James has been in and around triathlon his whole life since watching his father race as a toddler in the 80’s. As an active kid he swam competitively, but growing up all he wanted to be was a top triathlete. James won a few NZ schools titles at high school in the late 90’s, and started racing overseas for NZ at the age of 15. At 18 he finished 5th at the 2002 Junior World Champs in Mexico, and soon graduated to the senior ITU circuit. For 8 years he based himself in Europe, racing on the German Bundesliga and French Grand Prix circuits. His best result was 15th at the ITU World Series race in Madrid in 2011.

On retiring from racing in 2012 James worked at Specialized Bicycles in NZ during the day in sales and marketing roles. As a non-technical founder, RaceRanger was a passion project for evenings & /weekends. James left Specialized in late 2023 to go fulltime on RaceRanger.

In James’s role as CEO he leads and project manages product development and all aspects of building the business.

James lives with his wife Tatiana and 3 children aged 9, 6, and 4 in Wanaka, New Zealand.

Dylan was a top level swimmer as a teenager. He found triathlon in 2005, and quickly made a name for himself in short course racing as the athlete expected to lead out the swim section of any race. James and Dylan met in 2005, and spent parts of the 2006-10 seasons living together in Germany competing on the Bundesliga circuit.

In 2013 Dylan was ready to retire from the sport, but entered the long distance Challenge Wanaka for one last big race race – his first at the full distance. He surprised everyone including himself, by winning the race and beating ex world champion and legend of the sport Chris McCormack in the process. This ignited a successful long-distance career which included multiple wins at half and full distance events around the world. Dylan retired from professional racing in 2020. Outside of competing Dylan has been involved in the Professional Triathletes Organisation working with the athletes to assist them in attending international events through the difficult Covid 19 times. He is currently working for the PTO as Athlete Manager.

Dylan lives in Christchurch New Zealand, and continues to bike and run.

Andrew joined RaceRanger in late 2024 to fill the position of Engineering Manager and lead the technical direction of the business.

Andrew comes from Enatel where he was managing a team of 10 engineers building battery powered forklift systems. He’s previously worked around the world leading teams building rugged systems in large defence and aerospace contractors such as Northrup Grumman, Raytheon & Boeing. He has also competed in a number of triathlons and running events.

Matthew graduated his Bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Canterbury with first class honours in 2017, and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Engineering, Electrical and Electronics in 2019.

Matthew has been working full-time on RaceRanger since April 2020. He has designed the overall system and written the bulk of the firmware which runs on the RaceRanger devices.

Will has been a casual RaceRanger employee while he completed work on a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Canterbury. He has previously been a full-time fixed-term employee prior to beginning his PhD. His work for RaceRanger has focussed on software development and the connectivity side of the project which includes IoT development and prototyping.

Will's PhD focused on designing new channel modelling methods and their applications in modern, mmWave wireless communications.

Co-Founder & CEO James Elvery’s Father, Robin, manages all of RaceRanger’s day to day finances.

Robin has a background in corporate IT systems sales, marketing, and general management, he earned an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He is also a lifetime triathlete and has represented New Zealand at age group level.

Robin is currently semi-retired. He owns a consulting firm called Business Assist, where he works as a small business consultant for local companies, assisting with strategic planning and on-going sessions to implement their plans.

Erin comes from a background of elite level athletes, having competed for New Zealand in middle distance running events. Erin has an extensive background in all aspects of graphic design having worked in a number of freelance roles including for the International Triathlon Union (now World Triathlon).

Erin is based in Brisbane Australia, and produces all of RaceRanger’s branded content and marketing assets.

Karen lives in Berlin, Germany and has joined the RaceRanger team in 2025 to assist with the logistics of shipping equipment and people to all our events around the world.

Karen is a keen age group triathlete and coach, having progressed from beginner to competing in her age group at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.

With a Master's in International Management, a Bachelor's in International Sports Management, and extensive experience as an event manager, Karen has a deep first hand experience in the sport.

We look forward to leveraging her passion and expertise to enhance our endeavors at RaceRanger!