Qualifications:
Ph.D. Social Sciences and Public Policy [Migrants' Entrepreneurship Management] from AUT, Auckland, New Zealand (2016), Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Design and Analysis (2013), Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management from Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, BSc. Economics Education (Hons) from Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, Graduate Diploma Tertiary Education Otago Polytechnic, Otago NZ, Certificate in Bicultural Competency, Otago Polytechnic, Otago NZ.



Professional Affiliation:
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA) UK
Associate Institute of Management Consultant, New Zealand
Research Association of New Zealand
Institute of Managers and Leaders (Australia New Zealand)
Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria (ACPIN)
Institute of Chartered Economics of Nigeria (ACEN)

Academic Journal Membership:

Conference Committee Member and Editorial Board Member of Institute of Research, Learning & Development https://www.flelearning.ca/conference-committee-2/
Editorial board member of Science Journal of Business and Management. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/editorialboard?journalid=175

Teaching areas:
Applied Management and Business

Professional interest areas:
Academic Research and impacting knowledge.

List of Publications
Omisakin O. M., Kularatne I. (2023). Exploring International Students’ Perceptions of the Value of New Zealand Postgraduate Education. Open Access Library Journal, Volume 10, e10360. ISSN Online: 2333-9721, ISSN Print: 2333-9705. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1110360

Omisakin, O.M., and Adegoke, N. (2022). Entrepreneurial Orientation and New Zealand Family Business Growth Performance: Environmental Effects. Small Enterprise Research, Taylor, and Francis. DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2022.2039883. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WQXQHX9DXZ6QGKBW4P2J/full?target=10.1080/13215906.2022.2039883

Omisakin, O. M., Arasanmi, C., Kularante, I. (2022). Proactiveness, Environmental Munificence and Environmental Hostility and their Impacts on the Growth of SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol.26 No.1/2, pp.43–59 DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.120882

Petrov, O., Omisakin, O. M., (2022). Evaluating the impacts of COVID-19 on operations and management of Community Centres: An Auckland, New Zealand case study. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, Vol. 21, No. 2 https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219649222500186

Omisakin O, Kularatne I. (2022) Exploring postgraduate students’ knowledge about environmental sustainable development and how this is being applied. Journal of Sustainability Research, 2022;4(2): e220004. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20220004

Omisakin, O. M, Chanaka, B., and Kularante, I. (2020). Designing Customer Feedback Service Channel through Artificial Intelligence to Improve Customer Satisfaction in the Supermarket Industry. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management Vol. 19, No. 3 (2020) 2050015 (34 pages). DOI: 10.1142/S021964922050015X

Omisakin, O. M., Nakhid, M. (2019). NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS: A REVIEW. Journal of International Business Research Volume 18, Issue 1, 2019. 1544-0230-18-1-112

Kalawilapathirage, H., Omisakin, O. M., Zeidan, S. (2019). A Data Analytic Approach of Job Satisfaction: A Case Study on Airline Industry. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management Vol. 18, No.1 DOI: 10.1142/S0219649219500035

Omisakin, O. M (2018). New Zealand Trade Agreements and Their Economic and Societal Impacts: A Review. International Business and Management vol16, No. 2, pp. 38-48 DOI: 10.3968/10841

Omisakin, O. and Jyoti, R. (2018). Recycling of Beverage Containers in New Zealand: Critical Analysis of Existing Status and Proposed Best Practices. International Journal of Waste Resources, 8: 347. doi:10.4172/2252-5211.1000347

Chandeep, K, and Omisakin, O. M. (2018). Data Mining Methods to Improve Clinical Trials in Diabetic Patients. Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Research, Vol.6 No.4:266. ISSN 2386-5180. DOI: 10.21767/2386-5180.100266

Omisakin, O. M. (2018). Exploring the African migrants’ decisions to migrate to New Zealand. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Vol. 4, Is.1 ISBN: 978-1-911185-81-9 (Online) ISSN: 2397-6934 (Online)

Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Economic contributions and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurs to their host country – case of African immigrants in Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: March 13, 2017 doi:10.5430/jbar. v6n1p25 URL: https://doi.org/jbar.v6n1p25

Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Motivational factors for African immigrants into small business activities in Auckland, New Zealand. Canadian International Journal of Social Science and Education Vol. 11 May 2017 Pgs. 70-89. http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/b2629b_aa17e97d18124372b07357c3fd2a71e1.pdf

