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, Ĺtepoti 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.
Interested in getting involved?
Are you interested in serving on your local branch committee? Don't hesitate to Contact Us and we'll put you in touch with a representative in your area