Welcome to my blog….

Why Blog, what’s my motivation?

Blogging and writing in general is a real passion of mine where I wanted a place that I had control over my own content as an outlet for my ramblings and thoughts.  This blog is meant to be a place where like minded individuals can be  leave a comment or insights on Digital Culture, CIOs, Cybersecurity, leadership, social media or careers advice for others…………..for me its all about giving back and sharing valuable insights and experiences.

Who am I?

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

I am experienced senior technology leader with a strong strategic, 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 governance which comes from working with, and on boards as well establishing and leading large programmes of work. 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 a business functions as well as driving a customer first culture. I have managed large IT and Technology teams (with overall responsibility for IT as a CIO and CTO) with responsibility for complex and 24/7 critical system.  I specialise in IT team functional review and right sizing (which resulted in insourcing), as well as Cybersecurity, and IT/Operations good practices, where I have been recognised as one of the top 100 IT Global Service Management Influencers .

I am also regular contributor to the NZ IT industry (speaker, blogs, articles, webinars and podcasts) who is equally comfortable working in both Enterprise & start-up/SME environments.

Leading and Modernising IT – CIO/CISO

I lead by example and aim to win 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 government, healthcare technology, telecommunications, media, Internet Service Providers, utilities, construction, Travel, Tourism, software and managed IT services.  Where I have created and executed on strategic initiatives/plans that encompassed innovative solutions as part of a collaborative approach to on going delivery and transformation.

If you need help modernising your IT group 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 as I offer virtual CIO and CISO services.

Sharing Insights

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, service management, DevOps, strategy, technologies, delivery methodologies and working with SaaS based solutions.

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.