Omisakin, O. M. Nakhid, C. Littrell, R. Verbitsky, J (2016). Entrepreneurial Orientation among Migrants and Small and Medium Enterprises. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: February 10, 2016, doi:10.5430/jbar.v5n1p7 URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v5n1p7

Omisakin, O. M. Nakhid, C. Littrell, R. Verbitsky, J (2015). Exploring the Migrant Experience in Small Business Activities in Auckland: A Case Study of African Migrants. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: July 15, 2015 doi:10.5430/jbar.v4n2p9 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v4n2p9

Conference Papers Presented

Omisakin, O. M (17-19 June 2019) New Zealand Foreign Direct Investments and Their Economic and Societal Impacts: A Review. Presented at 10th International Conference on Trade, Business, Economics and Law at the University of British Columbia, The Liu Institute, Vancouver, Canada.

Omisakin, O.M (16-18 July 2018). New Zealand trade agreements and its economic and societal impacts: A Review. Presented at the Academic International Conference on Business, Marketing and management (Keynote speaker) at Harvard University, Boston USA. www.flelearning.ca.

Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Exploring the African migrants’ decisions to migrate to New Zealand. Fourth Academic International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies and Education. (Keynote speaker) Harvard University, Martin Conference Center, Harvard Boston USA (25-27 September 2017).www.flelearning.ca/aicmse.

Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Motivational factors for African immigrants into small business Literature, Economics and Education. University of Toronto University of St. Michael's College Toronto-Canada.

Omisakin, O. M. (2016) Economic contributions and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurs to their host country – case of African immigrants in Auckland, New Zealand. Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment

Qualifications:
Master in Business First Class Honours (Accounting)
Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education
National Certificate in Adult Education and Training
Fellowship of Advanced Higher Education (UK Professional Standards Framework)

Teaching areas:
Accounting, Management, Research methods and Analytics

Professional interest areas:
Accounting, Education and Management

Publications:
Thesis
Dai, B. (2010). Investigating the impacts of shadow reports on the social and environmental reports of their targeted corporations [Thesis, Auckland University of Technology]. Https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/839

Research output
Dai, B., Altaf, O. & Krishnamoorthy, S. (2022) Training Teachers as a Self-Empowerment Approach for Sustainable Professional Development. Rere Awhio, Journal of Applied Research & Practice Issue 2.

Zhukov, Y., Dai, B. (2022) Dynamic Informal Capabilities in Project-Based Assessments. ITP Research Symposium, Te Pukenga, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, 30 Nov-2nd Dec.

Wang, C., Alam, S., Kularatne, I., Dai, B. (2022) Impact of digital transformation on organisational structure. ITP Research Symposium, Te Pukenga, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, 30 Nov.

Dai, B. (2022) Development of a framework for educators' sustainable professional development. Presentation in Smart Aotearoa –Sustainable Development, Auckland, 29 November 2022.

Quifors, S. Chan, J. & Dai, B. (2021) Workplace Wellbeing During Covid-19: Aotearoa New Zealand Employers’ Perceptions of Workplace Wellbeing Initiatives and their Limitations New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol 17, No. 2.

Quifors, S., Chan, J., Dai, B. & Sacdalan, K. (2021) Workplace wellbeing initiatives and their effectiveness: Learnings from Aotearoa New Zealand during Covid-19. 34th ANZAM Conference, 10-2 December, online.

Dhurandhar, N., & Dai, B. (2021) Technology-driven Practical Efficiency in Talent Recruitment Process in New Zealand. Rere Āwhio – The Journal of Applied Research and Practice, 1.

Dai, B. (2020) Participation in an emergent online learning environment during the COVID-19 lockdown: How do we enhance the engagement of Chinese International Students in an accounting course? Auckland Region Accounting (ARA) Conference, 9 December, Auckland.

