Welcome to my blog & About Me

Why Blog, what’s my motivation?

Blogging and writing in general is a real passion of mine, I wanted a place where I had control over my content as an outlet for my ramblings and thoughts and if I can make some money from it, that would be good as well. 

This blog is meant to be a place where like minded individuals can leave comments or insights on Digital Parenting, technology and its impact on Health & Well-being, for me it’s all about giving back and sharing valuable insights and experiences.

 

Who is Pete Yates?

CTO, CIO & CISO | Tech Business Executive and digital advocate | Chief Blogger @ livingthetech.com | Family Man | Sports Fan | Avid Golfer | Beach lover

I am an experienced senior technology executive with a strong strategic, risk, governance, delivery and security focus, able to create a climate for the adoption of change and technologies to enhance customer engagement, simplify business processes and grow revenue.  I have a strong sense of risk and governance which comes from working with fellow executives, and on boards as well as establishing and leading large programmes of work (up to $20m). As part of all roles, I aim to build strong operational, data and technology foundations to enable innovation and the adoption of new technologies.

I constantly look for ways of doing things better, increasing revenue and optimising processes to improve the way business functions as well as driving a customer-first culture. I have managed large IT and Technology teams (as a Head of Technology, CIO and CTO) with responsibility for complex and 24/7 critical systems.  I specialise in IT team functional review and change management, as well as Cybersecurity, and IT/Operations good practices.

Leading and Modernising IT – CIO/CTO/CISO

I lead by example and aim to win the hearts and minds of those around me through a collaborative and engaging servant leadership style that creates empowered and highly motivated teams that actually deliver and feel free to innovate.

I have been fortunate enough to have held a number of senior leadership roles in industries such as local and central government, education, healthcare, electricity utilities, geotechnical engineering, telecommunications (Wi-Fi, ISP), travel/tourism, not-for-profit, software (Health and Government registries), media (SVOD, radio and OOH) and IT outsourcing (networking/security and IT MSP).  Where I have created and executed strategic initiatives/plans that encompassed innovative solutions as part of a collaborative approach to ongoing delivery and transformation.

If you need help modernising your Technology group, leading Digital Transformation or utilising new ways of working and ultimately setting them up to enable the organisation as a whole on a path for growth then get in touch. I have also been engaged previously as a virtual CIO and CISO as well as fractional engagements focusing on strategy and setting teams up for delivery.

Sharing Insights & Guest Writer

On a number of occasions, I have been asked to share my experiences/insights with a number of startups and larger organisations, advising them on digital operations, customer channels, IT service management, DevOps, strategy, technologies, delivery methodologies and working with SaaS-based solutions.

I have been a top-ranked CIO/CTO with specialties in cybersecurity, and IT/Operations Service Management practices (ITIL) supporting various GTM approaches, and has been recognised as one of the top 100 IT Global Service Management Influencers.  A regular contributor to the NZ IT industry as a speaker, blogger and writer and has appeared on numerous webinars,  podcasts and guest publications with Sumologic, BTOES Insights, and BMC.

Note: Views expressed on this site are my own and all tech news published is not meant as an endorsement of the product within the article.