Summary
Jack Callister is a product-minded software leader and co-founder with 13 years’ experience building customer-focused web and payments products in New Zealand. He currently leads Volley, a startup simplifying bank-to-bank payments for Kiwis, and serves on Payments NZ’s API Centre Council, bridging product, engineering and industry standards. His background spans hands-on full‑stack engineering, lead front-end roles and programme-level delivery for Wellington City Council, giving him a rare mix of startup grit and public-sector stakeholder management. Jack excels at turning complex requirements into iterative, testable solutions and has a track record of guiding cross-functional teams from discovery through delivery. A designer by training, he brings a strong sense of usable, service-focused product to technical architecture and team leadership.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Design, Digital Media Design, Bachelor of Design, Digital Media Design at Victoria University of Wellington