ABOUT US

Virtual Medical Coaching

The story of our company began when people struggled to find the tools they needed to be successful in their medical professional journey.

AWARDS

  • NZIBA

  • ENZ

  • HealthTech

  • Tertiary ICT

  • Learning Solutions

  • GHP

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We have been selected as one of the finalists for the Best Emerging Business category at the New Zealand International Business Awards 2022 (NZIBA). The Awards are run by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise in order to celebrate the success of New Zealand businesses on the world stage and recognise excellence and innovative practice.

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The Product Innovation Fund was launched by Education New Zealand to encourage providers to design and develop new education products and services for international learners. We were one of the recipients of this funding.

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In June 2022, we presented at the HealthTech Week conference and won the Callaghan HealthTech Award for Best Scale-Up Company.

Tertiary ICT Excellence Awards

In October 2018, we won the Microsoft Award for Excellence in Technology Delivery and the Supreme Prize for developing and implementing innovative, world-first, virtual reality training, at the national Tertiary ICT conference awards.

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We won first prize from the Florida e-learning association in Best Blended Learning Solution: "Blending VR, eLearning, and Face-to-Face for Radiology Students" during the DemoFest 2017.

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Virtual Medical Coaching

Medical Simulation Innovators of the Year 2021
MEET THE FOUNDER

JAMES HAYES

A New Zealand Innovator of the Year semi-finalist in 2021 and winner of the Microsoft Supreme Prize for developing and implementing innovative, world-first, Virtual Reality training in 2020 James Hayes is the Founder of Virtual Medical Coaching, and he is reinventing the way healthcare students learn their skills.

During his time as a lecturer, James could see a more immersive way for students to learn. His teaching experience, combined with his prior clinical roles, led him to create the world's first Edtech company which specializes in Virtual Reality simulation software, Big Data, artificial intelligence, and adaptive learning.

The technology combines VR and big data analytics to allow students to learn complex or dangerous tasks in a safe, immersive and realistic environment. James is proud to be bringing together New Zealand's highest level of developers to pioneer this world-class, student-centric healthcare education platform.

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OUR TALENTED CREW

MEET THE TEAM

Ana Almeida

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Drain

Lead Software Engineer

James Hayes

Chief Executive Officer

Mads Moller

Independent Director

Manuel Czepok

VR Artist

Norielyn Villanueva

Sales Support Executive 

Paul Burston

Software Engineer

Yamin Thazin Oo

Product Owner

Yulia Norina

Software Test Engineer