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 |
| Andrew Boening |
Systems Engineer, AJ Park |
| Craig Harrison |
IS Manager, Diocesan School for Girls |
| Mario Marzuki |
Project Team Leader, Freightways |
| Ian Mitchell |
Retired IT Professional |
| Francesca Frandi | Student, Manukau Institute of Technology |
| Anthony McMahon | Digital Strategy Architect, The IT Psychiatrist |
ITP Wellington Branch Committee
Email the Wellington Branch Chair at wlg.chair@itp.nz
| Paul Heath (Branch Chair) |
Principal Consultant, people&co |
| Liz Eastwood (National Board) | Regional Manager, Intech Solutions Pty Ltd |
| Alison Holt* (National Board) | Founder, Longitude 174 Limited |
| Simon Lloyd-Evans* | Consultant CIO |
| Graeme Ruthven* | Senior Project Manager |
| Anne Tixier |
Snr Business Intelligence Consultant |
| Carl Klitscher* | Technical Solution Architect |
| Kay Jones* | Independent Contractor |
| Michael Cabatbat* | IS Group Operations IT Team Leader, The Salvation Army |
| Brad Cooper* | IT Consultant |
ITP Hamilton Branch Committee
| David Hallett (Branch Chair) | Director, Company-X |
| Steve Reeves (National Board) | Professor, University of Waikato |
| Mehrdad (Merv) Behroozi* | General Manager, Elevate9 |
| Abhishek Alekar |
Software Dev, More4Apps |
| Guss Wilkinson | Team Manager, Centre for Business, IT and Enterprise, Wintec |
| Sally Jo Cunningham |
Associate Professor, University of Waikato |
| Susan Souren* | Project Manager, Hamilton City Council |
| Shebin Sam* | IT Professional |
| Ilam Padmanabhan* |
IT Support Specialist, Fulton Hogan |
ITP Tauranga Branch Committee
| Nelson Tkatch* (Branch Chair) | Managing Principal, eSuccess Strategies |
| Grant Strang* | Professional services / CIO |
| Keith Woodcock | Quality Manager, Stratus Blue |
| Mike Bell* | Business Development Manager, Think Technology Group |
| Richard Roodt | Developer at Ezitracker |
| Amber Johnsen | Branch Committee member |
| Mike Dennehy (ex-officio) | ITP National President |
| Rabindra Das | Branch Committee member |
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 |
| Eva Heinrich* | Associate Professor, Massey University |
| Max Bianco (co-opted) | IT Professional |
| Graeme Fenemor* | Senior Test Analyst, FMG |
| Grant Batten* | Managing Director, Batten Services |
| Alexei Tretiakov* | Lecturer, Massey University |
ITP Christchurch Branch Committee
| Matt Brittan (Branch Chair) | IT Consultant |
| Steve Davis (National Board) | Director, Davis Networking |
| Blair Morgan (National Board) | Senior Consultant, Effectus Ltd |
| Richard Malloch |
Relationship Manager, Theta |
| Kevin Medri |
Owner, Netright |
| Chrissie Whitfield* | IT Contractor |
| Steve Allen* | Corporate Services Manager, Ashburton District Council |
| Josh Klazinga* | Technical Business Analyst, Diligent Corporation |
| Kevin Rowland* | COO, eStar |
| Scott Miller* | Southern Regional Manager, Computer Power Plus |
| Tony Dale (Co-opted) | Honorary Research Fellow, University of Canterbury |
ITP Nelson Branch Committee
| Simon Gutschlag (Branch Chair) | IT Manager, New Zealand King Salmon Ltd |
| Matthew Dodd |
Senior Consultant, Datacom |
| Peter Clark* | Company Secretary, Lazerbike Ltd |
| Kent Fergusson |
Business Systems Manager, Aon Insurance |
| Michael Boyer* | Manager IS, Cawthron Institute |
| Krupesh Desai* | Consulting Director Data Migration and BI, Venus Informatics |
| Hilary Williams* | Digital Strategist, Eyesnatch |
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 |
| Sara Barham |
Principal Consultant, Elucidate |
| Henk Roodt |
Director, StoneToStars Ltd |
| John Ayoade |
Programme Manager, SIT |
| Jamie Vaughan | IT Manager, Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers |
| Anthony Dowling (ex-officio) | ITP Deputy President |
NOTE: Those marked with a * were [re-]elected in 2018 for a 2-year term and thus not up for re-election again until 2020.
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