The tech team created over 200 tools under its “infrastructure as code programme”, which reduced testing time for developers by over 90 per cent. Developers now have access to this suite of tools, says Transaction Services Group CIO David Kennedy.
Richard Kay knows being Chief Digital Officer of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) means any actions he and his team undertake will have impact across international borders.
Tower is well on its way to transforming into a digital challenger brand, says Peter Muggleston, chief operating officer at the insurance firm.
Nisha Clark, head of technology at Downer, says the data warehouse model they have started will be applied to the company business in Australia. It is the first time in the company’s history an initiative driven out of technology in NZ has been accepted as the Downer Group standard, and will be used to support the ANZ business from New Zealand
healthAlliance, in partnership with the district health boards, has for the past two years been delivering the the Northern Region Information Systems Strategic Plan, one of the largest digital transformations in New Zealand.
“Integration activity has played a constant role in delivering smoothly functioning operations at Vocus,” says its CTO Steve Kurzeja.
Rebecca Thomas heads the PwC Asia Pacific CIO Council, and through this, influences the global PwC IT community
“We have an explicit ‘non-technology first approach’,” says Nicholas Fourie, vice president – ICT at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. The goal for him and his team is to become so integrated in the business, so they are called upon to solve problems whether there is a digital solution or not.
Centrality is a blockchain venture studio that partners with innovators in key industries to create a decentralised peer-to-peer marketplace of applications. CTO Wilfred Godfrey says the organisation is always looking for innovative ways to break down the barriers that are holding back the mainstream adoption of blockchain.
Shehan Bala says he constantly challenges other leaders within UneeQ to critically assess whether or not everything they are doing right now is directly moving them towards their vision for the company. “This is an important health check to ensure that we are using data and evidence to confirm that we are delivering value to our customers, and not getting led astray by confirmation bias,” says Bala, chief product officer at UneeQ, the Kiwi firm that provides AI-powered digital humans to organisations across the globe.
Kevin Drinkwater provides an environment for Mainfreight tech teams to work with other business units on emerging and disruptive technologies such as Internet of Things and machine learning. They also pilot or test these with their global customers.
Richard Wyke, chief product officer at Figured, works with market leaders to develop product and technology solutions, so that Figured can stretch its capabilities and open up new opportunities. This has led to the development of products like Figured Benchmarking, scenario planning and their work with BNZ on the response to M.Bovis.
“Critical to the success of any CIO is the team around them, and the most important lesson I have learned has been to ensure that I put in place the most effective team possible,” says Mandy Kennedy, chief technology officer of Regional Facilities Auckland.
Gallagher Group CIO Neville Richardson says IS provides a model of culture change for the rest of the organisation. “We demonstrate the need to go all in with agile.”
Changing customer and regulator expectations and the digital revolution are the top drivers for Fidelity Life’s digital transformation and agile approach, says the insurance firm’s CTO Dan Wilkinson.