[{"id":1,"id_name":"neville","first_name":"Neville","last_name":"Petrie","thumb_url":"thumb_neville.jpg","photo_url":"photo_neville.jpg","position":"Managing Director","bio":"Neville trained as a teacher and taught for nearly 20 years before getting involved in the science centre movement. He has now been involved in science centres for over 17 years. For 4 years he was the public Operations Manager at Science Alive before being appointed as the Director of a new science centre in Brunei for 3 years. At the end of his contract he was appointed as CEO of Science Alive and Science Alive Exhibits Ltd. Just over 10 years in these two roles gives him significant experience in not only the operational aspects of running a science centre but also the management and development of projects which included detailed concept planning, design, exhibit selection, fabrication, delivery, installation and staff training.  He developed extensive concept plans for a new science centre in Christchurch after the Science Alive building was destroyed in the 2011 earthquakes. He has worked both locally and internationally and most recently delivered on two major contracts in Cambodia and Malaysia. Both these contracts involved working with the clients on internal design, selection of exhibits, exhibit design, fabrication, delivery, installation and training of staff. It also involved the provision of education programmes complimentary to their exhibits. In both instances he brought together a team of specialists to complete the contract on time and within budget. Working independently he now utilises this expertise to provide clients with a customised service delivering interactive exhibits and exhibitions of the highest standard through Interactive Exhibition Specialists.","bio_short":"Neville trained as a teacher and taught for nearly 20 years before getting involved in the science centre movement.","active":1},{"id":2,"id_name":"lim","first_name":"Kai","last_name":"Lim","thumb_url":"thumb_lim.jpg","photo_url":"photo_lim.jpg","position":"Interactive Specialist \/ Manager","bio":"Over the past 20 years, Lim has worked throughout Asia and Australasia in his specialist field of new & digital media. Due to his graphic design training and qualifications, Lim has a firm grasp of UI & UX whilst harnessing the latest technologies. In parallel to this is Lim's extensive experience in planning, developing & managing complex projects through to completion, then often on to post-launch support and Service Level Agreements (SLA). Lim has partnered successfully with a broad spectrum of clients ranging from the museum sector to multinational companies such as ANZ bank and RedBull.<br><br>Lim's philosophy is: Nothing is impossible and his \"can do\" attitude allows him to manage many innovative projects.","bio_short":"Over the past 20 years, Lim has worked throughout Asia and Australasia in his specialist field of new & digital media. Due to his graphic design training and qualifications, Lim has a firm grasp of UI & UX whilst harnessing the latest technologies.","active":1},{"id":3,"id_name":"bettina","first_name":"Bettina","last_name":"Anderson","thumb_url":"thumb_bettina.jpg","photo_url":"photo_bettina.jpg","position":"Content Creator \/ Writer and Project Manager","bio":"Bettina has a specialist background in 'science communication', enjoys and is skilled in creating interactive and engaging content for a range of audiences and media. She has experience in managing complex multidisciplinary teams at the creative-technical interface as well as a strong background in community consultation and her consultation with local government and the science centre\/museum\/arts\/publishing sector demonstrates that her content creation skills are wide ranging and highly flexible to audience needs. Bettina is supported by a small team of her own contract editors, proofers and content creators. Her involvement in the publishing sector also means she has connections with a host of artists (poets, filmmakers etc), that can also be called on to contribute for special projects that require an arts\/cultural storytelling focus.","bio_short":"Bettina has a specialist background in 'science communication', enjoys and is skilled in creating interactive and engaging content for a range of audiences and media.","active":1},{"id":4,"id_name":"emmanuel","first_name":"Emmanuel","last_name":"Yiannoutsos","thumb_url":"thumb_emmanuel.jpg","photo_url":"photo_emmanuel.jpg","position":"Designer and Project manager","bio":"Emmanuel is an innovative, versatile and creative designer and project manager. He has over 25 years experience in design and implementation including interactive exhibition development, photography, video direction, 3D Design and graphic design. Over the last five years he has worked as a sustainability communicator on a number of cutting edge and award winning projects. The work he has done involves all aspects of exhibition design and concept development for both in-house and travelling exhibitions. He has been directly involved in budget control, project and team management, design of promotional material, exhibit prototyping, production and installation, management and audience evaluation.","bio_short":"Emmanuel is an innovative, versatile and creative designer and project manager.","active":1},{"id":5,"id_name":"doug","first_name":"Doug","last_name":"Makinson","thumb_url":"thumb_unknown.png","photo_url":"thumb_unknown.png","position":"Product Development Specialist","bio":"Doug