Experience
Colin is a highly experienced IT and business manager, with more than 25 years working for New Zealand and Australian businesses and organisations. He has performed IT management roles across the tertiary education, energy and health sectors. Following 10 years as a board of trustees member and chairman, Colin has been director of a number of companies including Computerland Nelson, SQL Services and Effectus. Colin currently sits on the committee of the Institute of Directors in Christchurch. He has a master's degree in cost benefit analysis and system research.
Over the last 15 years Colin has worked for a number of IT companies. He was the founder and CEO of SQL Services, which he developed as a leading database services provider in NZ and Australia and prepared for sale. SQL Services is currently owned by Dimension Data.
About
Colin is a dynamic and visionary leader. Although the Christchurch EPIC initiative is a challenge in addition to his Effectus consulting and management roles, he is motivated by his focus on the end result. A keen motorcyclist, Colin has toured around Australia and to most corners of New Zealand. As an active outdoors person, Colin enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding and tramping.
Area of Expertise
With his extensive database experience, Colin specialises in data governance. Always a planner, he has been an integral part of development of the Effectus IT strategy offering and is frequently involved as lead consultant to develop IT strategies and plans for clients. This has expanded into shared services, where he works with groups of companies across a region to get agreement on shared services feasibility and strategy. He works well with senior executive teams, helping them to establish IT Governance structures and policy, and improve process and accountability.
Projects
- EPIC innovation and IT campus initiative, Christchurch
- Shared Services Feasibility Study / IT Shared Services Strategy, Southland
- SouthLib Library Shared Services Consortium – Led the development and implementation of shared library services across all Otago-Southland councils
- CPIT – Development of IT Governance and Data Governance frameworks
- Development of an IS Strategic Plan for Parliamentary Services
