Adam Shand is a visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks. Shand founded Personal Telco in November 2000 which subsequently grew into one of the largest community wireless projects in the United States.> He is one of the original members of the Shmoo Group and the primary author of the Wireless Commons Manifesto. In 2003 he moved back home to Wellington, New Zealand to work as a senior systems administrator, and later became the operations manager, for Weta Digital. The company produced visual effects for the films: 2011 The Adventures of Tintin 2009 Avatar 2009 The Lovely Bones 2009 District 9 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 Jumper 2007 The Water Horse 2007 30 Days of Night 2007 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007 Bridge to Terabithia