Hi, my name is Daniel Hemus and I am a follower of Jesus, a project manager, and father living in Auckland, New Zealand.

I am a Christian and active member of City Impact Church, and volunteer in Kid's Church helping inspire the kids to be all that they can be.

In regard to my career, I started out in building supplies working in a timber yard, then as a delivery driver. Next I worked in sales first in the building supplies shop then as a sales rep/account manager.

I was then approached by one of my construction company clients to come and help coordinate their multiple high-end builds as they were expanding their business.

After this I became more involved in the office and management of the construction company. Then with a concrete cutting and drilling business and another building and development business, of which both were for a new owner that took over the construction company I was working for.

At this stage I was also working part time for a church that I was a member of in Warkworth.

While working for the church I ended up juggling a few part-time roles doing admin work, church work and also doing handyman work which involved installing insulation, gardening, painting, and then as a hammer hand for a builder working on building a couple of houses. This was when our two older children were young and my wife was working a full-time role.

I then decided to look elsewhere for full-time work and got a commercial sales role for Atlas Concrete. After being in this role for 14 months I applied and was promoted to Depot Manager looking after the Takapuna concrete plant and store for Atlas Concrete. I stayed in this role for 3 years before deciding to buy a franchise business doing property maintenance and renovations.

The business purchase was a “no-brainer” for me as it was a great fit with all my previous experience in the building and construction industry. It was a great stepping stone and I sold this business and purchased a stand-alone (not a franchise) construction business.

I had the construction company for 3 ½ years taking it from a failing business model of tendering to architects, and I pivoted to doing Design & Build specialising in a niche building Minor Dwellings and Granny Flats.

Through some unfortunate circumstances I had to close the construction business down.

I then got a job as a Project Manager working for GJ Gardner Homes which I am currently doing at the time of writing this Bio.