On a journey to positively impact OTHERS through braver conversations, creativity & commerce.
/ ROBETT DAVID HOLLIS /
Who is Robett?
Robett Hollis a National Champion Ex-Professional Snowboarder & Snowboard World Championships Silver Medalist, Olympic Commentator & TV Producer with 20+ years experience in the media and technology industry.
In 2006 Robett founded NZ’s Largest Action Sports Media Network followed by FRONTSIDE, one of NZ's leading Content Consultancy & Video Production Agencies. In February 2018 FRONTSIDE was acquired by Saatchi&Saatchi \ Publicis Groupe - The 3rd largest communications company in the world.
In 2013, to support the startup and tech ecosystem Robett created a shared workspace business called ColabNZ - which eventually expanded to become New Zealand's largest network of co-working workspaces in over 10 locations with 15,000+sqm of space. In 2018 ColabNZ was also acquired.
As a Board Member of the New Zealand Technology Industry Association, Board Member of Figure NZ, Founder of the New Zealand Entrepreneurs Festival, Judge at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards, Judge at the Innes48 Business Startup competition while also named on the Uber Pitch Panel, Robett is extremely driven to see others win.
In 2018 he helped launch a 50 million dollar initiative to help more growing companies win in business.