Biography: Brynn Neilson
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)
- Distinction (Royal Schools of Music)
- Certificate in Adult Teaching (UCOL)
Memberships
- Manawatu Chamber of Commerce (Chairman)
- Palmerston North Linux Users Group (President)
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (Board member)
- Business Networking International
- New Zealand Network Operators Group
- Massey University Alumni
- Australasian Performing Right Association
- Greenpeace New Zealand
- Sustainable Manawatu Task Force
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Attended Courses
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Employment History
2009 - 2010
Company: Spinning Planet New Zealand, Manawatu Chamber of Commerce
Role: Developing Spinning Planet management and sales
Main achievements:
- Doubled Spinning Planet productivity through the use of Lean manufacturing business principles.
- Created sustainability goals for Spinning Planet to be the first emissions free web host in New Zealand. We've reduced overall power consumption by 80%.
- Significantly improved servers and our services to customers to be more reliable and cost effective.
- Started as the Technology and Media office for Manawatu Chamber of Commerce (MCC) and then got elected as Chairman.
- Working with fellow MCC Strategic sub-committees such as Lobbying, Special Projects and Membership to improve MCC services to members and influence positive change in the Manawatu.
- Have worked with Manawatu Chamber of Commerce suppliers and staff to improve our services to members and internal processes.
- Completed 12 month persuasive Sales and Marketing course with the Marketing company
- Completed New Media paper at Massey University
2004 - 2008
Company: Spinning Planet New Zealand
Role: Developing Spinning Planet
Main achievements:
- Tripled income in 18 months
- Tripled our clients in 18 months
- Built our own data centre with multiple fibre data connections, enterprise class redundancy and security.
- Moved all core internet services from the US to our own data centre in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
- Automated most of our Internet services such as website setup, backups, security, etc.
- Setup international VOIP telephony service: click here for more info.
2002 - 2004
Company: Spinning Planet New Zealand contracted to UCOL
Role: Contracted to design and teach Third Year Design and Multimedia courses
Main achievements:
Designed and taught many courses including, but not limited to, media studies theory, interactive design, 3D animation, web design, professional practice, research, video & sound design.
2000-2002
Company: Spinning Planet LLC (United Kingdom and United States)
Role: International Web Design and Development
Main achievements:
- Travelled the globe as a freelance designer trading as Spinning Planet
- Installed an Internet Café in London
- Started Spinning Planet LLC in Kingman and built up core a core clientele of US clients.
1989-1999
Company: NZMADE.COM
Role: Internet Design and Constancy
Main achievements:
- Jointly built Ezibuy Clothing Limited's first E-Commerce Website - Australasia's Largest mail-order distributor
- Jointly built the Millennium Technology website - Subsidiary of Magtek Corporation who invented the magnetic swipe card
- Jointly designed the hollywoodmusic.com website and video streaming system
Company: Massey University
Role: Independent Contractor
Main achievements:
- Achieved Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communications
- Achieved Distinction through the Royal Schools of Music
- Tutored in Television Studies whilst doing Masters
- Multimedia tutor for Institute of Natural Resources teaching 3D and HTML
- Produced a number of multimedia CDROMs for Massey departments.
- Designed and built Massey's first digital video editing suits
- Contracted as cameraman for TV3 and TVNZ to supply news footage
- graphic design, and software development. Since its successful launch in January The Media House has allowed me to retrieve news footage for Television New
- Communications Lab Technician for Massey University Human Resource Dept.
- Vice President of the Massey University Students Association
- President of the Massey University video production club
- Audio engineer for Equalizer recording studios in Wanganui
