Alison Wilcox
Quality Assurance Manager
Fish
Pacific seahorse
Hobbies
Reading, video games, movies and board games with friends/family
Random fact
Played with lion cubs a couple of times
Brett Merritt
CEO
Fish
Golden perch
Hobbies
Bushwalking, camping, gardening
Random fact
Once mustered cattle on Prenti Downs Station
Briony Hutton
Chief Scientist
Fish
Leafy seadragon
Hobbies
Exploring the outdoors, travel, cooking and enjoying a glass of wine
Random fact
Has pet geese for lawnmowers
Charles Weld
Software Architect
Fish
Sunfish
Hobbies
Bush walking, travel, strategy games (computer and board)
Random fact
Once walked 800km across Spain
Chelsey McGowan-Yallop
Hydroacoustics Specialist
Fish
Northern krill
Hobbies
Hill-walking, kayaking, gaming, learning Scottish Gaelic
Random fact
Goes camping with her dog and rabbit multiple times a year
Chris Free
CFO/COO
Fish
Marlin
Hobbies
Playing and watching sport and holidaying with family
Random fact
Has lived in the Netherlands for 5 years
Christine Weldrick
Technical Writer
Fish
Pacific spiny lumpsucker
Hobbies
Projects that bridge art and science, exploring trails, reality tv (mainly Bravo shows), zooplankton, Japanese stationery, my cats.
Random fact
Once worked as a security guard throughout construction sites and hotels around Vancouver.
Darryn Sward
Quality Assurance Engineer
Fish
Common Bellowsfish
Hobbies
Gardening, playing video games, and hanging out with my neighbour’s cat
Random fact
Has been bitten by a flamingo
David Atkinson
ICT Officer
Fish
Ram cichlid
Hobbies
Steam trains, old machinery, bush walking
Random fact
Bungee jumping into Waikato River in New Zealand
Gabriel Bell
Junior Developer
Fish
Bartlett’s Anthias
Hobbies
Photography, Latin dancing, being a menace on the Dance Dance Revolution machine at the arcade
Random fact
I’ve visited 6 different countries in Asia
Geoff Matt
Engineering Manager
Fish
Yellowtail kingfish
Hobbies
Photography, learning Japanese, all things bicycle
Random fact
Allegedly involved in crashing a spaceship into Mars
Haley Viehman
Hydroacoustics Specialist
Fish
Atlantic herring
Hobbies
Travelling, art, being outside and playing with dogs that get close enough
Random fact
Credits herself with the discovery of the mashed potato omelette (patent pending)
Joel Brand
Senior Software Developer
Fish
Wobbegong shark
Hobbies
Guitar, piano, reading, gaming, spending time with friends and family
Random fact
Taught myself enough French during Covid to read the Hunger Games
Louise McGarry
Hydroacoustics Specialist
Fish
Marrus siphonophore
Hobbies
Exploring outdoors and local history, board/card games with friends, art-house movies, live music, fabric arts, ancestry
Random fact
Participated in a Poetry & Science Symposium: "When Scientists and Poets Study Together the World Gets Cooler"
Mathew Woods
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Fish
Manta ray
Hobbies
Finding time to play Nintendo console games while chasing after a 2yr old
Random fact
Proposed to his wife by asking her to play a heavily modified custom ROM of Super Mario Bros 3 which had Mario pop the question at the end to Princess Peach
Mike Palin
Regional Sales Manager (Europe)
Fish
Clownfish
Hobbies
Family adventures, Travel, Woodwork, Cycling, Formula 1 enthusiast
Random fact
Makes wooden bicycles
Miriam Rule
Marketing Manager
Fish
Neon Tetra
Hobbies
Painting seascapes, beaches, kayaking, piano, time with family and friends, food and wine
Random fact
I played the Mock Turtle in a high school production of Alice in Wonderland
Priya Kitchener
Quality Assurance Engineer
Fish
Broadclub Cuttlefish
Hobbies
Dancing, exploring the ocean, gardening
Random fact
My dad and I have free dived and spearfished in Storm Bay since I was a teenager
Pushkar Piggott
Senior Developer
Fish
Octopus
Hobbies
Moving house, beach walking and photography
Random fact
Stands up to work
Rowland Washington
Sales Manager
Fish
Hairy Frogfish
Hobbies
Snow skiing, mountain biking, collecting vintage Hi-Fi & synthesizers
Random fact
Was a DJ in a former life
Sharni Duggan
Sales Administrator
Fish
Jellyfish
Hobbies
PC games, movies/shows, music, and hanging out with my partner and cats
Random fact
My hair has been dyed every colour of the rainbow.
Suenor Woon
Documentation Lead
Fish
Blue tang
Hobbies
Reading, cooking, keeping up with her teenage son
Random fact
Was a glaciologist for three years and spent a summer in Antarctica in 1995/6
Toby Jarvis
Hydroacoustics Specialist
Fish
Opakapaka
Hobbies
Surfing, drumming, music recording and production, hanging with the dog, mountain biking, glamping and making stuff
Random fact
Once went for 10 days without talking
Ziggy Schulz
Software Developer
Fish
Spotted handfish
Hobbies
Bike Polo, Bushwalking, Board games
Random fact
Before I moved to Hobart as a child I lived in the small community around Uluru