Bill Rys

David Hawkins

Ross Beal

Darren Florence

Andy Collier

Soren Moller

Chris Pyke

Kim Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Bruce Thomas

Warren Morritt

Jesse Bolt

Sam Williams

North Island - Waikato

Helwi Tacoma
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant / Director
DVM (Netherlands)
South Island, New Zealand
helwi.tacoma "at" intelact.com

Helwi has been a practicing vet since 1985. He spent six years in Holland specialising in dairy herd health programmes. Now with Intelact, the “whole herd” approach to production and profitability is his main line of interest.
David Hawkins

David Hawkins
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
BVSc, MACVSc
Franklin Veterinary Services, Waiuku
david.hawkins "at" intelact.com
David is a director of Franklin Veterinary Services, managing the Waiuku branch of the practice. His background is as a dairy cattle veterinarian with special interests in the areas of production management, mastitis and milk quality and whole herd approaches to farm systems. He has several years experience in consulting roles in the dairy and pig industries and has undertaken Intelact training to enhance services to clients. David sees that bottom line profitability has to be the prime driver of efforts to sustainably increase farm productivity.
Warren Morritt

Warren Morritt
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant, Managing Director
BAgr
North Island, New Zealand
warren.morritt "at" intelact.com
Warren spent six years in Saudi Arabia as Farm Manager of a vertically integrated (zero grazing) dairy farm comprising4,000 head of livestock.
On returning to New Zealand in 1994 he started dairy consultancy with Intelact, taking up the position of Managing Director in 1996. Since this time Intelact has become New Zealand’s largest dairy consultancy company, now operating in Australia and South Africa. Intelact has developed a feed supply company (SourceNZ Ltd) a financial planning / benchmarking company (Headland NZ Ltd) and moved into international export and farm developments (Source World Ltd).

Ross Beal
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant / Director
B VSc.
North Island, New Zealand
ross.beal "at" intelact.com
Ross has over 30 years dairy veterinary experience with a particular interest in preventative veterinary medicine and computerised herd health programmes. This includes fertility, mastitis and nutritional work with extensive experience in winter milk production systems. Ross is a principal in Franklin Veterinary Services.
Chris Pyke

Chris Pyke
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant / Director
B VSc.
North Island, New Zealand
chris.pyke "at" intelact.com
Chris has practiced as a dairy cow veterinarian with Cambridge Veterinary Services (New Zealand) since 1976 and has a particular interest in dairy production systems and nutrition.
He is recognised as a leader in the area of large scale calf rearing and live export of young stock due to his knowledge and experience in this field and has consulted under contract to a number of the most prominent livestock export companies both in NZ and Australia.
Bruce Thomas

Bruce Thomas
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
B Agr Sc, C, P, Ag.
North Island, New Zealand
bruce.thomas "at" intelact.com
After gaining his degree Bruce initially worked as a MAF consultant prior to moving through the ranks of share-milking to farm ownership. Since 1995 Bruce has overseen the management of his dairy farm as well as consulting full time with Intelact.
Andy Collier

Andy Collier
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
B VSc
North Island, New Zealand
andy.collier "at" intelact.com
Andy is a veterinarian with over 20 years experience in large animal health gained largely in the greater Waikato. He has a post graduate qualification in dairy cow medicine and a longstanding interest in dairy cow nutrition, reproduction and farm systems.
Bill Rys

Bill Rys
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant / Director
B.Agr (Massey), M.Tropical Agr (Wye College-UK)
North Island, New Zealand
bill.rys "at" intelact.com
From a farming background in New Zealand, Bill studied for his Bachelor of Agr. at Massey University. His first Management position was on a 1500 cow feedlot operation in Saudi Arabia where he spent 3 years. He then progressed to a 2000 cow herd in Northern Territory followed by 50:50% Share-milking on his parent’s farm.

In 1993 a passion for tropical agriculture took Bill to Wye College, University of London to obtain his Masters. The Masters was chosen for its emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving in farming systems, and the management of development projects. Bill and his family spent 5 years in Jamaica on a 1600 cow dairy unit, also growing coffee and processing milk and juices. On his return to New Zealand he took up a position as a consultant with Intelact to disseminate leading edge technology to Dairy farmers in the Northern North Island of New Zealand.
Darren Florence

Darren Florence
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
BVSc
North Island, New Zealand
darren.florence "at" intelact.com
Darren is a Director of VETPlus Solutions Ltd, a Central Plateau dairy based veterinary practice. He graduated as a veterinarian in 1995 and has experienced many different farming systems throughout New Zealand and the United Kingdom. His major focus is on improving farm productivity and profitability and he has a wealth of experience in administering herd health programmes including nutrition, reproduction and mastitis management.
 Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant

North Island, New Zealand
daniel.sullivan "at" intelact.com

Daniel has practiced as a Dairy Veterinarian throughout the Waikato and Central Plateau since 1999, and has particular interest in whole herd medicine and productivity.  As an Intelact consultant in the Central Plateau, Daniel is focused on the profitability of farm systems, and ensuring that he helps his clients achieve their particular aims and goals. 
Soren Moller

Soren Moller
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
B VSc, PhD
North Island, New Zealand
soren.moller "at" intelact.com
Soren has been a practicing dairy cow veterinarian since 1974 and a farm management and dairy consultant since 1993. He is well known for his research work and completed a PhD from Massey University based on the dairy cow and pasture interface. Soren is recognised nationally as having been at the forefront of developments in the area of supplemented, higher performing dairy systems.
Sam Williams

Sam Williams
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Dairy Consultant
B.Agr.Sc (Hons)
North Island, New Zealand
sam.williams "at" intelact.com
Sam is from a farming background with experience in dairying, sheep, beef, deer and technosystem bulls. Keen to stay in the agriculture industry he completed his degree at Lincoln University graduating in 2007 after undertaking an honours programme in diet selection. This has reinforced his interest in animal nutrition and farm management.

 

Jesse Bolt
Job Title
Qualification
Office Location
Email		 Consultant
BMS (Hons)
North Island, New Zealand
jesse.bolt "at" intelact.com

Jesse, an inaugural Hillary Scholar, graduated from Waikato University in 2009 with first class honours. Based in the Northern King Country Jesse has worked in the agricultural industry throughout her life, recently specialising in nutrient management. Jesse joined the Intelact team in 2010.