Meet the team at Bluelab

Greg Jarvis - Managing Director

Skills: Employing people who are smarter than I am which makes my job a lot more satisfying, trying to get everyone to see themselves as an  integral part of the team, focusing on what is important for the business.

Pet Peeves: Millions spent by Governments on reports that "inform" us about stuff we already know, movies that get made simply to allow film stars to get paid ridiculous money, people who don't want to change and grow, and bad restaurant food.

Loves: With my job being able to meet people from all around the world, my family, catching up with friends, time out at the any of the great local beaches, travelling, and fishing when I get the chance!

Chris Winslade - Market Development Manager 

Skills: Looking after my customers, meeting people, travelling around the world, solving other peoples problems (never my own), being organised, being brand egotistical, always having something to say, strategising, eating chocolate.

Pet Peeves: Flies, engaged telephones, computers that think for themselves, ignorance, jealousy and having no chocolate.

Loves: My Job (Sweet!), my kids, my dog, my cats, my house, my garden, getting my hands dirty, renovating the house, living in beautiful New Zealand, being close to water, 'Scomas' in San Francisco and chocolate mmmmmm...      

Tracey Gordon - Administration Manager

Skills: Juggler of money, editing queen, perseverance, making it balance and making it simple!

Pet Peeves:  The wind, cooking, false people, not having enough hours in a day.

Loves:  Walking around our beautiful coastline, travelling to somewhere new, getting a bargain, seafood, and most importantly watching my daughter grow!

Steve Blackett - Operations Manager

Skills: Finding better ways to do things, running the Bluelab factory and looking after our great staff, being jealous of Ian and his radio controlled helicopter, making plans and then changing them five minutes later...oh...and changing nappies!

Pet Peeves: Coke without whiskey, never winning the lotto and sales people that don't know what they are talking about.

Loves: My family and friends, snowboarding, potato chips, sled dog racing, loud rock music, bikinis and dishwashers.

Ian Hemmingson - Senior (ageing) Engineer       

Skills: Lots, but unfortunately few make me any money. Reputed to be able to "fix anything"...as long as it's mechanical/electrical/computer problem. Research, develop, analyse and solve problems, to make new products and hopefully have less problems to solve!

Pet Peeves: Filling out forms...like this one! Microsoft...they cause me a lot of "Help I can't..." phone calls, Technology...responsible for a lot of "I've just bought this #$^%^ and I can't..." questions, Learning more...makes you feel more ignorant. Quick fixes.

Loves: Challenges (that's why I'm here folks). My kids (another challenge and joy). The great New Zealand outdoors (so I can escape from 1^st love above). Dilbert...I can relate to his work experience. 

Graham Dixon - Service Department

Skills:  Patience, fishing (see patience), finding answers to customers problems.  I've just started keeping Tropical fish, if they survive this could be a developing skill.  I've also just set up a vegetable garden, if edible plants out number weeds, this could also be promoted as a skill.  And finally, getting electronic products doing what they should according to the instruction manual, a true skill!

Pet Peeves:  People who hang up the phone without saying a word, cryptic crosswords (cannot do them!), opening certain courier parcels, dishonesty, forgetting to do things, Manchester United losing! Computer programs that don't work and perhaps most of all buying tropical fish that turn out to be pregnant!!

Loves:  Animals, wife (especially if she's watching...Joking!), family, life, clever and well acted comedy, eating fresh fish, solving customers problems, chocolate drops covered in hundreds and thousands...mmm

Laura Persing - Purchasing Officer, Quality Control, Stock Control

Skills: As you can see by my titles, many. Very organised, have an eye for details... actually two eyes, good people skills, I let my boss (Steve) think he gets his way.

Pet Peeves: Drivers who tail gate, negative people and cockroaches. 

Loves: My husband, my family, books, taking long walks with my husband, just hanging out talking with friends, oh and my job.