Smart Parking Limited has named John Heard as its new chief technical officer, and Roly Rogers as head of R&D. Complementing each other's skillset, Roly and John will provide new levels of excellence in business technology leadership that will power Smart Parking's industry leading product ecosystem. John started his career as a scientist at New Zealand's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. He then joined Sun Microsystem in the UK and over an 18 year tenure rose to be a Group Director of Engineering as well as being responsible for the strategic direction of Sun's Java Systems division, based in the USA.

Based at Auckland offices, John will lead the company's technology and product delivery ensuring continued leadership in the smart cities technology marketplace.