DIGITAL DAY OUT 2022

Women In Tech Award WINNER 2022 RISING STAR, 2021/22 TVNZ -NZ Marketing Awards Judge and Head of Business Operations at Umbrellar, Powered by Pax8.

An outgoing, entrepreneurial, performance-driven leader with a passion to embrace the changing face of our world and the relentless rise of evolving technology and business demands to drive better overall outcomes for all.

Previously heading up the marketing team taking Enlighten Designs to Microsoft Country Partner of the year, with a newly appointed change from Head of Marketing and Operations to Head of Business Operations at Umbrellar.

Championing the GTM strategy and operational business excellence across the Microsoft CSP Distribution, Cloud Operations and Advisory businesses, because everyone deserves the cloud done right! Living and flying the flag for the WFH free-range life as a proud mama of two boys, because work should be what you do not where you go.

Sam Stuchbury, is the founder and Creative Director of multi-award-winning advertising agency Motion Sickness. Sam and his agency use strategy grounded in consumer culture to get brands noticed and change behaviour. Working with clients such as The New Zealand Government, Les Mills, Icebreaker, and Zuru Edge, the agency is truely making a name for itself.

After humble beginnings in a poorly-insulated student flat in Dunedin, Motion Sickness has gained national and intentional recognition for their unique creative work and campaigns. Most recently their ‘Keep It Real Online’ campaign for the Department Of Internal affairs has gained global traction, sparking conversions around online harm for children.

Adnan has been leading digital transformation for Fortune 500 brands for over 14+ years at global tech companies and agencies, having previously worked for Facebook, Microsoft & Initiative Media. He was one of the first four employees to join Facebook in Asia-Pacific, having helped launch Facebook in Australia and launched Facebook in New Zealand. Prior to this he ran partnerships at Microsoft in Australia.

In more recent years Adnan was a founding partner at one of the biggest marketing technology consultancies in New Zealand prior to exiting and co-founding Stitch - a new kind of advertising, marketing technology and customer data driven consultancy for the fragmented customer experience age.

Sean is a senior marketer with wide experience across several industries. 8 years working in advertising agencies followed by over 10 years in marketing.

In his current role as the GM Marketing at Turners Group he sits on the Senior Leadership Team with core responsibility for the Marketing Team and the National Contact Centre.

His remit is to build the brand, drive lead acquisition and improve the customer experience across all touch points online and offline. He works closely with the Sales, Operations and IT teams to deliver a better customer journey.