Dr Tayaza Fadason · Auckland, New Zealand
From genomics research to group-savings software, I build trustworthy tools that help people see, share, and act on what matters.
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Who I am
I’m Tayaza Fadason, a technologist and scientist based in Auckland. My path runs from Nigeria to the UK to New Zealand, and from DNA to data and AI platforms. Each step taught me the same thing: the hardest problems are human, not technical. People keep data in emails, group chats, notebooks and memory. Trust lives in relationships. My job is to turn that mess into products that are clear, fair and easy to trust.
Today I lead technology at Together in New Zealand, and I’m building Saving Mates, a simple ledger for savings groups.
What I build
AI and data products. I design agentic systems, data platforms and software that turn scattered information into decisions people can rely on.
Trustworthy group-finance tools. Savings circles such as ajo, esusu, stokvel, chama and other ROSCAs move real money on goodwill. I build software that keeps them transparent without taking away the human part.
Bridges between cultures and disciplines. I’m fluent in New Zealand and African contexts, and in research and product. I translate between them.
Saving Mates
Saving Mates is a group-savings ledger for people who save together, whether that’s an ajo in Nigeria, an esusu in London or a stokvel in Johannesburg. It gives every member the same clear view of who has paid, who’s next and what’s owed, so the group can spend less energy on bookkeeping and more on each other.
I built Saving Mates because I grew up around these circles. They work, but the record-keeping is fragile.
Proof
- Senior Technology Director, Together (NZ) I lead work across agentic systems, data and software.
- PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Auckland. Research published in Nature Genetics and Nature Communications–tier journals, with about 2,200 citations (Google Scholar).
- Honorary Research Fellow, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland.
- MSc, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics (Distinction), University of Wolverhampton.
- Certified: Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer; Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant.
- Featured in: NZ Listener, NZ Herald, 95bFM.
Work with me
I’m open to
- Consulting: AI and data product strategy, data platforms, and turning messy processes into clear systems.
- Speaking: trustworthy AI, data products, group finance and the diaspora, and moving from science to product.
- Talent and collaboration: engineers, data people and builders who want to work on meaningful products.
Contact: tayaza@tayaza.com · LinkedIn · Google Scholar
Tayaza Fadason • Auckland, New Zealand
