8degrees of vaughan rowsell

About Vaughan

Vaughan Rowsell

• Founder of VendHQ.com, a new breed of retail management apps
• Principal of Voom Studio
• Internet technologist
• Rode the length of NZ on a bike solo for the hell of it
• Has a big mustache

Vaughan’s background is as a software architect and has worked on some fantastic and exciting projects, he has been involved with startups for quite some time, a director on boards, still writes code and keep his hands dirty and loves keeping abreast of new things and trends online.

Vaughan most recently was the architect of Trade Me’s www.travelbug.co.nz, which quickly grew to become the largest source of bookable accommodation in New Zealand, from backpackers to luxury hotels.

Other past projects include developing New Zealand’s (and possibly the world’s) first tele-voting system, a mobile ordering system for one of the largest suppliers of dairy goods and their milkies, and mobile blog software, for mobile devices (a bit before it’s time in 1999).

Currently Vaughan is the CEO and founder of VendHQ.com, an innovative way to provide retail management apps for real world retailers.

He is also owner and principal of Voom Studio, a software development agency, and is currently helping a number of great online start-ups, start-up. Contact him by email: Vaughan [at] 8degrees fullstop co punt nz or vaughan [at] vendhq then dot then com.