Our Team
What makes Cucumber special isn’t a technology, framework or tool (or even a methodology, philosophy or approach). What makes us unique is our people. We search high and low for the best designers, analysts, developers, project managers and relationship type folk and then we do our very best to convince them that they should come and work for us. Most of the time they agree (we can be very persuasive) and that - simple though it seems - is the secret behind a team of people from Hong Kong, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, England, South Africa and even New Zealand that our customers love to work with.
We asked some photographers to come in and take some snaps of us and (of course) make us look better than we do in real life. They assure us that they succeeded but you're welcome to pop in to our offices and decide for yourself.
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Jodie Tipping
DIRECTOR
Jodie’s career in technology started the day she bought a technology company. She speaks fluent Japanese, grows her own vegetables, and has a gold medal in multi-tasking.
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Mignon Olivier Green
GENERAL MANAGER
Mignon originally came from a web & graphic design background; essentially she has been a geek to the core since her teens. Mignon can be found caravanning and surfing most weekends with her husband, son and golden retriever puppy.
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Paula Clode
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Paula, a Southland native who settled in Tauranga 16 years ago, has 20+ years of IT expertise. She's known for rolling her r’s as well as her cheese rolls (Southland sushi) and spends summers using her son's cricket games as an excuse to lay about in the sun.
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Rob Bensley
HEAD OF DIGITAL ADVISORY
From Wellington roots, Rob brings 30 years in the digital space across different sectors and countries. Robs work passion is helping businesses grow and change. Out of work Rob loves adventuring in nature, with food, and travel.
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Mauro Andrea
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Besides being a master developer, Mauro is also a scuba diver and private pilot. So in his spare time he doesn't spend much time on the ground. Rumours are he moved to New Zealand because it was the longest flight he could find.
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Matt Varley
PROGRAMME MANAGER
Matt studied golf and maths at St. Andrews, has modelled jumpers for GQ magazine, was a snowboard instructor in Switzerland and he's our Project Manager. We're as surprised as you are.
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Claire Ashworth
FINANCE MANAGER
Claire manages the money so is an important and popular Cucumberian. She also manages 4 boys and all of their activities so comes to work for a break. Her ideal holiday is Disneyworld and her ideal biscuit is one to dunk in tea without it crumbling.
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Ashwin Thakur
Solution Architect
Ashwin is our resident kiwi car enthusiast. Moving from Fiji when he was 2, he’s been in IT for over 20 years. He enjoys drifting his Nissan 200sx and cleaning up poker tables in his free time.
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Tom Bowen
SENIOR TALENT CONSULTANT
Tom proudly heralds from the gritty northwest of England, with over a decade honing tech recruitment, Tom's a wealth of expertise. A Talent Acquisition ace, he masters end-to-end processes and strategic staffing. Beyond, he can carry a surfboard and look good doing it. Whether he can ride it is yet to be proven.
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Jo Newcombe Cook
SENIOR ANALYST
When Jo isn't wrangling kids you'll find her climbing Mauao or crashed out on the couch with a good book. She's planning on walking the Camino de Santiago one day.
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Zoe Bartlett
SENIOR PROJECT COORDINATOR
Fueled mainly by coffee, Zoe is all energy in the office and doesn't like it to be too quiet. She loves to be outdoors playing tennis or exploring the paradise that is the Bay of Plenty.
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Brett Costello
BUSINESS ANALYST
An experienced analyst with a technical leaning, Brett is an action sports junkie riding numerous bikes motored or otherwise and now passing this onto his young kids. He drinks far too much coffee and enjoys the technicalities of technology.
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Katherine Gomez
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
From the coffee region of Colombia, Katherine considers herself a Coffee Connoisseur. She loves nature and exploring new places. She loves to get up early and watch the sunrise on the beach in Papamoa and is also learning to surf.
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Nick Baker
SUPPORT CONSULTANT
Nick is a web analyst, self-confessed sports addict and always wins the office sports sweepstakes. He started in web analytics before Google was invented and drinks a lot of tea. Seriously, a lot.
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Alex Evans
APPLICATION SUPPORT CONSULTANT
Surfing, skiing, and reading his book have collectively occupied a significant chunk of Alex's life. Good thing he's decided to get serious, study IT and become our new support consultant.
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Rebekkah Hunter
TEST ANALYST
Rebekkah is an ex-aquarist with a BSc in Biology, who has moved to the dark side - testing. She became used to the warm waters of Dubai and PnG so now spends time gaming and avoiding NZs cold waters.
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Quentin Potgieter
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Quentin is a multifaceted and dynamic tech maestro hailing from South Africa. If it is engineered, he loves it. His inquisitive nature shines through, as he continually seeks to expand his knowledge and explore new horizons.
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Simon Mottram
JAVA DEVELOPER
Simon is proud to be our oldest developer, with an impressive 20 years of developing under his belt. His special talent's bending his fingers back to touch the back of his hand. He might have more, but we're too afraid to ask.
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Emiliano Arango
FRONT END DEVELOPER
Emi is from Argentina and is a big fan of video games (with a tattoo to prove it). Other than loving to write code, Emi also loves chocolate and lollies and being in New Zealand.
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Theo Newton
FULL STACK DEVELOPER
Theo, a Computer Science graduate from Waikato University, with 5+ years as a Full Stack Developer. Although he has a passion for traveling, cars, and gaming, nothing will ever be able to compete with his grandmother's secret fried chicken recipe. It's so classified that the Colonel himself tried to steal it.
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Nathan Johnson
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Nathan likes to spend his spare time gardening and tinkering with his home PC to maximise performance on games he'll probably never actually play!