is an experienced Product Development Specialist. He has over 25 years' experience developing products from initial concept stage through to manufacturing. He has extensive experience designing medical products using a wide range of technologies and has a real passion and flair for designing products that fulfil a need. He is also committed to encouraging young people to get involved in science, engineering and technology and to be able to apply their knowledge creatively. He has developed activities, equipment and interactive exhibits which explore scientific phenomena in a playful open ended way. He designs and manufactures exhibits for museums. These are constructed to withstand the rigours of unsupervised children while still providing open ended exploration. These exhibits promote physical interaction but use custom electronics and software to drive the operation, displays, sound effects and interface with other computerised systems.","bio_short":"Doug is an experienced Product Development Specialist. He has over 25 years' experience developing products from initial concept stage through to manufacturing.","active":1},{"id":6,"id_name":"graham ","first_name":"Graham","last_name":"Christie","thumb_url":"thumb_graham_christie.jpg","photo_url":"photo_graham_christie.jpg","position":"Specialist Builder","bio":"Graham was a licensed aircraft engineer when in 1993 he started building interactive exhibits under contract for Science Alive! in Christchurch, New Zealand. He designs and builds interactive science and technology exhibits for museums, science centres and recreational institutions, as specified by clients in basic concept statements, topical themes, or just general ideas. He packs, ships and installs interactive exhibits to any part of the world. In addition he can also provide and conduct workshops for science centre staff involved in designing and building interactive exhibits. His clients include over 40 science centres and museums around the world from South Africa to China, Malaysia, Cambodia, South America, USA, Europe and to museums around New Zealand.","bio_short":"Graham was a licensed aircraft engineer when in 1993 he started building interactive exhibits under contract for Science Alive! in Christchurch, New Zealand.","active":1},{"id":8,"id_name":"tony ","first_name":"Tony","last_name":"Mander","thumb_url":"thumb_tony_mander.jpg","photo_url":"photo_tony_mander.jpg","position":"Technical Writer and Educator","bio":"Tony was a secondary school teacher for 20 years, in addition to classroom experience teaching science and biology, he was a national chief examiner for biology, an illustrator of national science examination papers, an inspector of schools, and an advisor to secondary schools in science and computing. He was also the founding editor of the NZ Science Teacher journal. Since 1993 he has been self-employed in the fields of science and technology as a technical writer, funding proposal writer, an educator and instructional designer, textbook illustrator, photographer, editor and author. Clients include textbook publishers, science centres, museums, and organisations providing or sponsoring education programmes. In the past few years much of his work has been for science centres, where he has provide teacher guides and operating and maintenance manuals for exhibits. Along with Graham Christie he designed and delivered one-week professional development courses for staff at the National Science Centre in Kuala Lumpur. His most recent publications were operating and maintenance manuals and a 108 page teacher guide to support exhibits at the Tech Dome Science Centre in Penang.","bio_short":"Tony was a secondary school teacher for 20 years, in addition to classroom experience teaching science and biology, he was a national chief examiner for biology, an illustrator of national science examination papers, an inspector of schools, and an advisor to secondary schools in science and computing.","active":1},{"id":10,"id_name":"tim ","first_name":"Tim","last_name":"Stephenson","thumb_url":"thumb_tim_stephenson.jpg","photo_url":"photo_tim_stephenson.jpg","position":"Architect and Spatial designer","bio":"Tim has been in business since 1989 providing a design service from conception to completion. That includes: Defining the brief, research and conceptual thought, concept sketches, 3D computer modelling, presentation drawings and multimedia, CAD, working drawing and files, supervision and project management. His work is varied but museum design has been a major part. His work ranged widely, including television and film production design and art direction, shop fitting, museum design, graphics and design for promotions and events. Most of that work has involved creating a vision within a frame, be it a viewfinder, window or stage. Always interested in making things Tim bring a strong practical knowledge to his work. He is always looking at what makes the world and people tick. Photography has proved to be a useful medium to explore and communicate these concepts. Over a number of years he has worked closely with Science Alive on the interior design and the design and fabrication of exhibits for a major science gallery in Cambodia, a new science centre in Penang (Malaysia) and the concept development for a possible new science centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.","bio_short":"Tim has been in business since 1989 providing a design service from conception to completion.","active":1}]