The Morgo Podcast

Morgo

The Morgo podcasts are 20-minute interviews with people building tech companies from New Zealand and Australia into the world. Look for The MORGO Podcast on your favourite podcast app and subscribe.

  1. FEB 11

    Jo Haanstra, Atomic.io

    Atomic.io delivers secure, in-app messaging that helps companies reach customers where engagement is highest, inside their web and mobile apps. By replacing fragmented channels like SMS, calls, and email, Atomic.io enables more trusted, timely, and seamless customer experiences. Jo is driven by scaling category-defining companies and leads Atomic.io in transforming how enterprises connect with customers in the moments that matter most.  www.atomic.io

    20 min

  2. JAN 12

    Kendra Ross, Sydekick

    Sydekick provides cyber security for small business. Phishing emails and voice calls have become more sophisticated and everyone needs to be protected. Phil Howie, CTO, started the company. Kendra was an early investor. Then she and Phil agreed to build the company together with Kendra becoming CEO. They work through partnerships with service providers in New Zealand, Australia & the UK. Kendra talks about lessons learned in this business and in a previous one she built.  www.sydekick.co

    23 min

  3. 12/15/2025

    Lisa McDonald, Recollect

    Lisa is the CEO of Recollect, a cloud-based platform for managing and accessing archives. With some large customers in New Zealand and Australia, Recollect is now focused on expansion in the US and Canada. Lisa says she's been surprised by how much the customers appreciate the customer service Recollect offers. And she talks about the continuing need to focus to get the most out of the resources they have and the need to have a trusted circle of advisors.   www.recollectcms.com

    16 min

  4. 11/24/2025

    Bridgit Hawkins, Humble Bee Bio

    The Humble Bee Bio journey began with rare bees, whose genomes it sequenced to uncover novel molecules, including one with a rare and potent property — elastin stimulation. This molecule will soon be available as a hero ingredient for formulation of anti-ageing products. Bridgit is not the founder, she joined to build the business. She says the skills of leading a company are transferable but you need to learn about a new sector and build a network for it.  www.humblebee.co.nz

    23 min

  5. 11/03/2025

    Will Hewitt, Heartlab

    Heartlab provides a cloud-based cardiology imaging system that helps cardiologists review and report on scans of the heart. Will talks about how they started using AI to improve the reading of ECGs but discovered that the real issue wasn't better diagnosis, it was access to the images at any time on any platform. Heartlab has customers in Australia, NZ, the US and Canada. Will enjoys learning what issues the customers have and building product to solve them.  www.heartlab.com

    20 min

  6. 10/21/2025

    Oscar Ellison, Levno

    Levno is an intelligent dairy farm monitoring business – remotely monitoring milk, water, fuel, feed silos and providing information to the farmers and suppliers. It is expanding from a strong base in New Zealand into the UK, Ireland and Australia. Oscar talks about how they've needed to adapt their offshore strategy to establish credibility in new markets and keeping the culture in the company as it grows. And the importance of learning from your peers.  www.levno.com

    20 min

  7. 09/22/2025

    Dean Armstrong, Virscient

    Virscient designs wireless chips for semiconductor companies and integrates wireless technologies into products for other companies. Dean started the company consulting to a semiconductor company he had worked for and gradually added more engineers. Virscient now employs over 50 people. Dean talks about what he's learned along the way, especially in building the commercial side of the business where he's been greatly helped by his executive Chair, Mark Ingle.  www.virscient.com

    20 min

  8. 09/01/2025

    Peter Boyle, Exaba

    Exaba is building a secure, sovereign & highly scalable data protection platform for service providers, data centres, & large enterprises. Peter and Stuart Inglis (CTO) saw the opportunity to give customers their own trusted local alternative to the public cloud. By merging with digital solutions company LuminateOne, Exaba expanded to deliver a complete wrap-around service. Backed from the outset by Guy Haddleton as an investor and advisor, the team is ready to scale globally.  www.exaba.com

    22 min
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The Morgo podcasts are 20-minute interviews with people building tech companies from New Zealand and Australia into the world. Look for The MORGO Podcast on your favourite podcast app and subscribe.

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  • Creator
    Morgo
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Morgo
  • Show Website
    The Morgo Podcast