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'''Melissa Jannet Clark-Reynolds''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born |
'''Melissa Jannet Clark-Reynolds''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born 25 July 1964) is a New Zealand entrepreneur, [[foresight (futures studies)|foresight]] practitioner, and professional company director. She was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] in the 2015 [[Birthday honours|Queen's Birthday Honours]] with the citation "for services to the technology industry".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/queens-birthday-honours-2015-citations-officers-new-zealand-order-merit |title=Queen's Birthday Honours 2015 - Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit |work=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |date=28 May 2015}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Aged 15, Clark-Reynolds became |
Aged 15, Clark-Reynolds became the then-youngest woman to ever attend university in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/business/%E2%80%98paid-think%E2%80%99-and-loving-it |title='Paid to think' and loving it |work=Otago Daily Times |date=1 August 2017}}</ref> While still a student, she was a single mother. After graduating from [[Victoria University of Wellington]] with a BA in [[Anthropology]], she completed a combined Masters Degree in Environmental Health, Waste Management and Epidemiology at [[Rutgers University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nzbusiness.co.nz/article/close-serial-entrepreneur |title=Up close with a serial entrepreneur |work=NZ Business |date=1 June 2009}}</ref> |
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== Entrepreneur == |
== Entrepreneur == |
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{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/68977078/queens-birthday-honour-for-wellington-entrepreneur-melissa-clark-reynolds |title=Queen's Birthday honour for Wellington entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds |work=Stuff |first=Devlin |last=Collette |date=1 June 2015}}</ref> |
{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/68977078/queens-birthday-honour-for-wellington-entrepreneur-melissa-clark-reynolds |title=Queen's Birthday honour for Wellington entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds |work=Stuff |first=Devlin |last=Collette |date=1 June 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2009, Clark-Reynolds began [[beta testing]] an environmentally-themed virtual world, [[MiniMonos]], with interactive media producer [[Deborah Todd]] and game designer [[Noah Falstein]], aiming to create an online place for children where fun came first but which taught them the values of looking after the planet.<ref>{{citation |url=https://b1g1.com/buy1give1/story/minimonos |title=Virtual world makes a real-world difference |work=b1g1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308193310/https://b1g1.com/buy1give1/story/minimonos |archive-date= |
In 2009, Clark-Reynolds began [[beta testing]] an environmentally-themed virtual world, [[MiniMonos]], with interactive media producer [[Deborah Todd]] and game designer [[Noah Falstein]], aiming to create an online place for children where fun came first but which taught them the values of looking after the planet.<ref>{{citation |url=https://b1g1.com/buy1give1/story/minimonos |title=Virtual world makes a real-world difference |work=b1g1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308193310/https://b1g1.com/buy1give1/story/minimonos |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/inma-martinez/ecodoom-silently-trending_b_2166373.html |title='Eco-doom': Silently Trending on Teens Virtual Networks |first=Inma |last=Martinez |work=Huffpost |date=21 November 2012 |
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}}</ref> The site officially launched on 1 April 2011 and, by June 2012, had attracted close to 1 million players and [[GBP|£]]1 million in capital.<ref> |
}}</ref> The site officially launched on 1 April 2011 and, by June 2012, had attracted close to 1 million players and [[GBP|£]]1 million in capital.<ref> |
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{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6713842/MiniMonos-heads-to-million-members |title=MiniMonos heads to million members |first=Claire|last=Rogers |work=Stuff |date=10 April 2012}}</ref> MiniMonos closed in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pullar-Strecker |first=Tom |date=30 April 2013 |title=Online 'virtual world' MiniMonos to close |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/8615023/Online-virtual-world-MiniMonos-to-close |work=Stuff}}</ref> |
{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6713842/MiniMonos-heads-to-million-members |title=MiniMonos heads to million members |first=Claire|last=Rogers |work=Stuff |date=10 April 2012}}</ref> MiniMonos closed in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pullar-Strecker |first=Tom |date=30 April 2013 |title=Online 'virtual world' MiniMonos to close |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/8615023/Online-virtual-world-MiniMonos-to-close |work=Stuff}}</ref> |
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== Professional director == |
== Professional director == |
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Clark-Reynolds became a professional director in 2013 and has since served with |
