Partners
We love the excitement and challenges offered by the Internet to engage, create and retain customers through digital products, technologies and channels. We’ve built our own companies from the ground up, and worked with many others, both here in NZ and around the world, including some of the world’s biggest and most innovative brands. Industry recognition for our work include Best Design awards for delivering great user experiences, and Cannes Gold Lions for world class digital marketing campaigns. Each partner is highly experienced in building enterprise value through the internet.
Geoff Devereux
Partner
Geoff has deep experience in commercialising, funding and marketing digital products. He has had leadership positions offshore on mission critical projects for multinational businesses, has owned and managed local and digital consultancies in NZ and the UK servicing multinational clients, and been a founding member of several highly innovative digital start-ups.
Geoff is also a digital beachhead advisor for NZTE, advising NZ’s highest growth companies on digital strategies to grow globally. Read about Geoff as a Virtual Chief Digital Officer.
Sarah Crosswell
Partner
When you’re running a startup, Sarah is someone you definitely want at your side. She is an exceptionally focussed Product Owner and facilitator with magical organisational ability. She has 20 years of hands-on digital experience including roles as a Developer, Executive Producer, and Project Manager - in start-ups and digital consultancies.
Stuart Christie
Actively engaged in technology and innovation industries since the late 1980s, Stuart is a consultant and director to various high growth companies, Angels, VCs and PEs active in the early stage capital markets. His goal, to maximise enterprise value.
Previously he was co-founder of the mobile banking and payments company M-Com which was sold to the world’s largest supplier of technology solutions to retail banks Fiserv (USA) in 2011. He has an MBA from the Bradford School of Management in the UK and a B Hort. Sci. (Marketing) from Massey University.
Digital specialists
Finding the right people to build and launch digital products can be difficult, with a risk of being burned by expensive recruitment agencies or let down by contractors with hard to validate skills.
Our team
We have 30+ thoroughly proven digital specialists ready to work directly with you for a few hours or a few months. They have a proven track record with us so we’re confident that they can deliver, and they’re great people to work with. We carefully select our people based on:
Very high capability in their field
Ability to self-manage
They are often multi skilled - a strong secondary skill can provide perspective (eg: UX Design with a background as a developer can propose solutions which can be practically implemented.)
Shared values - a passion for learning, honesty, integrity, focus and drive
Some of the capabilities available within the JungleGym specialist team include:
Digital Strategy
Solution architects
UX and UI designers
Developers
Testers
Data analysts
Business analysts
Project managers
User researchers
Marketers to acquire, retain and grow audiences
Sales conversion specialists
Campaign managers (including search and social media specialists)
Content creators
Lawyers who actually understand the unique needs of digital startups
Security consultants
Digital product managers
Agile coaches
