Dennis A. Smith - Managing Director
Dennis, founder of Go Kiwi Internet, is a New Zealand based IT
entrepreneur, having established businesses selling Computer Hardware, Computer Software and in the last decade, Internet
Websites. While no longer actively involved in creating websites himself, he is New Zealand's most prolific web developer,
having personally developed over 500 commercial and charity websites between 1997 and 2006.In early 2006 he established the Web Developers Association of New Zealand (WDANZ) and has freely shared his Internet knowledge and understanding to numerous public and industry events nationwide. Full of creative ideas and inspiration, he is the big-picture guy who is constantly motivating the Go Kiwi Internet team to back themselves, "Go for it!" and look after their customers.
DDI: 09 489-2344
David Stewart - Dunedin Agency
A
web developer in his own right for several years, David joined the Go Kiwi team in January 2009 after he sold us his
client-base, allowing him to focus on his real passion - customer support and sales.David and his team are based in Dunedin, and previously traded as "Look Sharp Websites".
DDI: 04 474-5555
Eileen Taffard - Production Manager
Eileen manages a team of subcontractors, designers, programmers and
journalists and is our primary point of client contact. She is someone who discovered a talent for website design and
development while working as a temporary Office Manager for Go Kiwi in 2006. As a result, she doesn't do
"geek-speak" but talks to customers in language they can understand!A mother of six adult and teen children, Eileen is our resident "mother hen" who keeps everybody in order, and our customers websites!
DDI: 09-836-2222
Greg Round - Auckland Agency
Located in St Johns, Auckland, Greg has a wide range of business
experiences and skills. He has spent years as a small to medium business owner-operator and has an interest in helping the
small business owner with Internet and website things.Greg's past business activities have included bakeries, personal training, sunglasses distribution, corporate sales, car rental (now that's an interesting mix) and more!
Greg knows how technical things can sometimes be challenging for the busy business person, so Greg keeps it simple, explaining website things in language that even your grandmother will understand!
DDI: 09 379-9999
Harpreet Kaur - Accounts, Admin Systems & Customer Support
Harpreet looks after the admin systems of a busy web development
business and programs in PHP. Originally hailing from India, she loves New Zealand and what she says is "the co-operative Kiwi".She reckons that Go Kiwi Internet is the coolest place to work and competes daily with Iris for the "smile on your dial" award!
Outside of work hours she loves dancing and enjoys watching movies.
DDI: 09 489-2222
Iris Jabour - Graphics Design & Video
Iris is constantly brightening peoples days - whether by sharing her big
Brazillian smile, or by bringing a customer's website to life with graphics or video, or by talking through ways to design a
website and make it look good.She loves her new home in New Zealand and the Kiwi way. She can't believe that she gets paid to have fun creating things for others!
DDI: 09 442-8882
Justin Smith - North Shore Agency
Prior to appointment as a Go Kiwi Internet Agent, Justin worked at the
company since he left school. He has a web pedigree - his father established Go Kiwi Internet. Upgrades, new designs, form
programming, website sales or whatever - if you need help with a website, it's no problem to Justin.Outside of work hours, Justin is an accomplished snowboarder and is often spied teaching and motivating others up at Snow Planet, and around the Wanaka ski fields in season.
DDI: 09-444-4441
Rob Laidlaw - Christchurch Agency
Rob is a Southern Man, born in Kaikoura. He is married to Lucy, has two children with another on the way and lives in St Andrews Hill.Rob has a strong background working with a range of businesses, helping and mentoring them in IT and more, He loves working with people and helps businesses with their web needs, and also those in the web development industry wanting to network through the Web Developers Association (WDANZ) and Emerging Talent.
DDI: 03 977-7222
Tony Rigden - Technical Manager
Tony is our resident techno-geek! He is an experienced programmer in many
programming languages: from Basic to VB, Delphi to PHP - you name it, he's worked with it! A large part of the design of the
advanced systems that Go Kiwi Internet provides is based on Tony's many years of programming experience outside of the web.
His understanding of commercial applications, scalable applications, corporate database design and suchlike, ensures that Go
Kiwi Internet systems are solid, and years ahead of industry common-practice.