Management Team
 | Jos Kunnen | Chief Executive Officer
| Jos is the CEO of Critchlow Limited. Jos has significant general management and consulting experience in technology and service industries. He brings a deep understanding of the kinds of business and technology issues clients are facing in the modern world, and of how location intelligence solutions can help address those challenges. Jos is a former CIO of Contact Energy and Australasian General Manager of consulting and systems integration for Hewlett Packard, where he worked for 15 years.
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 | Chris Johnston | Professional Services Manager
| Chris is a highly experienced professional with expertise in realising the business benefits of ICT in the telecommunication, healthcare and insurance industries. His previous roles have demonstrated considerable expertise in delivering management information and business critical systems within complex and challenging organisational and operational environments. Chris holds a BA (Maths), BCA (Economics), and BSc Hons (Statistics and Operations Research), and has had extensive experience in Australasia, the United Kingdom and Europe in both the public and commercial sectors. Chris leads Critchlow's Professional Services team in leveraging spatial information and insights to transform operational decision making and improve business effectiveness. His team also understand the potential of spatial technologies to change and improve the way we live.
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 | David Knight | David is based in our Wellington office where he leads the Government Sector Sales Team. David has a wealth of experience in business development for business solutions companies. He is committed to helping government organisations make better decisions through the use of spatial information. Critchlow's Government Sector team works with both local and central government organisations.
| | | | DDI: (04) 910 6214 | | Cell: 021 2778808 | | Email: david.knight@critchlow.co.nz |
 | Darron Jermy | Darron Jermy is based in our Auckland office. He has worked with GIS and spatial analytics throughout his career, including the development of a number of geo-demographic products for the NZ marketplace. As Business Development Manager, he works with clients in sectors including Banking, Insurance, Transport, Retail and Utilities to help them gain strategic business insights through the application of geospatial intelligence.
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| DDI: (09) 306 8927 | | Cell: 021 701 016 | | Email: darron.jermy@critchlow.co.nz |
 | Russell Bowden | Data Services Manager
| Russell has a strong grounding and knowledge based in physical geography, remote sensing and GIS which is drawn upon to assist Critchlow to grow and refine the expansive, accurate datasets the company's recognised for. Russell has spent the past 3 years at Critchlow developing an in-depth knowledge of the company's data and has progressed through various stages of data and database design and maintenance at all levels. This has led to his management of the Infrastructure team of 5 data technicians, responsible for producing all data products the company promotes. Russell graduated from the University of Leicester in the UK with a Bachelor of Science with Honours.
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Directors
 | Gavin Lennox | Chairman
| A New Zealander, Gavin spent 5 years with MapInfo Corporation as Group Vice-President of Sales & Marketing in MapInfo's New York Head Office, and then Vice-President and General Manager Asia-Pacific, based in Sydney. Gavin brings strong experience in Critchlow's key markets, a track record in growing profitable companies, and global experience - all valuable attributes as we build the Critchlow business both in New Zealand and internationally.
Prior to his time with MapInfo, Gavin held senior roles in Europe for DoubleClick International and Lotus Development Corporation (an IBM-owned company). He has a Master of Engineering from Brunel University, London, and broad experience in product development, sales and marketing.
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 | Steve Critchlow | (MNZIS, MNZCS) Executive Director Emergency Management Solutions
| Having contributed 25 years to the New Zealand mapping industry, Steve's experience is well recognised. With a surveying and computing background, his extensive knowledge of the land tenure, survey and mapping systems of NZ has made a solid contribution to the success of projects undertaken by Critchlow for its clients.
As a business leader, he works hard to ensure that Critchlow's clients are satisfied with the quality and delivery of their solutions. He achieves this by providing strong leadership to the Critchlow team with a specific focus on our technical processes. He continues to drive the development of individual responsibility by staff on behalf of clients. This allows his personal vision of "Can-Do & Enthusiasm" to extend beyond the company to encompass our clients and their projects.
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 | Kirsty Coombe | Director
| Kirsty is a Director of Critchlow. Previously Kirsty was Critchlow's Chief Executive Officer, responsible for managing the company's operating budget, consulting staff and IT infrastructure. She has been a trusted and resolute member of the Critchlow team for 11 years as the company has grown and matured.
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 | John Skeates | Director
| John Skeates has a long background in building high-performing entrepreneurial New Zealand teams, particularly in technology-driven environments focused on international markets.
Between 1998 and 2002, he was part of the team that built Marshal Software, one of New Zealand's technology success stories. After Marshal was acquired by NASDAQ-listed NetIQ, Skeates continued with the company in an executive role until 2004. He has been a member of the NZ Trade & Enterprise Beachhead Advisory Board, and is a director or advisor to a range of innovative technology companies.
Skeates has a Masters in Science and his career has spanned scientific research, sales, marketing and management in fields including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, market research and information technology.
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Sales Team
 | Susan Philp | Based in our Wellington office, Susan Philp works closely with a number of sectors including forestry, local government, and commercial. Susan is an experienced professional with significant experience in technology sales roles. Her specialist knowledge of Critchlow's software, data and services enables her to identify the right solutions to solve her client' business problems.
| | | | DDI: (04) 910 6209 | | Cell: 021 363067 | | Email: susan.philp@critchlow.co.nz |
 | Scott Kennedy |
Scott's focus is on central government and he is passionate about how location intelligence can be used to better inform decisions that will directly and positively impact New Zealand and its communities.
A conversation with Scott will not be about products and services, but about business and strategic challenges and opportunities. With more than 15 years experience in the ICT industry and extensive senior management and solution sales experience, his broad commercial background and customer centric approach allows him to identify obstacles to strategic intent, develop sound business cases for solutions to these obstacles and align required resources for implementation so that all stakeholders' requirements are met.
| | | | DDI: (04) 910 6235 | | Cell: 021 919 325 | | Email: scott.kennedy@critchlow.co.nz |
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