Our Team
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pete Mazany
PhD. (Yale), MCom (Hons.) BSc(Auckland)
Pete Mazany is the CEO of SymComm Limited, a company that provides an environment for authors to create and publish business simulations and for teachers, instructors and trainers to use with their students and participants. Simulation can dramatically accelerate business learning and improve the learning process for business students.
Pete has worked with organisations in the United States and New Zealand to develop competitive strategies, team-orientated cultures and the necessary supporting management systems, particularly with SMEs. He studied at the University of Auckland, completed his PhD. in Management Science at Yale University, and worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He was consultant to Team New Zealand, the successful America’s Cup challenger in 1995, and helped design management systems to support teamwork, accountability and communications. He continued in this role for America’s Cup 2003.
He currently contracts to the University of Auckland Business School to develop and teach simulation-based business courses. He is the recipient of several teaching awards including Best Teacher in the MBA and an Outstanding Teacher Award at the University of Auckland.
Lead Programmer
Csanad Novak
Csanad Novak is our main developer and has wide experience in a variety of software and computer-related areas. He has worked on and managed large and complex intranet and internet portal projects, and designed and planned the fundamental part of the network for a wi-fi based-internet company when it started its operations. He is a specialist in Linux based components and has programmed web portals in PHP and MySQL. He is also a specialist in web security applications.
He managed the leading sci-fi fantasy publisher in Hungary, wrote 3 bestsellers, and translated several novels from English to Hungarian. He developed the first fantasy role-playing game in Hungary.
Finance, Operations and Administration
BeeChoo Tee
BeeChoo Tee holds a Graduate Diploma in Business (Operations Management) from the University of Auckland. She has worked as Administration Manager for a clothing retailer, Operations Manager for an office consumables retailer and also had her own cost consultancy.
BeeChoo has worked on creating online courses for the University of Auckland Business School and the Marketing Department. She is an independent contractor to SymComm and has been responsible for managing the finance, accounting and operations functions of the business since 2003.