Our Team
We are a small but dedicated team situated at the bottom of the world
Our team comes from southern New Zealand situated in Dunedin and Central Otago. Histrionically Dunedin was the nations capital born out of the gold rush of 150 years ago and Central Otago was noted for it gold fields and harsh climate. Today Dunedin is a University city and Central Otago is a tourism playground... with awesome scenery and laidback lifestyle.
Southerners are known for their 'can do' attitude and being in one of the remotest parts of the world it doesn't stop us from pursuing the new technology gold rush on the internet. We don't have a big team of specialised coders and designers, but we have a wide range of skills that allow us to build unique applications..
Michael Hodges
Founder and Director
Michael is the founding Director who has largely designed and built the Zeddd products from Adobe Flash platform. Michael has a background in Design and illustration and in recent years has mastered software programming. This combination of skills provides very visual software making it uniquely different from standard software solutions. Michael has specialised in interactive web development for manufactures who wish to demonstrate their equipment to their clients.
John Ingram
Director and mentor
Shareholder Director is also a founder director with a background in dairy farming and business networking. John has been a mentor and provided a business advisory role in the development of ZeDDD. John has continued involvement in a number of very successful Southland Businesses and continues to offer strong support in the development of Zeddd Products.
Catherine Mann
Director and aspiring artist
Catherine has a diverse background in farming, multi level marketing , the building industry and the beauty industry.
She has also raised a family of four, all now well adjusted young adults.
Apart from being a personal shareholder and Director in Zeddd her main role in the company is managing the accounts and general administration. Her past experiences give her a high level of competency and accountability in this position.
She is also a budding Flash animator and plans to further her education in this field with a degree in Visual Arts gained from the Otago School of Art, commencing next year. This set of new skills combined with her previous building experiences will allow her to create fabulous virtual items for the company as the need arises.
Catherine balances this strong work/study ethic with a love of the outdoors , kayaking, tramping, jogging, cycling, squash and camping . One of the philosophys of Zeddd Group is a healthy body enhances a healthy creative mind thus keeping us at the forefront of our industry .

Dave McKewen
Business development
David McKewen has been providing business advice to ZeDDD to help work through the new international opportunities. David provides a background of Marketing and Business management with an extensive history of both commercial hands-on managerial experience, as well as experience with commercialising technologies (7-8 years with AgResearch).