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Melissa Crawford

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Director at Tech with Heart
📍 New Zealand

Melissa Crawford is the Director of Tech with Heart, where she blends her expertise in future technology and people psychology to help organizations become future-ready. A global keynote speaker and futurist, she holds masters degrees in Technological Futures and Science and serves on several boards. Colleagues describe her as motivating, professional, and passionate.

Melissa is passionate about sharing knowledge, human-centered design, and promoting kindness in the workplace. Her background shaped her resilience and adaptability, fueling her interest in change and innovation. A past interview revealed she also participates in competitive bodybuilding, viewing it as a way to prove that women are strong.

She is doing deep research on humanoid robotics and recently ordered her first humanoid robot to study its potential impact on the workplace and society.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New Zealand
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Priorities

Topics Melissa cares about

Future of Work
Her entire career and current company, Tech with Heart, focuses on helping companies navigate the future of work by blending technology and psychology.
Human-Tech Balance
Melissa frequently speaks about optimizing the best of technology and the best of people, delivering keynotes on "The human-tech balance: Staying personal in a digital world".
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Career

Work history

7-2022
Director
Tech with Heart
6-2024
JLG Board - Independent Director & Deputy Chair
Just Life Group
12-2023 - 6-2024
JLG Board - Future Director
Just Life Group
6-2023
HRNZ Board - Independent Director
HRNZ
10-2020 - 6-2022
GM Future Work
Vector Limited
In the press

Media appearances

Melissa Crawford | Highly Regarded Thought Leader - Tech with Heart. Featured in Tech with Heart
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From the Future With Love – Melissa Crawford, Tech With Heart. Featured in Time Beings
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Education
9-2025 - 2027
Master of Science - MS
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
2019 - 2020
Masters of Technological futures
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