Zhukov, Y. & Dai, B. (2020) Dynamic Capability Frameworks in Project-Based Assessments. ePIC 2020, the 18th International Conference on Open Education and Open Recognition Technologies and Practices. Online 26-28 October

Dai, B., Chawla, R. and Zhukov, Y. (2020) Empathy for the faceless. Collective Voices of COVID-19, Otago Polytechnic, ISBN 978-0-908846-61-0


Awards:
2018 13th IAAER World Congress of Accounting Educators and Researchers: Bursaries to support emerging scholars
2011 Summer Studentship, Sustainability research project, AUT University.
2010 Graduate/Assistantship Awards Scholarship, AUT University

Industry accreditations:
Certified Accountant (Ministry of Finance, China)

Qualifications:
PhD in vocational and professional Learning Victoria University,Melbourne 2021
MBA Warwick University UK 1992
BSc Hons Applied Physics Brighton Polytechnic UK

IS0 9001 Quality Assessor 1992
Investors in People Advisor and Assessor UK 1992

Teaching areas:
Principal facilitator and lead assessor for both Independent Learning Programmes in undergraduate business and engineering and Professional Practice post graduate programmes in business, management, leadership and education at Capable NZ

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2012, Auckland University of Technology
(AACSB Accredited), New Zealand
Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Bachelor of Law (Honours), University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Diploma in Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom
Master of Science in Business Administration, 1986, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Applied Economics (Honours), 1981, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Professional Affiliation
Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK)

Teaching areas
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing in a Digital Age, CRM /Analytics, Strategic Marketing

Professional interest areas
Value Co-creation, CRM, Data Analytics, Strategy, Branding, Customer Service.

www.linkedin.com/in/philip-cass-ab4b0916

Qualification
BCom (University of Auckland) 2008
BCom (Hons) University of Auckland 2009
Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (Auckland University of Technology) 2011
Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching (Auckland University of Technology) 2012

Teaching areas
Management, entrepreneurship, HRM, introduction to commercial law.

Professional interest areas
Business course writing and moderation, employment relations/dispute consultancy, international student consulting. Research interest in the areas of internationalisation of higher education, ethnic entrepreneurship, migrant worker experience and youth development.

Publications
Journal Articles
Anderson, D., Jamieson, S., and Naidu, K. (2012) Managed migration? The health and safety and human rights implications for student migrant labourers in the horticulture sector (research paper). Auckland/Sydney: AUT/Sydney University.
Anderson, D., Naidu, K. (2010) The Land of Milk and Honey? the Contemporary Working Lives of of Contingent Youth Labour New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (Online) , Vol. 35, No. 3 , September 1, 2010

Qualifications
Degree architectural technology: Bradford University 1989
Master’s degree in business administration: majoring in communication: Huddersfield University 1994
Postgraduate diploma in business: majoring in project management: Massey University 2012
Doctorate in philosophy: majoring in collaborative projects (final stages): Massey University

Teaching areas
Currently: Project Management, Leadership Decision Making, Industry Internship, Professional Project. Previously: Strategic Management, Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Events Management.

Professional interest areas
Collaboration, innovation, projects, and sustainability.

Publications
Project management institute NZ (PMI) paper 2011: The reluctant project manager
Project management institute NZ (PMI) paper: Scientific methodology is not just for scientists
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2011 Sydney : An investigation of academic research project management frameworks and methodologies
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2015 Singapore: The capitalisation of knowledge
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2018 Hobart: Expectations management of multi sector collaborations: A project framework

Yury’s journey in Aotearoa started when he decided to pursue of his research interests in deliberative democracy and e-government at the University of Auckland. He has been working in tertiary education alongside other jobs for over fifteen years. Yury has a research Master’s degree and is working on his PhD at the moment.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Architecture (University of Mumbai, India)
Master of Construction Management (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
PhD Construction Management (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

Teaching area
I teach courses related to Construction Management and Quantity Surveying. Some of the courses that I teach are; Construction Technology, Building Services, Programming, Social and Legislative Environment, Building Law.

Professional interest areas
Teaching and research in the areas of Construction Technology, Construction Contracts and Sustainable construction.

Publications
Raina, P., & Tookey, J. E. (2012, 28-30 June). The Purpose of Retentions: A Review of the Existing Literature. Paper presented at CIOB world construction conference “Global Challenges in Construction Industry”, Colombo, Srilanka.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. E. (2011, 16-18 Feb). Construction defects and monetary retentions in construction projects:A review of case law. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM – 2011), Sydney, Australia.
• Abeysekera, V., Raina, P., & Neitzert, T. (2009, May 20-22). Building Theory on Monetary Retention Regimes. Paper presented at the meeting of the Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V) "Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology", Istanbul, Turkey.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. (2013, 20-22 November). The perceptions of retentions as held by clients, contractors and subcontractors. In T.W. Yiu & V. Gonzalez (Eds), 38th Annual Conference of the Australasian Universities Building Educators Association (AUBEA), Auckland, New Zealand.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. (2014). Perceptions of the retention system in the construction industry. Paper presented at the 2nd ASEA-SEC Conference “Sustainable solutions in Structural Engineering and Construction”, Bangkok, Thailand.

