The New Zealand Technology Industry Association (NZTech) and Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)have teamed up to create Shadow IT, a programme aimed at exposing school-age women to the benefits of the a career in IT.
Former Marshal Software president John Skeates has joined the board of location intelligence specialist Critchlow.
Between 1998 and 2002, he was part of the team that built Marshal Software, one of New Zealand’s technology success stories. Skeates was involved with Marshal Software during its purchase by NetIQ in 2002 and the subsequent management buy-back in 2006, in which the former Marshal Software was renamed Marshal.
Jos Kunnen has joined location intelligence specialist Critchlow as chief executive officer. Kunnen was CIO of Contact Energy from 2004 to 2006. Before that, he was HP's Australasian general manager of consulting and systems integration. Former Critchlow CEO Kirsty Coombe resigned to spend more time with her family in the Coromandel. She remains on the company’s board.
Global digital mapping company Navteq is entering the New Zealand market through a multi-year deal with Wellington company Critchlow.