{"id":1891,"date":"2023-10-25T00:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.cre8ive.co.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1891"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:19:22","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.com\/wordpress\/about\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container py-5\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left text-center mb-4\">The Team at Otago Innovation<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n<div class=\"col px-0\">\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 g-3 justify-content-center\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 border-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meet-the-Team-Dr-Alex-Tickle-portrait.jpg.webp\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"Dr Alex Tickle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-primary fs-3 fw-bold text-decoration-none stretched-link\" href=\"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.com\/wordpress\/team\/dr-alex-tickle\/\" >Dr Alex Tickle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title fs-5 fw-normal text-muted\">Commercialisation Manager<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 border-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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