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#12 Vaughan Rowsell, Founder & Director, Vend

15m · Ground Breaking Podcast · 02 Sep 09:45

You are in for an awesome episode, as I speak to Vaughan Rowsell, the founder of Vend, a New Zealand high-growth tech success story, and founder of OMGTech! a charitable initiative to help kids into careers with future technology.

Vaughan was EY's Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 and is a sought after speaker on numerous topics from startups, culture, education and innovation.

As Vice-chair of the NZ Hi-Tech Trust Vaughan is involved in the celebration of the NZ hi-tech industry through awards and education. 

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