Our Story

The Tapin project came out of the R9 Accelerator +3 programme through the work of the two seconded Ministry of Education staff working on the Do it for the kids opportunity.

The team selected to build a social enterprise to take this opportunity forward is Root Systems – a seven member software developer cooperative based in Wellington.

Daniel Lewis

Daniel Lewis

Solution Architect | Project Manager

Anna Geling

Anna Geling

Adviser | Ministry of Education

Iain Kirkpatrick

Iain Kirkpatrick

Technical Lead | Developer

Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Technical Lead | Developer

Mikey Williams

Mikey Williams

Technical Coach | Developer

Sarah Rogers

Sarah Rogers

Developer

Greg Kan

Greg Kan

Technical Lead | Developer

Juliet Carpenter

Juliet Carpenter

Developer

Lauren Shamy

Lauren Shamy

Communications Specialist

Annah Gerletti

Annah Gerletti

Developer

Richard Garcia

Richard Garcia

Developer

A Digital Solution

The solution combines a suite of online tools for schools and Kāhui Ako to discuss, learn, decide and act.

Forward Thinking

Tapin social enterprise, part of the Wellington Startup scence and the GovTech R9 Accelerator Programme.

Problem Solvers

We are a team of problem solvers who work agile and lean to develop innovative solutions that are customer-centric.

Customer Support

We partner with cusomers to co-design the solution, guide our company and governance model and test our business model.