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.
ITP Auckland Branch Committee
| Igor Portugal (Branch Chair) |
Business Development Manager, Catalyst |
| Robyn Kamira (National Board) | Principal, Paua Interface Ltd |
| Anthony McMahon | Digital Strategy Architect, The IT Psychiatrist |
| Owen McCall* | Mentor, Author and Advisor |
| Francesca Frandi* | Student, Manukau Institute of Technology |
| Shamalka Dona* | Project Manager, Out There Business Solutions |
| Anja Tschachtli* | BIT Graduate |
| Vinod Vyas* | Director, IINZ Solutions |
ITP Wellington Branch Committee
Email the Wellington Branch Chair at wlg.chair@itp.nz
| Simon Lloyd-Evans | Consultant CIO |
| Paul Heath* (National Board) | Principal Consultant, people&co |
| Alison Holt (National Board) | Founder, Longitude 174 Limited |
| Brad Cooper* | IT Consultant |
| Graeme Ruthven |
Senior Project Manager |
| Anne Tixier* |
Snr Business Intelligence Consultant |
| Carl Klitscher |
Technical Solution Architect |
| Kay Jones |
Independent Contractor |
| Charlene Leong* | Technology Consultant, Deloitte Digital |
| Mark Harrison* | Manager, Deloitte New Zealand |
ITP Hamilton Branch Committee
| David Hallett* (Branch Chair) | Director, Company-X |
| Mehrdad (Merv) Behroozi |
General Manager, Elevate9 |
| Abhishek Alekar* |
Software Dev, More4Apps |
| Sally Jo Cunningham* |
Associate Professor, University of Waikato |
| Susan Souren |
Project Manager, Hamilton City Council |
| Pieter Bronkhorst* | CTO, Hamilton City Council |
| Aaron Steele* | Centre Director for IT, Wintec |
| Richard Henderson* |
Manager Information Services, Waipa District Council |
ITP Tauranga Branch Committee
| Mike Bell |
Business Development Manager, Think Technology Group |
| Grant Strang |
Professional services / CIO |
| Keith Woodcock* | Quality Manager, Stratus Blue |
| Rabindra Das* | Branch Committee member |
| Richard Roodt* | Developer at Ezitracker |
| Amber Johnsen* | Service Delivery Manager, Silver Service IT |
| Tony Snow* | Director, Stratus Blue |
| Mike Dennehy (ex-officio) | ITP National President |
ITP Palmerston North Branch Committee
| Aaron Fulton* (Branch Chair) | Digital Product Manager, Levno |
| Steve Pavarno* |
IT Manager, Link Coordination |
| Steve McIntyre |
Senior Engineer, Fujitsu NZ |
| Jeremy McClure* |
IT Manager, Property Brokers |
| Graeme Fenemor |
Senior Test Analyst, FMG |
| Grant Batten |
Managing Director, Batten Services |
| Alexei Tretiakov |
Lecturer, Massey University |
| Tony Lyne* | Practice Lead (Southern), Deptive |
ITP Christchurch Branch Committee
| Chrissie Whitfield (Branch Chair) | Director, Whitfield Factor |
| Steve Davis (National Board) | Director, Davis Networking |
| Blair Morgan (National Board) | Senior Consultant, Effectus Ltd |
| Richard Malloch* |
Client Director, Intergen |
| Steve Allen |
Retired, Motley Voluntary Projects |
| Josh Klazinga |
Technical Business Analyst, Diligent Corporation |
| Scott Miller |
Operations Manager, Saunders Robinson Brown |
| Jit Hushare* | IS Researcher, University of Canterbury |
| Rachael Lattimore* | South Island Manager, Auldhouse |
| Bill Walker* | Regional Manager, IT Managed Ops, Stantec |
ITP Nelson Branch Committee
| Simon Gutschlag* (Branch Chair) | IT Manager, New Zealand King Salmon Ltd |
| Matthew Dodd* |
Senior Consultant, Datacom |
| Kent Fergusson* |
Business Systems Manager, Aon Insurance |
| Shelley Grell* | Owner, Communicate IT Ltd |
| Michael Boyer |
Manager IS, Cawthron Institute |
| Krupesh Desai |
Consulting Director Data Migration and BI, Venus Informatics |
| Hilary Williams |
Digital Strategist, Eyesnatch |
| Belma Gaukrodger* | Learning Designer, NMIT |
ITP Dunedin Branch Committee
| Ian Simpson (Branch Chair) | Managing Director, The Logic Studio |
| Grant Paine | Principal Support Analyst, Unisys |
| Brendon Woodford* |
Lecturer (Information Science), University of Otago |
| Henk Roodt* |
Director, StoneToStars Ltd |
| Jamie Vaughan | IT Manager, Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers |
| Kylie Jackson* | Deputy Director, SIGNAL ICT Graduate School |
| Oras Baker* | Southern Institute of Technology |
| Anthony Dowling (ex-officio) | ITP Deputy President |
NOTE: Those marked with a * were [re-]elected in 2019 for a 2-year term and thus not up for re-election again until 2021.
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