Kezia Somerville-Petch

Australia Woman in ICT Awards (WIICTA 2024) - Graduate Category (Vendor) Award Recipient

New Zealand Woman in ICT Awards (WIICTA 2022) - Technical Excellence (Vendor) Award Recipient

New Zealand Reseller News Innovation Awards (2022) - Technical Excellence (Vendor) Award Finalist

HPE Internal Award Nominations:

• Young Employee of the Year - 2022 Recipient
• Rising Star of the Year - 2021 Nominee

Comp Girls Otago Co-leader and Representative (2020):

• Managed society finances, administration, and online event organisation and promotion.
• Created financial reports and plans, and coordinated company visits, workshops, and speaker panels with industry professionals.

Otago Computer Science Society (2020):

• Provided the committee with updates on Comp Girls' finances, events, and plans.
• Assisted in organising and promoting Computer Science department events and supported overall society management.

Otago University Class Representative (2020) - for COSC360, COSC345, COSC343, COSC349, COSC326:

• Facilitated communication between lecturers and students, ensuring classmates' feedback on each course was conveyed to lecturers.

Game Development: 'Feline Felony'

• Collaborated with team a of three other people in the development of Feline Felony, a platform-based stealth game, created in Unity. Written in C#.
• Play Here: https://ecs-games.itch.io/feline-felony
• Feline Felony was selected to feature in the Otago Department of Computer Science 2021 promotional video.

Application Development: 'Terms and Conditions'

• Developed Terms and Conditions with a group of three during COSC345 (software development paper), a swipe-based game that highlights the hardships of working at mass distribution companies, created in Android Studio. Written in Java.
• View the Product: https://www.instagram.com/termsandconditionsgame/