ITP Regions and Branches
IT Professionals New Zealand is a nationwide organisation with branches throughout the country.
ITP's local activities are divided into three Regions, each with city-based branches:
- Northern Region: Top half of the North Island (Taupo north), including branches in Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga
- Central Region: Bottom half of the North Island, including branches in Wellington and Palmerston North and activities in Whanganui and Hawkes Bay
- Southern Region: All of the South Island, including branches in Christchurch, Dunedin and Nelson
Each branch coordinates a range of local events, furthers the organisation's interests in their region, provides valuable feedback through to the national organisation, and helps ensure we maintain a nationwide agenda.
Auckland Branch
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| Igor Portugal* (Branch Chair) |
Business Development Manager, Catalyst |
| Robyn Kamira (National Board) | Principal, Paua Interface Ltd |
| Vinod Vyas | Project Manager, Waikato DHB |
| Ray Delany* | Founder, CIO Studio |
| Chief Data Steward, The Collaborative | |
| Sonley Johnstone* | Student, Unitec NZ |
| Danny Olaya* | IT Support Technician |
| Masoud Shakiba* | IT Lecturer, Unitec NZ |
Wellington Branch
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| Simon Lloyd-Evans* (Branch Chair) | Consultant CIO |
| Paul Heath (National Board) | Principal Consultant, people&co |
| Alison Holt (National Board) | Founder, Longitude 174 Limited |
| Brad Cooper |
IT Consultant |
| Anne Tixier |
Snr Consultant, Data and Analytics, Servian |
| Carl Klitscher* |
Snr Solution Architect, Ministry of Education |
| Mark Harrison |
Associate Director, Deloitte New Zealand |
| Ian Willock* | Agile Project Manager, NZ Police |
| Simon Morris* | Principal Consultant, TTC |
| Emmanuel Cornejo* | Project Manager, NZ Defence Force |
Hamilton Branch
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| David Hallett (Branch Chair) | Co-founder, Company-X |
| Mehrdad (Merv) Behroozi* |
IS Project Manager, Hamilton City Council |
| Sally Jo Cunningham |
Associate Professor, University of Waikato |
| Susan Souren* |
Solution Delivery Manager, Hamilton City Council |
| Alison Marshall* | Industry Relationships Manager, Wintec |
| Matthew Vaughan* | IT Manager, Tompkins Wake |
Tauranga Branch
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| Tony Snow (Branch Chair) |
Director, Stratus Blue |
| Grant Strang* |
Professional services / CIO |
| Keith Woodcock |
Service Delivery Coordinator, Stratus Blue |
| Rabindra Das | Head of Information Technology |
| Richard Roodt |
Developer at Ezitracker |
| Amber Johnsen |
Service Delivery Manager, Silver Service IT |
| Mike Dennehy* | Consultant, Cactus Consulting |
Palmerston North Branch
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| Jeremy McClure (Branch Chair) | Security Ops Centre Manager, AdvantageNZ |
| Steve Pavarno |
Executive Officer, ManawaTech |
| Aaron Fulton |
Systems Developer, Beta Solutions |
| Alexei Tretiakov* |
Lecturer, Massey University |
| Tony Lyne |
Chief Architect, Deptive |
Christchurch Branch
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| Bill Walker (Branch Chair) | Regional Manager, IT Managed Ops, Stantec |
| Blair Morgan (National Board) | Consultant, Ministry of Health |
| Steve Allen* |
Retired, Motley Voluntary Projects |
| Josh Klazinga* |
Project Manager, Auror |
| Tony Dale* | Honorary Research Fellow, Canterbury Uni |
| Arifah Addison* | Lecturer, Ara Institute |
| Bernard Otinpong* | Senior Lecturer, Ara Institute |
| David Weir* | Principal Academic Staff, Ara Institute |
| Dinushi De Silva* | IT Support Specialist, MainPower |
Nelson Branch
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| Simon Gutschlag (Branch Chair) | Programme Manager, New Zealand King Salmon Ltd |
| Matthew Dodd |
Senior Consultant, Datacom |
| Kent Fergusson |
Business Systems Manager, Aon Insurance |
| Hilary Williams* |
UX Consultant, Global Leisure Group |
| Owen McCall* | Founder, Owen McCall Consulting Group |
Dunedin Branch
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| Ian Simpson* (Branch Chair) | Managing Director, The Logic Studio |
| Grant Paine* | Principal Support Analyst, Unisys |
| Brendon Woodford |
Senior Lecturer (Information Science), University of Otago |
| Henk Roodt |
Director, StoneToStars Ltd |
| Jamie Vaughan* | IT Manager, Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers |
| Kylie Jackson* | Customer Success Manager, PaySauce; Managing Director, Ōtepoti Games Company |
| Oras Baker* | Southern Institute of Technology |
| Mark Oliver* | Manager IT Development, MTF Finance |
| Anthony Dowling (ex-officio) | ITP National President |
NOTE: Those marked with a * were recently [re-]elected for a 2-year term and thus not up for re-election again until 2023.
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