About Us

Mike is an award-winning entrepreneur and regarded within the ANZ market as “the cloud guy”. Mike was born to lead in the IT industry, growing up in the Computerland era and honing his skills through a 14-year career working for Logical, IBM and Cisco on both sides of the Tasman. His passion for the evolution of Cloud & DevOps and commitment to staying at the forefront of the industry is only surpassed by his focus to ensure positive and tangible business results for our clients.

With a vision of connecting Kiwi businesses with the technology they need to excel, Michael provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to continue to grow and meet our company goals. He oversees the commercial, people performance and customer requirements and includes strategic leadership, building capability and shaping culture.

Jeremy is our resident thought leader with a huge amount of knowledge on all things cloud, having worked across service provider environments, local government and large enterprise organisations. Jeremy is responsible for leading our enterprise cloud and security consulting and cloud managed services, with focus also on the productisation of our wider global service offering.

Grant is an experienced IT leader, with a 12-year career in the technology and cloud sectors in New Zealand. He started his Enterprise Sales career at HP, before switching over to Kordia to focus on Enterprise telecommunications and security. Most recently, Grant has been managing the New Zealand cloud consulting and services business for an international cloud managed services provider. Grant has amassed an enviable understanding of the cloud market in New Zealand, and what kiwi organisations need to do to successfully accelerate their cloud adoption.

With 9 years of experience in various product disciplines and over 35 years experience in the pursuit of the perfect fried chicken, Ryan supports our product and innovation capability. He's almost as passionate about product management as he is about deep-fried delights, constantly reading about the latest evolutions in fried chicken product on company time.

Grant has over 18 years’ of enterprise IT experience across the utility, health and advertising industries in New Zealand and the UK. His speciality is cloud and infrastructure management, design, administration and support where he has focused his efforts for the past several years. Grant is focused on positive business outcomes for our clients and is passionate about driving the adoption of public cloud technologies.

Tania has over 25 years’ experience in the ICT Industry with a strong Service Delivery, Sales and Management background. Tania joined the team in 2017 and has since lead the Service team through a considerable amount of growth and development.

Rachel heads up our finance & accounting team. Having joined in 2012, with over 10 years of experience in finance roles, Rachel has since led The Instillery through multiple mergers and been instrumental in our growth to date and beyond.

Sarah is a hands-on strategic HR leader who works closely with the SLT and Management team, providing strategic and operational HR support. With broad generalist HR knowledge and experience, Sarah is passionate about putting in place HR initiatives to help drive a high performing positive company culture and staff engagement. Sarah has a strong understanding of Employment Legislation with the ability to seamlessly manage complex people issues as they arise.

Ross is a leader in the NZ tech space, advising some of the most innovative companies in Aotearoa. He works closely with our leadership team to help realise the full potential of The Instillery and maximise the opportunity we’ve built as "the first mover" in our space. In his spare time, he’s most likely found on a golf course.

Jason is an experienced business leader with a strong background in the NZ tech space and the New Zealand Dairy industry. He takes pride in helping develop our whanau and teams to achieve both business and personal success.

Bill has extensive experience from his time in government where he oversaw a series of large scale multi-billion dollar investments as both Finance Minister and PM. Bill’s background and experience with New Zealand’s public sector, along with his commitment to lifelong learning accelerates The Instillery’s ambitions and growth and ambition plans. Bill has a strong interest in Aotearoa’s IT and Agriculture sectors, he is involved with many private-sector tech companies helping elevate NZ’s future.

With a vision of connecting Kiwi businesses with the technology they need to excel, Michael provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to continue to grow and meet our company goals. He oversees the commercial, people performance and customer requirements and includes strategic leadership, building capability and shaping culture.

Mike is an award-winning entrepreneur and regarded within the ANZ market as “the cloud guy”. Mike was born to lead in the IT industry, growing up in the Computerland era and honing his skills through a 14-year career working for Logical, IBM and Cisco on both sides of the Tasman. His passion for the evolution of Cloud & DevOps and commitment to staying at the forefront of the industry is only surpassed by his focus to ensure positive and tangible business results for our clients.