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Creative logic
julia forsyth
YOUR BIGEARS
Founded in 2004, Julia Forsyth
spent the early years exploring many
of the possibilities that automated
voice feedback, by telephone, could
encompass. Since 2009 she has been
focussed on BigEars for Customer
Satisfaction
surveys
–enhancing
customer experience (CX) and closing
the feedback loop, delivering businesses
the voice of their customer in rich,
insightful, and authentic audio clips.
www.yourbigears.com
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Helen Joronen
GREENKEEPER SYSTEMS
Tammy Viitakangas
MATA BREWERY
After researching businesses to buy,
franchises or a product to distribute and
having found nothing appealing, Helen
Joronen went back to work after the
Christmas holidays in 2008, and realised
that all PCs, Laptops and Servers had
been running since they'd gone to the
pub on December 22nd. That was her
lightbulb moment. Research found that
the office had chewed through 157kg
of carbon over the holidays. Helen has
since established Greenkeeper Systems.
"The average home PC is using at least
$100 of power when you are not sitting
at it, so why not put that extra $100
back in your pocket."
www.greenkeepersystems.com
Tammy Viitakangas and her partner
Jaysen Magan created a bit of heaven
on the edge of the earth when they,
partnered
with
Tammy's
parents
Jouni and Gloria Viitakangas, founded
Aotearoa Breweries NZ Limited in
December of 2005. As proponents of
the Kiwi lifestyle, Viitakangas and Magan
wanted to create a series of beers that
accentuated the fresh, raw edge of
brewing in the South Pacific. The result
was the creation of a line called Mata
Beer, a title that celebrated the edge of
innovation and the competitive spirit that
keeps them at the head of the pack.
www.mata.net.nz
