Effectus is an IT consultancy company providing a range of services to help our clients to get more value from their investments in IT.
Our specialty is IT governance and all our service lines and services are based on good governance practice. We maintain vendor independence.
Effectus has clients throughout New Zealand, with a strong presence in government and tertiary organisations, and in agribusiness in the South Island, and is expanding its client base in the North Island. On-going relationships in these organisations provide breadth and depth to IT governance.
Our head office is in Christchurch with offices also in Dunedin and Wellington.
Our consultants combine their experience in good practice with the methodology we have developed for each of our services, in order to right size each engagement for the customer.
Our consultants have a vast range of collective experience. Most have some experience working overseas in addition to their New Zealand experience and our culture encourages a collaborative approach to delivering good outcomes for our customers.
Our Journey
In 2007 Matt Richardson and Colin Andersen had moved to Christchurch and decided to form a consulting company specialising in IT governance. They chose the name Effectus, which in Latin broadly means 'Accountability for Results'. They saw the opportunity for a company specialising in IT governance and since then have attracted consultants from a range of backgrounds to work together to provide the expertise and knowledge to develop the methodologies that Effectus is proud of.
The following year, in 2008, Effectus set up offices in Dunedin and Nelson. A foundation customer was Dunedin City Council, and our consultants continue to work with this organisation today. Since it started, Effectus has built a name as the go-to company for IT governance for South Island organisations, particularly in local government, tertiary education and agribusiness.
2010 and 2011 brought significant change to Effectus, as a result of the earthquakes affecting Christchurch, so the company and its consultants have adapted to suit, and Christchurch consultants are currently working out of temporary premises. Colin co-leads the EPIC initiative to bring a world class innovation and IT hub back into the city and Effectus will be an anchor tenant in EPIC Sanctuary, due to be completed mid-2012.
Effectus maintains an office in Dunedin and in 2012 opens an office in Wellington to support the increasing number of clients in this region.
Our Vision
- Increase the maturity and strategic value of IT capability across New Zealand
Our Mission
- Trusted and valued by all our clients for delivering innovative and pragmatic solutions
Our Values
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Quality
- Community
- Commitment
