With a background in farm environmental management and life cycle assessment, Ray supports clients in the primary sector and beyond to connect the dots in their supply chains and explore practical ways to improve resource use efficiency and environmental performance. The sustainability certification space can be a complex landscape, and she enjoys helping her clients …
Brooke Stringer joined the team in February 2026 as Executive Assistant and Contracts Advisor. She brings over 15 years of administration experience across professional services, including roles within local law firms and as a trusted Personal Assistant to senior leadership teams. Her background has given her a strong foundation in governance support, contracts coordination, and …
Mariana`s position at AbacusBio is as a Plant and Animal Geneticist. She is passionate about genetics and how its underlaying affects import and economic traits in food production. Mariana can provide insights into genomic analysis from a breeding program population and use her expertise to pinpoint areas for improvement and to brainstorm ideas for problem-solving …
Jo is passionate about the future prosperity and resilience of rural communities. With a strong foundation in scientific research and a career that has evolved into project leadership, business management and governance, she brings a rare combination of technical breadth and strategic oversight to her work. Her expertise spans animal, environmental and farm system …
Will focuses on farm and farm system modelling to analyze economic, environmental and production outcomes across wide contexts that include farm enterprise changes and policy impacts. In particular, Will brings his experiences in conducting feasibility studies, enterprise analysis, financial modelling and impact assessments to projects within Abacusbio. Will has built a career focused on advancing …
Jolene is a software developer who works as part of our IT development team on our breeding software Dtreo. Jolene holds a Bachelor of Education in Mathematics and Human Movement Science and after a teaching career pursued a Bachelor of Science in IT whereafter she started her software development career. Jolene likes to make other …
Anna Mackenzie joined the team in October 2023 as the Executive Assistant for the Aotearoa NZ-based global management team. She came to AbacusBio from a varied background that formerly concentrated on hospitality and customer service and latterly concentrated on administration and EA roles. In her day-to-day tasks, she helps look after all manner of operational …
Matt Newman, joined AbacusBio in 2023. Matt is a Senior Economist with vast agricultural production experience and affinity with New Zealand livestock sectors. Over the last 25 years Matt has developed and led Economic teams for Beef+Lamb New Zealand, DairyNZ and MPI. Matt specialises in farm systems analysis, benchmarking, forecasting and environmental impact assessments. Before …
Doug is a Quantitative Genetics consultant and works with clients to help solve a wide range of genetic questions. This could be anything from building a genetic selection index, helping direct an elite or commercial breeding program, modelling specific investment or genetic scenarios, developing strategies around crossbreeding and inbreeding avoidance, or development of software, data …
As a veterinarian with a genetics PhD, Ee Cheng works across a wide variety of animal projects. A typical day for her might include building genetic evaluations for health and fertility traits, modelling changes to farm systems, or working with clients to help them get value out of their data. One of her favourite projects …
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