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Future builders
Create a smarter future through smart transport, green economy, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence or urban design.
Troy Poulter
Mr Fix-It
Troy got his career start with a Commonwealth Bank internship. Now he's working on CBA's chatbot, Ceba.
Fontaine Foxworth
Tech translator
Fontaine Foxworth connects the dots between different disciplines to make Google products come to life.
Tom Wright
Self-taught coder
Tom Wright, Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Google, describes himself as "a tinkerer who became obsessed with coding”
Karen Cogan
Graduate data analyst
Karen's Deloitte career path has been so rewarding, she's encouraging other young women to join the field.
Aleisha Amohia
Junior developer
Junior developer, Women in Tech president and VUW student Aleisha Amohia is breaking down barriers for young women studying engineering.
Renee Noble
Software engineering star
Software engineering grad Renee Noble is a developer for tech education start-up Grok Learning.
Angel Dixon
Activist for inclusion
Angel Dixon works on passion projects based on universal design and disability inclusion
Nicky Ringland
CS specialist
Computer science education expert Dr Nicky Ringland is passionate about developing tech teaching resources.
Francesca Maclean
Diversity consultant
Dr Francesca Maclean is an advocate for STEM diversity and inclusion and a consultant for engineering firm Arup.
Beth Jens
NASA engineer
NASA Engineer Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Jens is making interplanetary travel a real thing!
Dr Jake Whitehead
Change driver
Jake works in transport engineering, looking at the ways driverless cars and green vehicles will affect our transport infrastructure.