Our Executive Leadership team combines years of industry experience and knowledge to help guide Lutra as we navigate through an ever changing environment.
Quentin Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer
Quentin is the Chief Executive Officer at Lutra. With a background in Electrical Engineering, sales and marketing, Quentin connects the dots between the technical and commercial aspects of Lutra.
Louis Ortenzio
Chief Engineer
Louis is the Chief Engineer, heading up our Water and Wastewater Process Engineering Teams. With over fifteen years of International experience and a passion for innovation, Louis continues to grow and diversify Lutra's expertise and offerings.
Martin Raudnic
Chief Operating Officer
With 12 years of experience in financial roles, Martin has taken not only taken over the finances at Lutra, making sure the books are balanced and bills paid but is now also the Chief Operation Officer.
We are fortunate to have multi-skilled, highly experienced Water Process Engineering team.
Jonathan Church
Technical Director of Water
Jonathan is a Principal Process Engineer with over 14 years of experience in the design, commissioning and operation of treatment plants.
Richard Slight
Water Team Leader
Richard has wide range of experience in the water industry, from practical site work to operating water plants through to design and project management.
Ivan Ottenheijm
Water Team Leader
Starting as an intern, Ivan worked his way up to Senior Process Engineer and now Water Team Leader. He has worked on projects across the industry, and likes to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions.
Amanda Slater
Senior Process Engineer
With 11 years of Process engineering experience, working in Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas, and Water Treatment. Experienced in design, specifying equipment, project management and more.
Shaun Hewitt
Process Engineer
Shaun joined Lutra after working as a junior process engineer in the dairy industry, he now works on the water team where he works on a variety of projects.
Cassandra Yang
Process Engineer
With experience in engineering at local councils, Cassandra moved to Lutra to utilize her process engineering skills more fully. Working on plant optimization, process design and more.
Gian Hatton
Process engineer
Having previously worked as a wastewater technician for Veolia, a technical analyst at Wellington Water and even a software tester. Gian possesses strong technical skills and knowledge in water & wastewater treatment.
Bryan Mah
Process Engineer
Bryan has both a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Nottingham University (Malaysia) and a post-graduate diploma from the University of Waikato, he now uses this knowledge as part of Lutra's water process engineering team.
Tarun Kandpal
Process Engineer
Tarun has worked as both a process engineer in the dairy industry and a mechanical designer in the automotive sector, he joins Lutra as a process engineer where he will put this experience to good use on projects across NZ.
Chelsea Grove
Process Engineer
Chelsea is an experienced water process engineer having worked on a variety of projects throughout NZ before joining Lutra, she is based in Tauranga and also works from our Hamilton Office.
Our Wastewater Engineering team has experience across all aspects of wastewater treatment.
Heiko Franz
Principal Process Engineer
Heiko is a chartered engineer with a wealth of experience who can take wastewater projects through all stages from design through to commissioning.
Tim Miskimmin
Wastewater Team Leader
Tim has over 10 years experience as a process engineer, delivering engineering projects and design solutions to safely maintain and improve process plants and now uses this to lead our wastewater team.
Andreas Fischer
Innovation Lead & Senior Process Engineer
Andreas has worked as an engineer for 10 years with experience in process engineering, running pilot plants, project management and more.
Song Li
Senior Process Engineer
With experience both overseas and in NZ in different roles across the industry. Now a senior process engineer at Lutra, with a particular interest in projects that deal with data and wastewater.
Sean Pathmanathan
Process Scientist
Having worked at a local council in a variety of operations management roles, as well as in labs, Sean has great practical operational knowledge, with wastewater sampling a particular area of expertise.
Alex Cliff
Process Engineer
Alex holds a PhD in Engineering and has experience with wastewater, they will be a key addition to the team.
Sylvia Chi
Process Engineer
Sylvia studied Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at Massey University which stands her in good stead for her work on the wastewater team, improving treatment around Aotearoa.
Joshua Braithwaite
Process Engineer
Based in New Plymouth Joshua already has a few years of experience as a wastewater process engineer.
The Infrastructure Data team help our clients to collect and understand their data, providing valuable insights into their day to day operations.
Jitesh Lala
Infrastructure Data Operations Manager
Jitesh leads our Infrastructure Data team, and manages our ongoing product roadmap with support from our in house developers.
Blake McGregor
Technical Lead
Blake's strong knowledge of everything Infrastructure Data allows him to make sure that implementation goes to plan.
Caroline Denis
Project Lead
Caroline brings a range of skills to Lutra and is now in charge of keeping ID projects on track.
Brad Horsburgh
Customer Care Lead
Having been on the Infrastructure Data team since the start, Brad manages a team who can handle any ID customer care enquiries.
Aqshai Lala
Data Scientist
Having studied Information Science Aqshai joined the ID team as a data scientist. He is involved with the implementation phase for new clients, helping them create reports, forms and more.
Victor Ferreira van Eyk
Data Analyst
Victor studied computer science and now works on the ID team as data analyst on the customer support team.
Yuna Otani
Data Analyst
After studying Statistics, Yuna has put her knowledge of statistics and data to good use at Lutra as a data analyst, working with stats, data visualization, Python and SQL.
Kenneth San Jose
Data Analyst
Kenneth studied IT & computer serving and worked as a digital production assistant before joining the ID team as a data analyst making full use of his IT background.
Casey Lochead
Data Analyst
Casey holds a BSc degree in Environmental Science and Political Science and previously worked for a payroll software company. She brings this knowledge and experience to the ID Team.
Ryan Laing
Data Analyst
Ryan brings both his of customer service experience and IT knowledge to the ID team.
Our software development team improve and maintain Infrastructure Data.
Charli Wilkes
Development Manager
Having spent her whole career in the software/tech space, Charli has a knack for organization which makes her the perfect fit to manage the development of ID.
Nathan Wilkes
Lead Developer
With over 30 years of experience in full-stack development, Nathan has led the development of ID since its inception and still continues to push it forward.
Jonathan Fenemor
Senior Developer
An experienced full-stack developer, Jonathan is involved in developing ID with a focus on implementing new features and ongoing support.
Jason Firth
SysOps/IT Engineer
Jason has been working at Educational Services for the past 6 years as a IT Administrator. Jason will be manages the IT elements of Lutra. He also works with the DevTeam on DevOps.
With a Sales & Marketing Team, we ensure that our clients are well cared for and kept up to date with latest industry changes and knowledge.
John Wilson
Marketing Manager
Having previously worked across the business as a Videographer and Designer, John now heads up marketing for Lutra, looking after marketing channels such as Lutra TV, LinkedIn and more.
Paul Epstein
Business Development Manager
Based in Melbourne, with a long history in the software business, Paul's role is primarily business development of Lutra ID within the Australia market.
Our talented Operations Team ensure that Lutra are performing to the best of our abilities, constantly looking for business improvements and supporting our team as we grow and take on new challenges.
Matthew Mason
HR & Compliance Manager
Having worked his way through various positions in Lutra both practical and administrative, Matthew now handles our Human Resourcing needs.
Bernie Blackwell
Senior Finance Administrator
With many years of experience in admin and finance, Bernie helps keep the business running smoothly.
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