Awards
Awarded scholarship by BRANZ for PhD studies for three years.
Awarded graduate teaching assistantship at AUT for three consecutive years 2009 – 2012 which included a tuition fee waiver and part time employment as an hourly paid teaching and research assistant.

Qualifications:
Ph.D (Construction Materials) Anna University, Tamilnadu, India, 2020
Masters in Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 2019
M.Tech, Masters in Transportation Engineering and Management, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. 2004
B.E, Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India. 2001

Teaching Areas:
Construction Technology, Contract Administration, Measurement, Procurement and Tendering and Property Investment

Research Areas:
Urban Traffic Planning, Supply Chain Management, Stakeholder Management, Logistics Management, Construction Economics, Transportation Management, Construction Materials, Geopolymer, Project Management, Construction Contracts

Professional Membership:
Member in National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC), New Zealand
Member in New Zealand Institute of Building (NZIOB), New Zealand

Publications:
Mathi Rohitha R, Dr. Srividya Krishnamoorthy, Aruna M (2021) A Study on the Extension of Time (EoT) Claims and Protocols International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2021 https://www.irjet.net/volume 8-issue 9 S.No: 291
B. Hari Abinaya, D. Srividya and G. Chitra (2021) A Study on Effectiveness of Blockchain Technology into Construction Supply Chain Management. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) Vol. 10 Issue 06, June-2021. Paper ID : IJERTV10IS060437.
Srividya. D and Nagan.S “Flyash – Based Geopolymer coating on coarse aggregates for bituminous application”, The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences, Vol 27, 2018, pp 87-107
Srividya. D and Nagan.S, “Effect of Flyash Based Geopolymer coated Aggregates in Bituminous Concrete” Gradevinar, Journal of Croatian Association of Civil Engineers, Vol 70, Issue No 3, 2018, pp 187-199
Srividya, D, Nagan, S & Vaishnavi Devi, S 2017, ‘Microstructure study on flyash based geopolymer paste’, Proceedings of National Conference on Research Innovations in Materials, Construction Techniques and Sustainable Development RIMTSD – 2017
T. Karthigaipriya and D. Srividya, “Road Asset Management System for Madurai CBD”, International Journal of Innovations in Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol 1 Issue 11 Dec 2014, P- 18 - 23
G. Sathya, R. Velkennedy and D. Srividya, “Prioritization of Urban Transport system for Madurai City”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering (IJIRAE) 1, Vol.2, Jan 2015, pp 318-322
D. Srividya and U. Yoganandhan, “Analysis of Possibilities and Proposals of ITS Implementation in Madurai City, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol 3. Issue 29, 2015

Farhad has completed his BSc, MSc, and PhD in computer science. He was a post-doctorate researcher working in the area of high-performance and low-power computing systems in Kyushu University, Japan between 2007 and 2010. From August 2010, he was an Associate Professor in the Kyushu University, where he participated in several joint projects with industry in Japan, and supervised/co-supervised many Master and PhD students.
He joined Tech Futures Lab at Auckland as a Data Science and IoT Specialist in May 2016. Later in 2017 he joined Unisys as a senior consultant and data scientist. He has been with OPAIC since January this year, and alongside his current academic placement as a senior lecturer, he has also founded STEM Fern, a start up in Auckland developing AI and robotics technologies and content for primary aged STEM education.
Farhad has a broad experience both in industry and academia across three different countries and has initiated and led several interdisciplinary R&D projects particularly on AI, robotics, and IoT-enabled smart systems. He is a senior member of IEEE.

Qualifications:
Post-doctorate: High-performance and Low-power computing systems (Kyushu University)
PhD, Computer Science (Amirkabir University of Technology & Kyushu University)
MSc, Computer Systems Architecture (Amirkabir University of Technology).
BSc, Computer Engineering (Sharif University of Technology).
Specialisation in Data Science, 2014 (Coursera - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
NZ Cert in Adult & Tertiary Teaching, Open Polytechnic (ongoing)

Teaching areas:
Data Science, Internet-of-Things, Cloud Computing, AI, Databases

Professional interest areas:
AI and Robotics for STEM Education, Business Intelligence.

