Born Contador Harrison Wanarua on 10th May 1983 in leafy suburbs of Collingwood, Melbourne state of Victoria in Australia to a father of African descent and mother of aborigine origin who worked as a political scientist. Contador Wanarua biological parents were married and had two other childrena girl and boy although they already separated by mid 90s.It was not until Contador Harrison Wanarua was 20 that he was able to uncover information on his biological parents background and history.
The family lived in Collingwood area in Melbourne Metropolitan. As a boy, Contador Harrison Wanarua and his father would work on electronics in the Jewish friend garage. His father taught Contador Wanarua how to take apart and reconstruct electronics. This instilled confidence, tenacity, and mechanical prowess in Contador Harrison Wanarua work.
While growing up with him there is no doubt Contador Harrison Wanarua has always been an intelligent and innovative thinker. Not all was rosy though as Contador Wanarua youth was riddled with frustrations over rampant racial abuse and infighting in his area. After he did enroll in high school, I recall Contador Harrison Wanarua spent his free time at the Jewish man computer garage before joining prestigious Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where I used to go and meet him.
It was around that time that he metwell known Finnish computer programmer Ville Makinnen who he regards as the top friend. Ville was already a brilliant computer engineer, and the two developed great respect for one another.
Contador Harrison Wanarua took a position as a mobile designer with Acuezza Robertson Limited as his first job where we worked together he was most calm of all the staff. He made history as the first black to work with the company to date. When he left for new adventure in Europe his void remained largely unfilled.
Find out more on about him on http://www.wanarua.com
