National Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
New Zealand
- Current
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- Director at Nexx New Zealand Limited
- National Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
- Founder, Chief Ideas Guy at 842
- Past
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- Advisory Board Member at Unimarket
- Director of Innovation at Microsoft New Zealand
- Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft New Zealand
- Platform Strategy Manager at Microsoft New Zealand
- OEM Manager at Microsoft New Zealand
- Manager Volume Licensing - Asia Pacific at Software Spectrum
- Business Analyst / Programmer at CLEAR Communications Limited
- Avionics Engineer at Air New Zealand
- Education
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- University of Auckland
- Mount Albert Grammar School
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Brett Roberts’s Summary
25 years in a variety of sales, marketing, PR and technology-related roles including:
- enterprise and public sector sales
- competitive analysis and strategy development
- segment and audience marketing
- channel management
- general management
- government relations
- communications, PR and issues management
- mentoring, coaching and cajoling of startups
- software development
- aviation industry experience
Brett Roberts’s Specialties:
Strategy, business planning, innovation, marketing, corporate and government sales, government liaison, PR/issues management, geek-speak to business-speak translation (and vice versa), IT trend analysis, forecasting and crystal ball-gazing, "specialist generalist"
Brett Roberts’s Experience
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Director
Nexx New Zealand Limited
(Financial Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (9 months)
Nexx will be New Zealand's online marketplace for social lending.
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National Technology Officer
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Responsible for outreach and engagement with technology leaders, academics and government officials with the goal of advocating the technology needs of local government, education and academic agencies within Microsoft.
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Founder, Chief Ideas Guy
842
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
842 is a personal side project and was NZ's first solely web-based SMS/text response marketing service (pre-dating its competitors by a year or two). 842 would be best-described as an "ongoing learning experience" rather than a business per se and it has provided an opportunity to better understand the startup world and learn more about marketing, technology and competitive strategy.
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Advisory Board Member
Unimarket
(Information Services industry)
March 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Unimarket delivers the next generation of eProcurement through an Amazon-like user experience on a secure B2B collaborative network.
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Director of Innovation
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Development of strategic initiatives/relationships and building new channels to market. Ownership of Microsoft NZ's competitive, security and online safety strategies.
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Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for developing and communicating Microsoft NZ's competitive, security and online safety strategies.
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Platform Strategy Manager
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2003 — June 2005 (2 years )
Responsible for developing Microsoft NZ's competitive strategies
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OEM Manager
Microsoft New Zealand
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
November 1997 — June 2003 (5 years 8 months)
Responsible for all of Microsoft's OEM business in NZ
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Manager Volume Licensing - Asia Pacific
Software Spectrum
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1993 — October 1997 (4 years 3 months)
Primary responsibility for Software Spectrum's software volume licensing businesss across the Asia Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong)
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Business Analyst / Programmer
CLEAR Communications Limited
(Telecommunications industry)
January 1993 — August 1993 (8 months)
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Avionics Engineer
Air New Zealand
(Public Company; Airlines/Aviation industry)
February 1980 — December 1992 (12 years 11 months)
- 5 year avionics apprenticeship
- 3 years as a qualified Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
- 3 years in Flight Operations (aircraft performance and route analysis)
- 2 years as IT Manager for Air NZ National Flight Operations
Brett Roberts’s Education
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University of Auckland
Diploma in Business (IS) , Information Technology , 1990 — 1992
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Mount Albert Grammar School
1975 — 1979
Brett Roberts’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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