Clark-Reynolds became a professional director in 2013 and has since served with organisations including [[Wētā Workshop]], the [[Hillary Institute]], Birthright New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birthright.org.nz/our-national-board |title=Our National Board |work=birthright|date=23 January 2021 }}</ref> Jasmax Architects,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/jasmax-appoints-two-independent-directors/ |title=Jasmax appoints two independent directors |work=Architecture Now |date=30 August 2016}}</ref> Atkins Ranch, [[Alpine Energy]], Daffodil Enterprises Ltd, the NZ Future Bees Trust, Little Yellow Bird, [[Radio New Zealand]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/broadcasting-appointments-announced |title=Broadcasting appointments announced |work=Beehive.govt.nz |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> and [[New Zealand Meat Board|Beef+Lamb New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/blnz-appoints-first-independent-director/ |title=B+LNZ appoints first independent director |work=Farmers Weekly |date=31 July 2017}}</ref> Following training at [[MIT]], [[Cambridge University]], [[Stanford University]] and the [[Institute for the Future]] she began to specialise in applying foresight approaches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzwomen.co.uk/our-stories/482-our-stories-melissa-clark-reynolds-2 |title=Our Stories: Melissa Clark-Reynolds |last=Huband |first=Bronwyn |website=New Zealand Business Women’s Network}}</ref> Clark-Reynolds has developed and taught strategy, digital governance and disruptive business models at the [[Institute of Directors in New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzimleadership.co.nz/programmes/80/622/people-leaders-business-series |title=Strategy with Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM |website=New Zealand Institute of Management and Leadership}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 19 January 2024
Melissa Clark-Reynolds | |
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 Clark-Reynolds for Edmund Hillary Fellowship in 2018 | |
| Born | 25 July 1964 |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Notable work | MiniMonos |
Melissa Jannet Clark-Reynolds ONZM (born 25 July 1964) is a New Zealand entrepreneur, foresight practitioner, and professional company director. She was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours with the citation "for services to the technology industry".[1]
Personal life
[edit]Aged 15, Clark-Reynolds became the then-youngest woman to ever attend university in New Zealand.[2] While still a student, she was a single mother. After graduating from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in Anthropology, she completed a combined Masters Degree in Environmental Health, Waste Management and Epidemiology at Rutgers University.[3]
Entrepreneur
[edit]Returning to New Zealand, Clark-Reynolds launched her first entrepreneurial venture, a health and safety and Workers Compensation Insurance consultancy named GMV Associates. The consultancy was sold to Southern Cross and became Fusion, New Zealand's largest private Workers Compensation insurer.[4]
In 2009, Clark-Reynolds began beta testing an environmentally-themed virtual world, MiniMonos, with interactive media producer Deborah Todd and game designer Noah Falstein, aiming to create an online place for children where fun came first but which taught them the values of looking after the planet.[5][6] The site officially launched on 1 April 2011 and, by June 2012, had attracted close to 1 million players and £1 million in capital.[7] MiniMonos closed in May 2013.[8]
Professional director
[edit]Clark-Reynolds became a professional director in 2013 and has since served with organisations including Wētā Workshop, the Hillary Institute, Birthright New Zealand,[9] Jasmax Architects,[10] Atkins Ranch, Alpine Energy, Daffodil Enterprises Ltd, the NZ Future Bees Trust, Little Yellow Bird, Radio New Zealand,[11] and Beef+Lamb New Zealand.[12] Following training at MIT, Cambridge University, Stanford University and the Institute for the Future she began to specialise in applying foresight approaches.[13] Clark-Reynolds has developed and taught strategy, digital governance and disruptive business models at the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2015 - Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 28 May 2015.
- ^ "'Paid to think' and loving it". Otago Daily Times. 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Up close with a serial entrepreneur". NZ Business. 1 June 2009.
- ^ Collette, Devlin (1 June 2015). "Queen's Birthday honour for Wellington entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds". Stuff.
- ^ "Virtual world makes a real-world difference", b1g1, archived from the original on 8 March 2012
- ^ Martinez, Inma (21 November 2012). "'Eco-doom': Silently Trending on Teens Virtual Networks". Huffpost.
- ^ Rogers, Claire (10 April 2012). "MiniMonos heads to million members". Stuff.
- ^ Pullar-Strecker, Tom (30 April 2013). "Online 'virtual world' MiniMonos to close". Stuff.
- ^ "Our National Board". birthright. 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Jasmax appoints two independent directors". Architecture Now. 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Broadcasting appointments announced". Beehive.govt.nz. 30 April 2014.
- ^ "B+LNZ appoints first independent director". Farmers Weekly. 31 July 2017.
- ^ Huband, Bronwyn. "Our Stories: Melissa Clark-Reynolds". New Zealand Business Women’s Network.
- ^ "Strategy with Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM". New Zealand Institute of Management and Leadership.