WHO'S INVOLVED
Experience matters
At the core of Dovetail is a team of people who have founded technology companies, and been through the ensuing baptism by fire. Starting and growing tech companies requires leadership. It requires people who take ownership of problems, people who understand the commercial reality of their work, and people who go out of their way to keep their skill set on the bleeding edge. People who get the bigger picture, but sweat the detail. People who love their work, and have a good time doing it - these are our kinds of people.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Nick Frandsen
- Partner
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Nick Frandsen
- Partner
Infamous for travelling with the smallest of bags, but always arriving impeccably dressed, Nick has discovered some kind of voodoo magic he refuses to share. Alongside Ash, Nick is responsible for development of new business opportunities. Prior to founding Dovetail, Nick was co-founder and CTO of 1-Night, a VC backed events company, and led the engineering team that grew the platform to handle millions of transactions. At its peak, 1-Night handled the ticketing, payments and technical infrastructure for the majority of New Zealand’s music festivals, catering to tens of thousands of attendees at each event. 1-Night was acquired by TicketDirect, New Zealand’s largest ticketing company, after which he spent a few years in his home country of Denmark consulting to a range of companies such as Thomson Reuters and Geico.
Ash Fogelberg
- Partner
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Ash Fogelberg
- Partner
Lives in Bondi, is a vegetarian and does yoga but insists he’s not one of those people. While busy studying philosophy at university he decided that New Zealand needed a Groupon clone and set about to establish a team and raise the funds to make it happen. Within a month of doing so, a number of large well capitalised Groupon clones hit the market at once, which forced a quick pivot into the ticketing and events industry, as a result of which 1-Night was born. As CEO and co-founder he helped turn the company into the premier music ticketing company in New Zealand, receiving numerous awards for innovation and growth along the way. After the eventual sale of 1-Night, Ash set his sights for San Fransisco and spent a few years consulting to companies such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and HSF.
Toby Cox
- CTO
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Toby Cox
- CTO
Toby consistently offers the best day-to-day banter in Dovetail, and possesses an uncanny mastery of GIFs. Alongside this, Toby is responsible for the integrity, security, and quality of the software that Dovetail delivers. Prior to joining Dovetail, Toby was VP of Engineering at Carnival.io (Google Ventures backed, acquired by Sailthru). Toby ran the engineering team behind the Carnival platform, which powers mobile messaging for brands such as Time Warner, Target, and T-Mobile. Toby led the technical infrastructure of the platform as it grew to handle over 15,000 requests per second.
Warren Durling
- COO
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Warren Durling
- COO
Master of process and not afraid of Excel, Warren also has the most impressive beard in Dovetail. Warren ensures that there are effective processes in place so clients can expect an enjoyable experience and seamless delivery of Dovetail's work. After a failed attempt at world domination as a DJ, Warren joined KPMG as a chartered accountant and later went to work as CFO for TradeTested and Goodnest, where he helped them raise funds, implement financial control systems and generally create order out of chaos.
Lee Corleison
- Design Lead
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Lee Corleison
- Design Lead
As Design Lead, Lee unsurprisingly has the most tattoos of anybody in the team. Lee makes everything we do look good, and costs us unreasonable amounts for font licenses. Lee has worked as Lead Designer on mobile applications for brands such as Dreamworks, Coca-Cola, and Air New Zealand. Prior to working with Dovetail, Lee worked as Head of Design at Carnival.io (Google Ventures backed, acquired by Sailthru)., and was responsible for the design and UX of the platform. Lee worked alongside Toby, designing the product from day one through to the acquisition.
JOIN THE TEAM
We are looking for people who take complete ownership of
problems, and can manage the delivery of features end-to-end.
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ADVISORS
Tim Copeland
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Dion
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