Meet our members
Catherine Tafto
Composed
A copywriter by trade, Catherine's drive to create a supportive community for local business owners led to founding Loom Shared Space. She is passionate about connecting people and seeing their businesses thrive.
Holly Williams
Sketch Studio
With her clean and minimalistic design style, Holly creates strong, soulful brands tying together the story, personality, and essence of a business. She works closely with clients to create the brand they’ve always imagined.
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Jarrod Lodge
Lime Digital
Jarrod designs, builds and deploys software and apps to promote safety and optimise business processes and workflows across a range of industries. He works with clients to identify where issues or inefficiencies lie, and develops a customised, digital solution.
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Paul Bell
Cisco
Paul has worked with Cisco for over ten years, and is currently the IOT Service Provider Specialist for Asia Pacific, Japan and China.
A newcomer to Franklin, he is a team player and enjoys the camaraderie of working with talented people to complete mutual tasks.
Sarah Marshall
Pocket Rocket Marketing
Sarah is experienced in marketing management, graphic design and is also a Rocketspark website design partner.
She enjoys working with like-minded businesses to develop a digital presence that is both impactful and practical.
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Philippa Farmer
Canopy Group Ltd
Philippa is passionate about helping clients achieve their financial goals -insurance, mortgages and Kiwisaver, she has them all covered. Wherever you are in your home ownership journey, it’s never too soon to get good advice.
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Kylie Scott
Strive Accounting
An experienced chartered accountant, Kylie makes a difference to businesses by streamlining processes and developing clients' understanding of business growth strategies.
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James Kuegler
James Kuegler Coaching
A long-distance running coach and highly accomplished endurance athlete, James’ engaged and integrated training principles have seen athletes of all levels and abilities gain success and wellbeing.
Amelia White
ALB Design
With over ten years experience in the graphic design industry, Amelia has worked with print and in an in-house design agency.
Constantly learning, she makes sure shekeeps learning as the design landscape evolves.
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Jessica Stebbings
Jessica Stebbings Accountant
Jessica is a Chartered Accountant, specialising in small business accounting. She has 12 years experience, and loves helping her clients grow their businesses and be part of their journey.
Tae-Ho Ko
App House
Tae-Ho designs user experience and interactions for small to extra-large screens, translating complex ideas into simple, elegant,
sophisticated user interfaces.
Carrie Harman
Carrie Harman Creative
Carrie produces creative content that speaks to audiences, with a blend of visual and written storytelling to help her clients attract their ideal customers.
Her offering includes video content, visual content and written content.
Brendon Young
Oracle
Brendon is a Solutions Architect with Oracle.
He is a strategic designer and planner of effective technology solutions, with particular success in leading the development process for Enterprise Performance Management requirements.
Alton Francis
Caterpillar Cafe & Salute Cafe
Passionate about good food and coffee, Alton is a valued member of the Franklin hospitality scene,
Alton is the co-owner and operator of Caterpillar Café at the Franklin Arts Centre and Salute Café at the Franklin Hospital.
James Gilbert
Freelance Copywriter
James is an experienced copywriter and editor and has worked with businesses across the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
Recently returned to New Zealand, he is currently freelancing.
Matthew Lovemore
Growth Marketing Systems
Matthew is a Facebook Marketing Expert.
He works with Australian based Growth Marketing Systems helping businesses get top quality leads and more sales in the eCommerce space.