Leading the best hardware, licensing and solution team in New Zealand, supporting our customers of all sizes in New Zealand win big in a digital world.The award winning Spark Sourcing team can help your business with all your hardware and software sourcing requirements.

• Spark made a huge company transition to Agile@Scale in 2018• Leading a team of product and proposition strategists across Collaboration and Managed services• Responsible for the build and running of an Innovation Space for showcasing Spark’s solution capability, delivered on time and on budget in December 2018.• Provide strategy and financial guidance under the new Agile model to the wider Product Tribe• Provide a compelling pre-Sales experience for customers to shorten the sales cycle

Leading the team of portfolio and proposition Managers responsible for the Communications and Connectivity portfolios in Spark Digital.Proposition creation from idea to marketProfit and Loss managementCustomer Experience at the centre

Client outcomes is paramount and as Segment Proposition Manager I am responsible for defining the overall product, solutions and service experience for our Business Clients. Through a deep engagement with clients, users, industry players and suppliers, it is my job to define the solution strategy for the Services we offer.Our clients range in size from 30 users to many thousands and we can only exceed their expectations by understanding how we can unleash the potential in their businesses.

At Spark Digital, Client outcomes is paramount and as Segment Proposition Manager I am responsible for defining the overall product, solutions and service experience for our Corporate Clients.The Internet of Things and Cloud presents todays Businesses with a multitude of choices, opportunities to redefine business process and mobilise the workforce like never before.We live the Client Experience with our customers and more importantly understand how our Clients Customers can benefit from working with New Zealands leading Digital Networks and largest team of IT and Mobility professionals.

At Spark Digital, we stand for enabling our customers to take advantage of the digital future. Our role is to provide the critical digital infrastructure that connects New Zealanders and NZ Public and Private sectors, to each other and to the world.As Channel Manager I get to work with the best Sales and Technical teams in New Zealand to make sure they have the information, tools and capability to deliver advanced technology and telecommunication services to out Key Corporate and Enterprise clients across New Zealand.

Right House takes a whole house approach to creating comfortable healthy and energy-efficiency homes. If you’re building a house or want to make your existing home more energy-efficient and comfortable, we can help you with expert advice, products and systems specification and installation.Right House is owned by the Mark Group (UK) - The Energy Saving ExpertsPrimary responsibility is to drive sales strategy and execution across the country in Retrofit heating, Insulation and Solar Photo Voltaic systems. The other key channel is the New Build Market and I am responsible for building a solid repeatable business model for New Build on the back of the retrofit capability.As Sales Director I am responsible for three people managers, two channel managers and forty sales staff and also have the Contact Centre and Customer Interface team of 25 reporting through to me. In my first three months I had to restructure the entire sales force to prepare for the world after subsidised insulation which finished in September 2013. Not only was this achieved without redundancies we realigned the sales channels to prepare for 2014.Sales in the December 2013 Quarter were 21% up on 2012 despite a reduction in the average insulation sale of over 20%. February 2014 sales were 35% up on 2013 as the new structure and sales process started to yield results.As part of the Sales team realignment I introduced the first formalised KPI structure, methodology and meeting rhythm cycle.

Currently leading a team of Technology Specialists throughout New Zealand, our mission is to significantly grow our Technology business and become a relevant and competitive choice for our customers. I also direct the Technology sales activity for the wider sales team of over 140 sales people.We have recently launched our Mobility Solutions portfolio and gained Apple Authorised Reseller status. We successful sell and deploy Apple iPads, Mac's into Education, Commercial Business and even Government Departments. During my time at OfficeMax I was able to evolve the skill set of the sales force towards solution selling and significantly grow the Apple, Computer and Print Hardware sales. From Time and Visitor Management solutions to hundreds of preloaded Apps on iPads into Education. OfficeMax is one of the top three office products companies in the world, employing 41,000 people throughout Australia, Canada and the United States including 900 in New Zealand. While we're global we think local; in fact, no one in our industry in New Zealand buys more locally manufactured product than OfficeMax!

