Vend is the retail management software taking retail to the cloud.

Alex joined Vend in March 2015 as VP of Strategy, was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, and has been Chief Executive since February 2016.

He began his career at McKinsey & Company, advising major global corporations on strategy, marketing and operations. Since then he also held executive roles at iconic New Zealand growth companies including Trade Me, Les Mills International, and Orion Health.

Alex attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar - only the second of Pacific Island descent - and also holds a 1st class honours degree from the University of Auckland. Outside of work Alex spends his time chasing his three children with wife Clare, cheering for the Hurricanes rugby team and enjoying Auckland’s great outdoors.

Vaughan, a veteran of several online startups, founded Vend in 2010 based on the idea of using technology to liberate retailers, save them 1,000s of hours, and empower them to deliver rich new engaging experiences in their stores.

Along with multiple awards for Vend, Vaughan was named EY's Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014. In 2015 he founded a charitable initiative OMGTech! with the aim to help kids into careers with future technology. He’s also Vice-chair of the NZ Hi-Tech Trust and is involved in the celebration of the New Zealand hi-tech industry through awards and education.

Every year Vaughan does an impossible challenge, something to take him out of his comfort zone, like running 1,000km, learning to sing to get a paid gig in front of 100 people or cycling around the world in 80 days. This has become a core value at Vend, to do the impossible.

Ana joined Vend in 2017, and is responsible for developing and translating strategy into actionable plans in a variety of settings.

With over 12 years’ experience across strategy and operations, Ana began her career in Group Strategy at Spark, before moving to London and leading market strategy for Microsoft’s Consumer & Online division in the UK. In her last role at McKinsey & Company, Ana led multi-million dollar transformations for a variety of international clients.

Before moving back to New Zealand, Ana spent a year cycling across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, which combined her love of travel with her love of good food!

Ben is our Chief Vend-gineer, and makes sure our developers are producing the amazing code that makes Vend such an awesome product.

His 20+ year career in commercial software development covers a broad range of industries and technologies. Ben has developed software with, and for, many New Zealand and global household names including Datacom, Orion Health, PlaceMakers, ING, GoPro, Disney, Al Jazeera, Nokia and Microsoft.

He'd be embarrassed to be called a minor celebrity, but Ben is often called on by local media to offer his opinion and advice on technology and software. He even did a regular stint on breakfast television for several years as a technology & gadgets commentator.

Graeme joined Vend in 2017 and is responsible for the financial operations of the group.

Graeme has over 15 years experience leading finance teams in the telco and technology industries in both NZ and the UK. Prior to joining Vend, Graeme was Head of Finance Operations at Vodafone NZ for 4 years. He’s also held finance management, commercial and business partnering roles at TelstraClear, and in the UK with KCOM.

He lives with his family in Auckland, where his spare time is spent exhausting himself and/or his family in a variety of outdoor athletic pursuits.

Shirvani leads both our IT team and our People and Culture team, making sure everything’s running smoothly and we continue to attract, engage and retain amazing people! Shirvani and her team are committed to developing leadership capability, driving engagement and ensuring Vend continues to be an amazing place to work.

Joining Vend in 2018, Shirvani has a wealth of HR experience gained from previous roles at Logical CSI (IBM), Bank of New Zealand, and more recently as Chief People Officer at Yellow. Shirvani has a significant background in change management and culture transformation.

Shirvani and her husband are proud parents of two incredible girls and dedicate all their spare time to them. A die hard All Blacks supporter, on game day Shirvani can be heard shouting support at the television!

Butch is our Country Manager based in Toronto, taking care of sales, customer success, marketing and channel teams across Canada and the U.S.

Butch is a CPA who’s held Senior Executive positions with major Media, Telecom and Cable companies in Canada. In addition to more corporate roles he has been CEO of 3 VC funded companies in North America - Buybuddy, Truition (acquired by CDC Software) and Microsoft backed PlanetEye (now part of 9Flats).

In his younger years Butch was a successful Junior A hockey player and touring musician, only getting accounting designation in case the "music" thing didn't work out.

Dave heads up our sales, customer success, marketing and channel teams across the APAC region. Based Melbourne, he loves working with a team that lives and breathes retail as much as he does.

Dave has 15+ years’ experience launching and rapidly scaling international teams and operations at global internet companies including Google and Yelp, and has an extensive international background having lived and worked in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, India and Australia.

Dave also has a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a MBA from Harvard Business School. In his spare time he loves sharing his knowledge as a mentor to startups as part of the Melbourne Accelerator Program within the University of Melbourne.

Higor heads up Vend across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His main goal is to make Vend the market leader in the region and create a growth oriented, sustainable business.

After starting his career with big corporations like Unilever and American Express, Higor became fascinated with the tech industry and joined Groupon, where he had a number of roles in sales, strategy and operations. He’s also led commercial areas globally for food delivery company Foodora and was COO of YOYO, a SaaS company focused on the restaurant industry.

A true man of the world, Higor has a masters degree from Harvard and has lived in five different countries. He has a passion for scuba diving and also racing both cars and go-karts.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Andrew’s role is to lead the team in ensuring that Vend continues to grow in a sustainable way.

From working at McKinsey & Company in Auckland and LA through to spending time as a uranium explorer in Ethiopia, Andrew has a wide range of unique experience across the infrastructure and tech sectors. With previous Exec roles in start-ups and corporates focused on new technology, innovation and strategy, Andrew prides himself on ‘doing’ and helping innovative companies succeed.

Outside of Vend Andrew loves spending time with his family, and also serves as a board member for the New Zealand American Football Federation.

As Chief Product Officer, Rhiannon works with teams throughout Vend to figure out what we should be building next to delight retailers and help make their lives easier.

Rhiannon has a wide range of experience from multiple industries across the globe. After four years working in politics, becoming Director of Communications and Research for former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, she then went on to work in the media field for companies including the BBC in London and Shazam in Silicon Valley, and more recently was the Chief Digital Officer for Westpac New Zealand.

After travelling the world, previously living in France, the US and the UK, Rhiannon is happy to be back home in New Zealand and contributing to a Kiwi company that’s having a global impact.