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The shopping and eating in Newmarket is pretty spectacular even with the temporary closure of 277, but predominantly for us it’s the amazing accessibility with public transport from pretty much all corners of Auckland. Our students come in from everywhere and get to enjoy the magic and bustle of this vibrant city fringe ‘burb.
Make education your passion and students your focus. The tagline our team came up with to describe what we do is “Creating IT Professionals through Excellence in Education.” Excellence is possible with a dedicated team who share the vision. Watching secondary school leavers morph into Computer Engineering Professionals working at some of the biggest IT Companies in the country is pure gold for us.
Loving my job gets me out of bed every day so it would have to be something pretty compelling. My passion is really around engaging young people in education that makes a difference in their lives. So it would definitely be something else in education with a corporate flavour!
I would have to say I am inspired by strong humanitarian leaders and amazing musicians. Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong or Freddie Mercury with Barrack Obama or Norman Kirk would be pretty amazing. Any combo!
Occupational Therapy Aide to physically disabled children straight out of school where I learned to celebrate successes no matter how small. I then went on to work for the Sheraton and Regent Hotels where I developed a great appreciation for fantastic customer service!
Being challenged and rising to the occasion is my biggest motivator. My natural competitiveness hasn’t been satisfied on a squash court for some time now so I am motivated by finding solutions and breaking down barriers to success. I come from a family of hard workers so mostly I am motivated by work.
Hard question because I love living in Central Auckland and NZ. If I were to choose somewhere other than NZ, I love the easy access to Europe and the busy cosmopolitan lifestyle of London. But if I were to narrow it down it would be anywhere coastal in Italy for the summer and New York in the winter.
I am enjoying the Japanese restaurant just down from Archie’s Pizzeria. There is no beating yum cha at the iconic Pearl Garden in Teed Street, especially their steamed dumplings for lunch so actually you could stick a pin in a map – Newmarket does pretty well for an amazingly diverse range of food and drink.
Vibrant, energised, awesome.
It’s a cliché but it would have to be don’t sweat the small stuff.
I open the iPad around 6am to check my e-mails and my meetings for the day. Techtorium is one of the highest performing tertiary providers in New Zealand so for me my day starts with making sure our people have the tools they need to give our students a fantastic experience of tertiary and a head start in their IT careers.
Be clear about what you want. If you don’t know what you’re looking for, you won’t recognise it when it’s in front of you.
New Caledonia. Apart from the tropical island thing it has going on, it’s only a three hour flight from here and everyone speaks French so it really feels like a holiday.
The Rialto Centre on Osborne Street and Broadway. Mid-morning movies, a great food court, a variety of clothing stores and The Homestore. It has everything including easy access to those gorgeous shops on Osborne Street like The Poi Room.
Professionally being the CEO in such a great company and being able to work with my husband Patrick Dowling, every day in the business he created 15 years ago is pretty great.
My iPad – for sure.
I could be anywhere around Auckland with my camera looking for that winning shot.
We have had and currently have some incredible female role models in New Zealand but sadly in senior roles women are woefully under represented. I think as women sometimes we need to stop trying to play by the rules and instead just rewrite the rule book.
Not being heard.
That my opinions and ideas have merit and can be the basis for change and evolution. As a result I endeavour to ensure that the people around me get to enjoy the same.
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