Accreditations
Approved Supplier
Winner 2005
Company Profile
Hearne is a major distributor and developer of technical software in Australia and New Zealand. Our software partners include Oracle, IBM, Intel, PTC, OriginLab, and CSIRO.
We also provide training in the use of the major programs which we distribute, as well as a range of consulting services related to our programs. We are adept in the areas of engineering mathematics, risk management, online surveys, project management, optimisation and commercialisation of research software.
Hearne has had significant success commercialising research software, most notably CLIMEX and DYMEX, and AccuRate, developed in conjunction with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). CLIMEX alone has already been sold into over 30 countries around the world.
The business acquired quality assurance certification, Queensland government (GITC Agreement Q-236) and United Nations endorsed supplier certification and was awarded a number of Research and Development Start grants and Awards for exporting technical software. In 2008 a charity facility was established, whereby online purchasers are invited to select a charity to which Hearne will donate NZ$10.
Since entering the technical software market in the early 1980's overall revenue has grown by a compound rate of about 10% per annum. Today there are over 500,000 unique visits to the Hearne web sites each month, generating about 4 million hits per month. Hearne has accumulated a massive database of technical software users in Australia and New Zealand, which lays the foundation for continued growth of the business.
Staff Profiles - New Zealand
Keith Roberts
General Manager
Keith has a degree in music! He spent many years working at the BBC in the UK, managing radio programmes and working on systems to track web site usage. He moved to an analytics company and spent three years with SPSS in the UK, before assuming the role of General Manager of SPSS New Zealand Limited and Hearne Scientific Software Limited.
Penny King
Business Development Manager
Penny has worked with software since 1984 and her experience includes managing large and complex IT installations, technical consulting, and ERP systems implementations. Focussing on business development for the last 10 years her roles span a wide range of software products and services and has involved her working with most industry verticals. Penny brings the ability to understand your business drivers and translate these into the right solution at the right time.
Mindy Wee
Product Manager
Bachelor of Science (Bioinformatics) and Postgraduate Diploma in Science from University of Auckland. Competence in biology, computer science and statistics. At university Mindy specialised in Bioinformatics and since then she has had practical experience of working in the area of insect control for a commercial organisation.
Hearne Charity Program
Hearne believes that businesses have a responsibility to contribute directly to charities and to the protection of the environment in order to benefit the wider community. To fulfill this obligation, Hearne has established a program for donating regularly to charities and environmental groups.
Purchasers using the Hearne online ordering facility are invited to nominate a charity or environmental group to which Hearne will donate NZ$10. In this way Hearne contributes to the wider community every day.
The charities are:
- Breast Cancer New Zealand
- New Zealand Prostate Cancer Foundation
- Youth Drug Prevention New Zealand
- New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Jigsaw Family Services Inc
- Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand