The Team
Organising Team
Mikayla Stokes - Hardware Meetup NZ Host and Organiser + Hardware Meetup NZ Incorporated Chair
Mikayla Stokes is a mechatronics engineer at Crown Equipment making autonomous forklifts. She loves using tech to make cool wearable things like a light-up dress or 3D printed earrings. She's passionate about creating an inclusive community where any kid can pursue a future in STEM, and is the two time overall female winner of the BrightSparks inventing competition.
David Stokes - Hardware Meetup NZ Organiser + Hardware Meetup NZ Incorporated Treasurer
David Stokes is an Innovation Consultant in his own business, Technology Systems, and has been helping to run Hardware Meetup since 2016. He fell in love with not-just-software products when he worked with Navman, and since then, he has been working with over 20 physical companies.