Selected Publications:
(Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=ihicYOUAAAAJ&hl=en)

Book Chapters:
1. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahanti, Guillermo Ramirez-Prado, Fog Computing Realization for Big Data Analytics, Fog and Edge Computing: Principles and Paradigms, Wiley, 2018.
2. Farhad Mehdipour, M. F. Rahman, K. Murakami, Intelligent wireless sensor networks in cyber-physical systems, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, ISBN-10: 1849198241, Mar. 2016.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Hamid Noori, Bahman Javadi, Energy-Efficient Big Data Analytics in Data Centers, Energy Efficiency in Data-Centers, Elsevier’s Book Series on Advances in Computers, Feb. 2016.

Recent Journal Publications:
1. S. Rastegar Moghaddam Mansouri, H. Gholamhosseini, A. Lowe, Farhad Mehdipour, M. Lindén, Estimating Systolic Blood Pressure Using Convolutional Neural Networks, pHealth, 2019.
2. Kalpana Nand, Nilufar Baghaei, John Casey, Bashar Barmada, Farhad Mehdipour, Engaging Children with Educational Content via Gaming, Smart Learning Environments, Smart Learning Environments 6 (1), 6, 2019.
3. N. Rahmanikiaa, A. Amiri, H. Noori, Farhad Mehdipour, Performance evaluation metrics for ring-oscillator-based temperature sensors on FPGAs: A quality factor, Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 81-100, Mar. 2017.
4. Karen Baker, Richard Rowley, Farhad Mehdipour, Collaborative teams: The investigation of how collaborative processes and team dynamics impact on collaborative teaching in a New Zealand context. Core Education uLearn16, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2016.
5. A. Medhat, A. Shalaby, M. Sayed, M. El-Sabrouty, Farhad Mehdipour, Adaptive Reduced Comlexity Algorithms for Motion Estimation Unit in HEVC Encoder, IET Image Processing, Feb. 2016.

Recent Conference Papers:
1. Bahman A. Sassani (Sarrafpour), Rosario D. S. Choque, Blake M. Paul, Farhad Mehdipour, Commercial Security Scanning: Point-on-Sale (POS) Vulnerability and Mitigation Techniques, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
2. Bahman Sassani, Andrew David, Xiaosong Li, Farhad Mehdipour, AgentPi: An IoT Enabled Motion CCTV Surveillance System, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Mohsen Pashna, Aniket Mahanti, A 3-Tier AI-Based Solution for Facilitating STEM Education, Submitted to Sixth International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE), 2018.
4. Bahman Sarrafpour, C Abbaro, Ivan Pitton, Craig Young, Farhad Mehdipour, PST 2016 : 14th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
5. M. F. Rahman, Farhad Mehdipour, H. Furukawa, Modeling the Impact of Clustering with Random Event Arrival on the Lifetime of WSN, ICNCC '16 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Network, Communication and Computing, Pages 292-296, Tokyo, Japan, 2016.
6. B. A. Sassani, C. Abbaro, I. Pitton, C. Young, and Farhad Mehdipour, Analysis of NTP DRDoS Attacks' Performance Effects and Mitigation Techniques, Cybersecurity considerations, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Trust Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
7. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahnati, FOG-Engine: FOG-engine: Towards Big Data Analytics in the Fog, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, Auckland, New Zealand, August 8-12, 2016.

Qualifications:
B.Sc. (Engineering)
M.Sc.
Grad Cert in HE.

Teaching areas:
Computing
Robotics
Internet of Things
Information Systems

Professional interest areas:
Computing, Robotics, Internet of Things, Information Systems

Qualifications:
Master of Counselling Degree (MCouns) at the University of Waikato
Bachelor of Social Science Degree (BSocSc); major-Human Development and Japanese at the University of Waikato
Service areas:
Counselling
Awards:
The University of Waikato-Dean’s List of Academic Excellence-2013
The University of Waikato- Golden Key International Honour Society-2011

Sonny graduated from Otago Polytechnic Dunedin in 2008 with a Bachelor of Information Technology. He started working full-time in the Information Systems and Services Department following his graduation, then had a short spell away from Otago Polytechnic when he moved home to Auckland. Sonny eventually returned to Otago Polytechnic as Service Desk Engineer at the Auckland International Campus in March 2013. He's now the ICT and Facilities Manager here.