Here are the people who’ll make sure you have a positive impact.

Clarisa Ambal

Clarisa loves to read books and her favourite author is Paolo Coelho.

Clarisa Ambal
Finance Manager
Andy Gray

Andy asked his parents for a C++ reference for his 16th birthday.

Andy Gray
Innovation Lead
Ben Aluan

Ben’s dream is to become a carpenter.

Ben Aluan
Full Stack Developer
Darren Pangan

Darren is a left-handed web developer who is married to another left-handed web developer.

Darren Pangan
Full Stack Developer
Bobby Semau

Bobby has 1 first cousin on his mum's side of the family, and a whopping 26 first cousins on his dad's side!

Bobby Semau
Agile Coach
Emma Dyson

Emma likes to snowboard, paint with oils, play chess and eat yams.

Emma Dyson
UX/UI Designer
Lun Li

Lun knows too many fun facts about whales.

Lun Li
Full Stack Developer
Shaneil Escober

Shan was a swimming athlete in high school and dreamt of joining the Olympics.

Shaneil Escober
Full Stack Developer
Tiana Tikimoe

With six siblings, Tiana is a world-class babysitter.

Tiana Tikimoe
Agile Coach
Gustavo Motizuki

Gus used to sleepwalk when he was younger.

Gustavo Motizuki
Innovation Lead
Neil Gran.

Like Socrates, Gandhi and Liberace, Gran goes by his last name.

Neil Gran
Finance Manager
Jeongeel Hlady

You can often find Jeongeel at the beach after she spent most of her life living over 1600 km from the ocean.

Jeongeel Hlady
People and Culture Lead
Eman Abendan

Eman met his wife in high school. Turned out they attended the same preparatory school.

Eman Abendan
Full Stack Developer
Cierra Higgins

The first live concert Cierra attended was The Rolling Stones, who performed at her university football stadium in Missoula, Montana, USA.

Cierra Higgins
Full Stack Developer
Nick Schuler

Nick loves all things savoury, cheese is his weakness.

Nick Schuler
UX/UI Lead
Rebecca Jones

Rebecca loves knitting and has a side hustle where she makes toys for kids.

Rebecca Jones
Agile Lead
Nathan Donaldson

Nathan surfed his way through college.

Nathan Donaldson
Chief Executive Officer
Isabel Anastasiadis

Isabel picked the spelling of her nickname 'Izzi' when she was 12 for its rotational symmetry.

Isabel Anastasiadis
Full Stack Developer
Eoin Sheehan

At one point both of Eoin's flatmates at uni in Ireland were also named Eoin.

Eoin Sheehan
Full Stack Developer
Ruka Yamakami

Ruka was born in Japan but grew up in Fiji and NZ and now has a strong kiwi accent.

Ruka Yamakami
Agile Coach
Izzy Crossland

While Izzy is the only coffee drinker in her house, she has managed to collect five different brewing methods.

Izzy Crossland
UX/UI Designer
Maryam Alhaseny

Maryam has a passion for letterpress and recently bought her own 300kg printing press.

Maryam Alhaseny
UX/UI Designer
Paul Mesnilgrente

Paul once played tennis with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Paul Mesnilgrente
Full Stack Developer
Daniela Lemow

Daniela is a big fan of sauerkraut on just about everything!

Daniela Lemów
Full Stack Developer
Kate Laidler

In her free time, Kate is a stage and screen actor.

Kate Laidler
Studio Coordinator
Richard Matthews

Richard is the vocalist of a death metal band.

Richard Matthews
Full Stack Developer
Sean Romans

Sean’s hobbies are playing guitar and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Sean Romans
Relationship Manager

Awards we’ve won

Here are some of the ways our positive and lasting impacts have been recognised. Some awards are for the unique way we work, and others for the work itself.

Nathan, Rebecca and Gavin with their awards at WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards in 2018.
Rebecca, James and Ruka accept Boost’s Team Gold Award at the 2019 Wellington Gold Awards.

Awards for the way we work

Tinypulse Team Happiness Award

2020

Tinypulse Happiest Team logo.

Tinypulse Happiest Team

We use TinyPulse to measure the happiness of our team and, in 2020, we won the TinyPulse award as the happiest IT company in the world.


Team Gold Award

2019

Wellington Gold Awards logo.

Wellington Gold Awards

The award recognises the groundbreaking initiatives we’ve introduced in our mission to make Boost the best place to work in New Zealand.

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Top Practice Award

2018

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace logo.

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards

We took out the Top Practice Award for the way we use one-on-one coaching to create an employee-centred culture.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

2018

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace logo.

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards

Boost CEO Nathan Donaldson was honoured for his decade-long drive to create a freedom-centred culture at Boost, and beyond.


Integrity Prize

2015

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace logo.

WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards

Recognising Boost’s open, honest, no-blame culture that lets us constantly improve by learning from successes and mistakes alike.

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Awards for the work we do

DigitalNZ logo.

DigitalNZ web application


New Zealand Open Source Awards 2016

Open Source Use in Government

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision logo.

ANZAC Sights and Sounds website


National Digital Forum Awards 2015

New digital exhibition or collection

Boost logo.

IntuitionHQ online usability tester


BoosterSeat 2011

San Francisco innovation residency

Ministry of Education logo.

Te Tuhi ā-Hiko te reo interactive


TUANZ Awards 2007

Education Award

Ministry of Education logo.

Taiaha & Other Stories learning media


TUANZ Awards 2005

Best of the Best Award

Education Award

National Library logo.

AnyQuestions website


GOVIS Awards 2005

Buzzie Award for Technology in Society

LIANZA Awards 2005

3M Award for Innovation in Libraries

SOLGM Awards 2005

NZ Post Award for Process Management


How we got here

2000

We started in 2000 as a two-person company designing and building websites and CD-ROMs. We were motivated by our belief that people deserve products they love to use. We quickly became known for our collaboration with clients, strong concept development and focus on the customer's needs.

2011

In 2011, after seeing Agile deliver better teamwork, higher productivity and greater business value at Boost, we began training and coaching in Agile and Lean. Drawing on our years of experience managing software projects, we support our clients to build their own capability to deliver better software, faster.

2012

In 2012, we took collaboration to the next level, becoming the first company in New Zealand to be WorldBlu-certified as a democratic, freedom-centred workplace.

2019

In 2019, we won the Team Gold Award for our drive to make Boost the best place to work in New Zealand.

2024

Today, we specialise in web and mobile application development using collaboration as the means of managing projects and delivering quality.

2026

To make sure we continue to empower people to create positive and lasting impacts, we’ve developed our shared vision for Boost 2026.

Make a bigger impact tomorrow

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