Team - Aroaro Research and Development Space
Our team is formed by brilliant researchers and developers.Meet the team below:
David White
David is a cool guy. He plans the next cool thing in data visualization when he is not playing his electric bass guitar or swimming in the Hauraki harbour. Heaps of experience and lots of hard work have made David the leader of Aroaro. We are happy he is showing us the way forward to make our system a top immersive analytics tool.
David White
Aroaro Project Lead, Software Engineer
Fernando Beltrán
Aroaro Project lead, Immersive Analytics Researcher
Fernando Beltrán
Fernando has been working on networks for a long time. Network optimisation, network pricing and, more recently, modelling network evolution. When he is not riding his bicycle up and down the Waitakeres, he can be found trying hard to make us understand what network data visualization is and why it could become a strategic decision-making tool for business managers.
Aidan Quayle
Extended Reality Developer
Aidan Quayle
Aidan is a cool guy with extraordinary developing skills. He loves Coke.
Jing Geng
Extended-reality Researcher, Project Coordinator
Jing Geng
Jing majors in Infosys, Business Analytics and Statistics. She is passionate about applying data and technology to business and is so curious to learn new knowledge and pick up things quickly. Her self-defence training experience taught her to “Never give up, and never say never.” Jing enjoys thinking and working with this talented team.
Matthew Ouyang
Matthew is a software engineering student in his third year. He is passionate about backend software development and distributed systems. He has a successful track record in undertaking and delivering complex software projects. Matthew is a hardworking team player motivated to learn new things and take on tough challenges. In his spare time, he enjoys working out, gaming and hiking.
Matthew
Backend & Frontend Software Engineer
Isabelle is in the final year of her Computer Systems Engineering degree. Her love for stories and video games sparked her dive into interactivity development, and she has not looked back since. She likes VR and programming, so she is very happy hanging out with the Aroaro team as a job!
Lzzy
Extended Reality Developer
Nic Hartley
Extended Reality Developer
Nic Hartley
Nic is the founder and lead developer of Dire Ray, an Indie games company based in Auckland. He’s been involved with several creative projects over the years, including music composition, 3D animation, story writing, and game design. Nic is positive, dedicated, and creative and enjoys meeting and working alongside other artists and developers. His interests include gaming, urban bike-riding, outdoors and travel.
June
A reliable and easy-going individual who is majoring in information systems at the University of Auckland. June always stays positive to take challenges. She enjoys working in a team environment and is eager to learn new things. She loves food and outdoor activities such as hiking and playing badminton.
Yijun (June) Lin
Extended-reality Researcher
Daniel Richards
He was born and raised in the beautiful land of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Currently, he is finishing his bachelor’s degree in science and commerce (computer science and information systems).
He sees technology as the most important and interesting medium to help people by making their lives easier and more fruitful.
Daniel Richards
Extended-reality Developer