Marcus is the director of Active Timing.  Marcus has substantial experience in both timing events and staging events allow him a unique insight into what makes a well run and enjoyable experience for the participants.  Marcus' philosophy is to work together with race directors to ensure that the event runs smoothly.

Marcus lives in Rotorua and has competed in a number multisport events, adverture races and orienteering events.  He is married with one daughter and when he is not involved in events he does a sopt of commercial law work.

In real life I work behind the fence at Scion as a Forest Pathologist and pretend to be smart. But whenever I can, I work at sporting events. I've been working in the sport industry since my time as a student and been involved in event organisation for over 8 years, including event timing for 5 years now. Events I've worked on range from the Great Race (Rowing), UCI Trials World Cup to Triathlons, Duathlons and MTB races. I have been part of the NDuro Events team for several years and look after the timing and registration process. I am also an active figure in the Rotorua Triathlon Club (RATs) – currently I am the boss and try to keep them under control and spend all the money on fun things. Aside from organising stuff and drinking coffee at Zippy's I actually also enjoy being out there competing and riding my bikes, swimming the lakes and running the glorious trails we've got in the Rotorua Wonderland!

As I do a spot of work for Active Timing from time to time, Marcus has asked me to put together a short personal biography of myself.  I hold a Bachelor in Physical Education from Otago University – specialising in my last year in sports coaching and sports management.   I spent 14 years racing multisport at an elite level and now find myself working on those events I used to race in!  It does give me a unique insight into how the race works from an athlete's perspective which definitely helps us on race day.  I also now have a coaching business - Multisport Coaching Services Limited, and an events management business - ‘Dare 2 Sweat Events’.  Living a stone’s throw from the Redwoods Forest in Rotorua, married and with a young daughter - I continue to keep fit in and work hard within my chosen fields of expertise.