Adam Hutchinson
FOUNDER

Adam is an innovative technology entrepreneur having founded award winning start-up GeoZone in 2013 (winner of the NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2015, NZ Innovation Award 2017) and Australasia's most popular multi-lingual camping app CamperMate in 2011 which were both acquired by the worlds largest campervan rental company Tourism Holdings in 2015. 

Kathryn Harvey
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Kathryn is an experienced Clinical Psychologist with over thirteen years experience in the field. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in diverse settings including specialised services for youth, mental health rehabilitation, adult community mental health, inpatient mental health units, and in private practice where she has been since 2013. 

Dr. Rachel Findlay
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Rachel is a registered Clinical Psychologist who attained a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree from Massey University. She is a member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP). She has training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and Solution-Focused Therapy. 

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph.D.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

Skip is a clinical psychologist and Director of Medical VR at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies. He is also a Research Professor with the USC Dept. of Psychiatry and School of Gerontology. Over the last 25 years, Skip has conducted research on the design, development and evaluation
of Virtual Reality systems targeting the areas of clinical assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation across the domains of psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in both healthy and clinical populations. 

Prof. Mark Billinghurst Ph.D.
TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Mark is Professor at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, and at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, directing the Empathic Computing Laboratory in both places. He earned a PhD in 2002 from the University of Washington and researches how virtual and real worlds can be merged, publishing over 600 papers on Augmented Reality, remote collaboration, Empathic Computing, and related topics. In 2013 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in recognition of his research and commercialisation efforts in Augmented Reality. 

Michelle Walsh
REGULATORY ADVISOR

Michelle is an expert in product development, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and commercialization. She has over 20 years’ international experience in regions such as Europe and the USA, working in a multitude of industries includingelectronics, biotech and medical devices. Her BSc in Applied Physics and a MSc inStrategic Quality Management has enabled her to work with a number ofmulti-national companies including Stryker Corporation and Boston Scientific. 

Catherine Gallagher
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Catherine is a clinical psychologist who has worked over the last 20 years in both the public and private sectors with a particular focus on children and young people. She is currently the Clinical Practice Manager at START (a community based agency that supports children, youth and adults who have experienced sexual harm) alongside a private practice where she offers individual and family therapy with people of all ages, community education, and supervision. 

Adam Hodgson

Adam is a talented and enthusiastic photographer, videographer and editor based in Christchurch who specialises in filming commercial 360 videos designed for Virtual Reality experiences. In addition to this, Adam is currently studying toward a design degree at Ara.

Holly Smith

Holly is currently completing a PhD at Canterbury University focusing on emotional regulation in children. During her Masters research Holly had the opportunity to work closely with the ASD community to trial video self modelling in the treatment of anxiety and phobias. Alongside her extensive research experience, Holly has also worked as a Mental Health and Addiction counsellor.