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
Mike Jenkins
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Michael Russell
Managing Director
Tania Allison
GM - Customer Operations
Jeremy Nees
Chief Operations Officer
Rachel Bond
GM - Finance
Grant Sweeney
GM - Sales
Ryan Joe
GM - Product & Marketing
Grant Baty
GM - Technical Operations
Sarah Clynes
GM - People & Culture
Our board of directors
Ross Jenkins
Jason Trower
Rt. Hon Bill English
Michael Russell
Mike Jenkins
Michael Russell
Managing Director
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 Nees
Chief Operations Officer
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 Sweeney
GM - Sales
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.
Ryan Joe
GM - Product & Marketing
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 Baty
GM - Technical Operations
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 Allison
GM - Customer Operations
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 Bond
GM - Finance
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 Clynes
GM - People & Culture
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.
Mike Jenkins
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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.
Ross Jenkins
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 Trower
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.
Rt. Hon Bill English
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.
Michael Russell
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 Jenkins
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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.
Industry Awards
It’s always awesome to see the hard work that The Instillery whanau are doing alongside our partners and customers be recognised within the industry Over the years we have won multiple industry awards, check them out below!
