Experience That Goes Back More Than 40 Years
I’m Raymond Davey, the founder and developer behind CrewAlerts.
I’ve spent more than 40 years developing business software, including accounting, payroll, time-and-attendance and workforce management systems.
Over those years, I’ve seen how much time businesses spend on everyday administrative tasks that should be straightforward.
Sometimes the problem isn’t complicated. The tools people use simply weren’t designed for the job.
That’s the thinking behind CrewAlerts.
Decades of Experience
My involvement in business software goes back to the early days of personal computers.
I founded NZA Gold, an accounting and payroll software business acquired by MYOB in 2003. At the time, approximately 20,000 businesses used NZA Gold, supported by a network of more than 1,000 dealers.
I also developed Retail Basics, a point-of-sale system for MYOB, along with several other software businesses and products.
My experience in workforce software includes developing MyTimesheets, which is used by approximately 500 New Zealand businesses to record time for around 10,000 employees each week.
Over the years, I’ve worked with businesses of all sizes, from small family operations to larger organisations with hundreds of employees.
One thing I’ve learned is that useful software doesn’t need to be complicated. It needs to solve a real problem and make people’s working lives easier.
Why CrewAlerts?
Group messaging has made it incredibly easy to contact people.
But there’s a difference between having a conversation and needing a definite answer.
If you’re trying to fill a shift, confirm availability or organise a group of volunteers, you don’t necessarily want a conversation involving everyone.
You want to ask a question, get individual responses and know where things stand.
WhatsApp groups can quickly become cluttered with replies, questions and unrelated conversations. Important requests get buried, and someone still has to work through the messages to find the answers.
Sending individual text messages isn’t much better. It’s manual, costs money and leaves the organiser collecting responses one at a time.
CrewAlerts was developed to provide a simpler approach.
Send a request to the people you choose. They respond privately. You see the results together.
No group chatter. No searching through conversations.
Just the information you need to make a decision.
Our Approach
We believe software should be straightforward to understand and practical to use.
CrewAlerts isn’t trying to replace every communication tool your organisation already uses.
WhatsApp, email and ordinary messaging still have their place.
CrewAlerts focuses on the situations where you need to contact a group of people and get clear individual responses.
We also understand that introducing a new system means getting people comfortable using it.
That’s why we help organisations get their teams connected, rather than simply handing over a login and leaving them to work everything out.
Our aim is to make the process easier for the people sending requests and the people receiving them.
Proven Experience. Personal Support.
CrewAlerts is developed by BlinkData, the company behind several established business software products.
Our experience includes software used by hundreds of businesses to manage employee time, payroll information and other day-to-day operations.
We bring that experience to CrewAlerts, along with the same practical approach to helping customers get started.
When you contact us, you’re dealing with people who understand business software and the challenges of introducing it into a working organisation.
Let's Make Team Communication Easier
If you’re tired of managing shift requests, availability checks or important announcements through busy group conversations, we’d be happy to help.
Explore the How It Works page to see CrewAlerts in action.
If CrewAlerts looks suitable, we’ll help you get your own team connected so you can try it for yourself.
Try CrewAlerts free for 14 days with your own team. There’s no credit card required, and we’ll help you get started.
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Raymond Davey
Founder & Developer, CrewAlerts