AbacusBio People

Mark gets an enormous amount of satisfaction from improving clients businesses and business practices by fitting the effective information technology tools.

Mark’s area of expertise are

business analysis
software development

Mark has had a varied career as kitchen hand, bar person and in retail sales before finding the “information highway” and indicating onto the fast lane. Mark completed a Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) in 2001 and has been working for Dunedin software development companies since that time. After completing has degree, Mark worked for a Dunedin software development company for 4 years, where he helped develop a semi-automated web based advertising system with a focus on real-estate. During this time Mark’s roles progressed from junior developer to software manager as the company pushed ahead.

In late 2005 Mark joined AbacusBio and discovered that there was uncharted territory and unlimited potential in farming and animal technology for IT. Since joining AbacusBio, Mark has enjoyed the variety of work that has crossed his desk along with the opportunity to work with world leaders in the field of animal genetics. At AbacusBio Mark has had the opportunity to gain experience working for local bodies and business on farming and non farming related IT projects. Understanding a clients business is one of Mark’s passions and he gets an enormous amount of satisfaction in providing clients with solutions that increase productivity and decrease churn.

Some of Marks interests include drinking beer, growing veggies in the garden, watching movies and whitebaiting.

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Peter O'Neill

Peter was a leading dairy farmer in Otago and is now using his talent and passion for dairying to assist farmers develop their business’s profitability and sustainability.

Peter’s specialty areas include:

agribusiness, specialising in dairying
strategic issues and planning
farm staff management
pasture management
herd recording

Peter joined the AbacusBio team in 2008, bringing with him a wealth of experience from the dairy industry. Over the past 20 odd years, he has worked in a multitude of roles from equity partnerships to share-milking to dairy farm ownership, which gives him an insight into dairying at many levels. In 2003, along with wife Ginny, Peter won Otago Sharemilker of the Year, which included the financial, leadership and herd records merit award. It is his passion for herd recording that has seen Peter achieve 100% recorded ancestry in his own dairy herd and win the National herd record award.

At AbacusBio, Peter works as an agribusiness consultant in the dairy sector with clients and projects based in Otago and Southland. Peter aims to work closely with clients to determine their individual needs and how best to achieve their goals. He is particularly interested in the areas of pasture management, staff management and herd recording. This, combined with an excellent understanding of the technical side of dairying, means Peter can assist clients to achieve high production with low costs. He also works extensively with clients through aspects of staff management, business growth, profitability, strategic planning and sustainability.

Peter writes a monthly article in Southern Rural Life mainly on topical issues for dairy farmers and what to focus on at relevant points throughout the year. During his spare time Peter loves spending time with his family, watching rugby and reading. He and Ginny also run some sheep on their Taieri farm and currently Peter is going head to head with sheep farm consultant, Simon Glennie, in a lambing percentage competition…watch this space!

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M: +64 (0)27 434 7352
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