
“This is an evening that is really about celebrating the unique innovation New Zealand brings to the world.” If you know me, you know New Zealand is my favorite place on Earth. Their unique innovation ecosystem lends itself to some Read more…
On a recent trip to Auckland, New Zealand to emcee Blockworks NZ, Paul Spain, the host of the New Zealand Tech Podcast (amongst many others,) was kind enough to invite Savannah to drop by. The two candidly discuss Lime Scooters, Read more…
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt recently aired a story on the exciting new Walmart and Google partnership. I gave my 10 cents on the collaboration that could define the future of retail in this clip:
Dozens of people raved to me about China in anticipation of my trip there as North American Delegate for the Henan Tourism Board. Only two rogue voices in the crowd-sourced Facebook world of opinions dare deviate. “It’s weird. Everything in Read more…
I was honored to be asked to judge the Young Achievers Award for Auckland Hi-Tech week this year. I joined a lineup of stellar other international judges for the event, and got to meet some incredible kiwi entrepreneurs as a Read more…
On May 13th, Jeremiah Owyang fearlessly moderated Hyperloop co-founder Shervin Pishevar, Uber Developer Experience Lead Chris Messina, Director of StartupBus Europ Keit Kollo and myself in a panel discussing the future of transportation. Held at Uber’s illusive HQ, the event Read more…
Air New Zealand recently started a new series called “Inspiring Voices” that asks thought leaders around the globe “what is world class?” Alongside Tam Tam McQueen and Ned Dyer, I took the #AirNZVoices stage in Christchurch and Wellington. The videos Read more…