The Team
CTO/Founder
Lincoln has experience designing mechanical and electronic products over 30 years including set up production lines in America and Asia
Wayne has deep technical expertise, including being CTO of the listed company SLI-Systems. He has a PhD in engineering but worked with practical software systems used billions of times per year.
GRANT RYAN
Ideas Guy/Founder
Grant has founded several successful tech companies including 3 sales to US (to Intel and General Electric affiliate) as well as one listed company.
CEO
Tom has been CEO of a large range of engineering/tech companies selling products around the world.
JANE COWPER
Brand Manager & PR
Jane has an extensive background in trade marketing and consumer goods category development across major global markets.
Test Engineer/Founder
Lyndon's expertise includes prototype development, and reliability testing. Much of his experience comes from working in remote Australian mines where reliability in harsh conditions is essential.
Andy has worked as a patent lawyer for over 30 years including a range of successful products around the world.
SANDER MURRAY
Creative Lead/Founder
Sander has a range of skills to launch products with one of his campaigns resulting in a product on the cover of Time magazine as one of the best inventions of the year.
About Roomygami
GARY FRANKLIN
Business Development Manager/Founder
Gary has worked extensively in tech business development in Europe and the US. He will be based in France from next year.
ROD GARRET
CFO
Rod has worked as an accountant and CFO for numerous companies for 30 years, including a key part of team leading the process of listing SLI-system on NZx market.
Roomygami was started primarily because we wanted a better way to explore NZ in a small, nimble van while still having the space and luxuries of a larger van.
You can read more about what drives us in our first few insight articles:
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Why and how we came up with this design
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Engineering Elegance that drives us
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How flexi-fold-outs compare to other space-saving solutions
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How driving a small van gives you complete freedom
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How living in a large van is so much nicer
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Why we created a product for van designers rather than a new campervan
The group of founders have worked together on numerous other successful projects and has just the right skills to develop this product. We have had a lot of fun designing this!