About Us

The Instillery is an award-winning 100% Kiwi owned company, headquartered right here in Aotearoa.

We are a technology company born and bred with a start-up mindset and a challenger attitude.

We're here to shake up the world of technology and make sure that New Zealand businesses get the best of the best - in capability and in service - and are powered up for today and tomorrow.

Our purpose is to instill belief, and pour capability, into the bloodstream of businesses.

The way we work

We instill capability, transformation and belief into businesses by putting the power of the world’s best and brightest technology in your hands, at your place, at your pace.

 

It’s about empowerment over dependency, elevating technology, people and culture so business can get on with doing what they do best; delivering value for their customers and sharing their own expertise with the world.

 

We’re a technology company born and bred with a start-up mindset and a challenger attitude.  We’re here to shake up the world of technology and make sure that New Zealand businesses get the best of the best - in capability and in service - and are powered up for today and tomorrow.

 

We believe that when you do good, you are great.

our leadership team

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Michael Russell

CEO

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Jeremy Nees

Chief Operations Officer

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Rachel Bond

GM - Finance

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Gemma McClurg

GM - People & Culture

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Spencer Turner

GM - Services

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Graham Shaw

Head of Shared Services

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Matt Cotton-Everitt

Head of IT & Systems

Our board of directors

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Ross Jenkins

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Jason Trower

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Rt. Hon Bill English

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Michael Russell

Industry Awards

It’s always humbling to see the hard work that The Instillery whānau do being recognised by the technology industry. Since 2015, The Instillery has become a finalist for and won multiple industry awards. Check them out below.

2022

  • Zscaler ANZ Solution Provider of the Year (Winner)
  • HPE Silver Partner of the Year Award (Winner)
  • Reseller Innovation Awards - Partner Innovation - Enterprise (Winner)
  • Reseller Innovation Awards - Technology Innovation - Cloud (Finalist)
  • Reseller Innovation Awards - Technology Innovation - Security (Finalist)
  • LogRhythm - Best Growth Partner of the Year (Winner)

2021

  • Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards - Azure Migrate (Finalist)
  • LogRhythm Awards -New Zealand’s Best Growth Partner (Winner)
  • Reseller Awards - Partner Innovation - Enterprise (Finalist)
  • Reseller Awards - Technology Innovation - Cloud (Finalist)
  • Reseller Awards - Technology Innovation - Digital Transformation (Finalist)
  • Waikato Business Awards - Business Growth & Strategy (Finalist)

2020

  • TIN Report - TIN100 #62
  • TIN Report - EY Ten Companies to Watch (#9)
  • TIN Report - Rising Star Companies
  • Westpac Waikato Business Awards - CEO of the Year (Mike Jenkins)
  • Finalist - Westpac Waikato Business Awards - Strategy & Growth
  • Finalist (Highly Commended) - Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards - Azure Migrate
  • Finalist - Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards - Empowering Employees
  • Reseller News Innovation Awards - Cloud, Emerging Technologies
  • Finalist - Reseller News Innovation Awards - Smart Technology, Emerging Technologies
  • Finalist - Reseller News Innovation Awards - Management Excellence (Jeremy Nees)
  • Finalist (Highly Commended) - Reseller News Innovation Awards - Marketing Excellence (Jack Downs)
  • 6x Finalists - Reseller News Women in ICT Awards (Olivia Fogarty, Sabrina Jay, Michelle Edwin, Tania Allison, Helen Hansen, Stephanie McCarthy)

2019

  • Microsoft NZ Azure Migrate Partner of the Year
  • Zscaler NZ Partner of the Year
  • HP NZ Partner Awards - Silver Partner of the Year
  • HPe NZ Partner Awards - Silver Partner of the Year
  • TIN100 Supreme Scale-Ups: 5th in the Next100
  • CIO50 Ones to watch (Mike Jenkins & Jeremy Nees)

2018

  • Microsoft NZ Applications Infrastructure Partner of the Year
  • Reseller News Innovation Awards - Homegrown Export Award
  • Reseller News Innovation Awards - Entrepreneurship Management Excellence Award (Mike Jenkins)
  • CIO100 Mike Jenkins, The Instillery (#14-100)

2017

  • Deloitte Technology Fast 500 - 4th fastest growing tech company in NZ
  • IDC ANZ Digital Transformation Award
  • Reseller News ICT Industry Awards - Enterprise Cloud Partner Award
  • Reseller News ICT Industry Awards - Homegrown Innovator of the Year - Cloud Partner
  • Finalist - NZ CIO Awards - Best ICT Team Culture Award
  • Finalist - NZ CIO Awards - Executive Team of the Year
  • Finalist - CIO100 Mike Jenkins, The Instillery (#31-100)

2016

  • NZ CIO Awards - NZ Emerging ICT Leader (Mike Jenkins)
  • Reseller News ICT Industry Awards - Midmarket Cloud Partner of the Year
  • Finalist - NZ CIO Awards - Best ICT Team Culture Award
  • Finalist - NZ CIO Awards - Executive Team of the Year

2015

  • Finalist - Reseller News ICT Industry Awards - Homegrown Innovator of the Year