Hubsta is an online product distribution business representing a wide range of leading NZ and global brands, making their products available for online purchase. We leverage our media partners web sites to provide New Zealand's Premier online retailing experience.We provide the link between Suppliers and online customers. Hubsta’s partners have very powerful websites which are indexed frequently by Search Engines and rank highly in Search Engine results pages. This means content on their websites including products on their Shopping sites is also indexed and highly visible in the Search Engine Results pages.I currently manage four senior category managers and two sales support people who together drive our extensive online catalogue.I am also a member of the management team, heavily involved with setting the sales and marketing strategy.Our online catalogue is now more than 800,000 products. August 2010 marks 5 months in a row of "Biggest Month Ever" Sales result.

Responsible for Sales,Marketing and Distribution Management for Consumer Electronics, IT products and WhitegoodsResponsible for achieving sales revenues over of over US$100 Million and a combined marketing investment of more than US$4 Million. Q2 2009 sales achievement 40% increase on Q2 2008, number one share in CTV achieved in Q2.Leading a team of seven direct staff and five indirect in the local Sales and Marketing activities for Samsung New Zealand. Directing the distribution activities of the main distributors in the channel as well as building direct relationships in the retail and reseller channels.

Pace purchased the Philips STB Business in April 2008.Key Account Director responsible for Business Development in Asia Pacific. Focus on Satellite and IPTV New Business Development Projects.My current account portfolio is 30 Million Euro, with growth around 30% in 2008. In addition solid prospects identified in India, Singapore and New Zealand totaling more than 30 Million Euro in 2009/2010.

Key Account Director for Set Top Boxes for Asia.A mixed role of Key Account Management and New Business development and relationship building.Managed the MEASAT account in Malaysia and was working top increas the footprint for Philips Settop box business in the APAC Region. Extensive effort was given to preparing RFI/RFP information for major Telco and Satellite operators across the region and to build relationships in this very long sales cycle process.

Responsible for product testing, Connected Homes project in Singapore, Business Development connected products Asia Pacific.Part of the role involved setup and testing of new value propositions, and creating prototype applications in a full sized home simulator. Some of these applications using real or beta version products went on to be tested in homes in Singapore for use in future products. During this time my team identified more than 100 product enhancements which reduced feild call rates and created over 30 prototypes.During the last Year in this role I was responsible for launching the product offering in China and Australia. This invloved working with distribution partners and retailers to launch Philips Connected Products. The Highlight was achieving more than 15 % market Share in Harvey Normans Australia for Philips branded PC's.

Responsible for development and deployment of Global E-Platform in Asia Pacific. Developed 14 country websites in seven languages and ran E-Marketing programs for same.While in the role I helped reduced product support costs across the region by more than 2 million Euros and well as developed a multi lingual viral email platform. The Asian web program increased in unique visitor more than 900% during my time in the role.

Responsible for all aspects of sales Channel Management with the distribution partners in New Zealand. This channel accounted for some 55% of revenue. I also retained some product management responsibilities during this time. Worked with distributors and participated in B2B sales process’s in the University and Government sectors.

Responsible for Business Electronics, computer products, monitors peripheralsGrew the business for Philips monitors from 23K units to more than 65K. Achieved number one market share and was Philips Monitors won the PC world award every year I was there.The greatest sales achievement in this role was securing the PC Direct account for monitors supply.

Responsible for sales, merchandising, advertising and promotions across 80 stores. Promoted to this position, which added Domestic Appliances to the portfolio. Was responsible for six staff including three other buyers. I had overall responsibility for all departmental buying within these categories and the associated catalogue, TV and Direct marketing and advertising strategies. Total category responsibility of US$50 million. Total product specific advertising budget responsibility US$1 million. During my time with Farmers I planned in excess of 40 store refurbishment projects.