meet the jasons

experienced project professionals

Jason and Jason are the brains behind the VHC operation. Between them they have more than 30 years' experience delivering complex projects across Aotearoa.

Jason van Hattum

Director

JVH (Waikato-Tainui, Whakatōhea) is an experienced strategist, business analyst, and data guy. He’s most at home waving his arms around in front of a whiteboard, but he’s also got a bunch of technical skills on top of qualifications in law, politics, and communications. He’s worked on everything from digital transformation through to designing cultural sector events, and he’s always looking for projects that will make a real difference for real people. When he’s not at work he’s mostly transporting his kids to sport, and sometimes he even gets to watch some on his phone. He also hates running.

Jason Corsbie

Director

JC’s a delivery-focused project manager and strategic adviser, with a strong record of delivering successful projects across a range of technologies and vastly different business problems. He always tries to get to the core business problem a project is trying to solve for its users. He’s led complex high-profile programmes of work including the MBIE Temporary Accommodation Service, the Whenua Māori Programme, and helping to establish the NZ Managed Isolation & Quarantine (MIQ) Service. In his spare time he’s big on family, music, and coaching and playing sport.

Jason van Hattum
Director
JVH is an experienced strategist, business analyst, and data guy. He's most at home in front of a whiteboard, but he's also got a bunch of technical skills including SQL, Power BI, and GIS, as well as qualifications in law, politics, and communications. He's worked on a wide range of projects from digital transformation to data to designing cultural sector events.

When he's away from his many laptops he's mostly transporting kids to sport and sometimes even gets to watch some on his phone. He's woefully out of touch with music and pop culture these days but was briefly cool in 2008. He also hates running.
Jason Corsbie
Director
JC’s a delivery-focused project manager and strategic adviser, with a strong record of delivering successful projects across a range of different technologies and vastly different business problems. He always tries to get to the core business problem a project is trying to solve, to ensure that no matter how the project changes or evolves over time, the end result will always meet the objectives the team set out to achieve at the start. This philosophy enables him to adapt to any challenge or change that comes a project’s way.

In his spare time he's big on family, but also likes to pretend he's younger by playing cricket, going to concerts, and tweeting.

and the team

Behind every great Jason is a great team, and ours is one of the best.

Gail Connelly

Content Design Lead

Gail’s content design, information architecture, and UX experience makes her the perfect person to create and test plain English content for your website. She’s an expert at taking complex information and making it easy to find, read, and use. She’s fond of the Oxford comma and loves an em dash.

Maggie Fraser

Service Design Lead

Maggie helps people solve problems. She has incredible experience leading and supporting initiatives to tackle tough societal problems, including co-design within child protection and street-involved adults, and the NZ Covid response. She’s a respected practitioner and previously lectured in service design at Victoria University.

Lorna Goodwin

Research and Engagement Lead

Lorna (Rongowhakaata) brings 30 years of experience in people-centred research and design to our practice. She’s whānau oriented which extends to mahi, tākaro, and hāpori, and prioritises mahi for Māori, Pacifika, and indigenous peoples. Outside of work you’ll find her on the water – she loves waka ama, seriously, LOVES it.

Nabila Ahmed

Business Analysis Lead

Nabila’s an experienced business analyst and project consultant. She specialises in human-centred design and is passionate about using her skills to deliver outcomes for real people. Her strong experience includes work in the banking and energy sectors as well as delivering complex change for DOC and Te Whatu Ora.

Anthony Radich

Solution Architect

Ants makes technology things fit together. He’s an experienced solution architect and comes with a wealth of experience with the Microsoft stack and in the digital space. He founded the successful international accommodation management platform and app Altitude HQ, and he’s also our unofficial team photographer.

Mel McKeown

Senior Business Analyst

Mel’s skill is cutting through the noise and getting right the heart of the problem. She’s delivered big digital transformations for large organisations and she also has a law degree, which brings a different perspective to IT projects. Mel’s a compulsive traveller, but when she’s here she’ll make your project better.

Michelle Ngan

Business Analyst

Michelle’s background is in advisory and information management – she’s our go to for organising information and advising on technology change. She’s a keen foodie and is always up for trying new recipes and products (as long as someone else does the dishes).

Jesse Stratford

Junior Business Analyst

Jesse (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) diverse background includes qualifications in software engineering and electronic music production. He’s inspired by collaboration and creating meaningful relationships. Outside of mahi he’s interested in design, art, fashion, surfing, and music.

We also have a fantastic network of talented people that we engage when a client or project needs it.

Catherine Hapeta

Quality & Test Lead

Abhay Mishra

Functional Consultant

Karen Aitken

Strategic Advisor

Michael Law

Senior Business Analyst

and our partners

We do a lot, but we know our limits. When you need something else, we know who you can trust.

NV Interactive

Crafted digital experiences

Social Good

Growing good in digital spaces

Seamless

Data and app integration

jha Consulting

The art of the possible

Nonsuch PPM

Project portfolio excellence

Tactiv

Leading software solutions

Lanalytics

Measurable online success

get in touch

We're based in Wellington and Wairarapa, but we can meet you anywhere in Aotearoa — we’ll take you out for a coffee and a chat, our shout. We can also meet you online if that’s more your thing.