DIYFather.com was brought into this world by Wellington-based dads Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij and Stefan Korn who recognised the need for a dedicated website for fathers. Based on their own experiences of struggling to find useful parenting related information from a male perspective they created DIYFather.com

Scott Lancaster
Scott Lancaster is the founder of DIY Father. He is the father of a baby girl Pyper with his wife Renee whom gave birth to her in July 2007. After finding out there was a lack of information for fathers, and their need to learn more and be given more knowledge, Scott approached the other 2 directors who could help build the business.

When not involved in DIYFather.com Scott is a co-owner of Café Bastille and helps run his wife’s businesses also. Scott has an Applied Science majoring in Agriculture and comes from a farming background and with that has a practical approach to different situations. Before moving to the city to buy businesses Scott spent time after university working for farmers.

Scott is also interested in FX currency trading, which he has just started with!

Eric Mooij (pronounced Moy)
Eric is a stand for families succeeding. Coming from a broken family and having relived it again with his own children, he has some experiences with being a father on the outside working hard to be a role model for his children. He is the father to Nastassja (14, girl), Christian (13, boy) and Amber (12, girl). Eric has recently become a recylced father with a new addition to the family Ava born April 2008.

Outside of DIYFather.com, Eric works full time for Datacom Services in IT Management, where he leads a team of technical analysts in technical support for one of New Zealand’s largest organisations.

Eric also has a passion for investment properties.

Eric enjoys spending his time with his growing tribe.

Stefan Korn
Stefan describes himself as one of NZ's "e-vangelists" - he is very passionate about e-Commerce and the Web, and in general loves getting involved in new businesses. His partner Raquel gave birth to their son "Noah" in May 2007 and the experience of becoming a father as well as the challenges of looking after Noah have prompted him to come on board DIYFather.com to help make a difference in the parenting space.

Apart from DIYFather.com Stefan is a director of WebFund Ltd and a partner at Si Spanish Language Institute. Stefan has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and an MBA in International Business. After "doing the corporate thing" for companies like HP, Oracle and InterContinental Hotels Group he came to NZ in 2004 and has since become a serial entrepreneur.

Stefan is also actively engaged in community projects and enjoys tutoring at Wellington Community Education. Outside of his professional engagements and family he enjoys a bit of DJing and stroller blading.

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