FITEC

Posted By on Oct 12, 2014 | 0 comments


After moving back from New Plymouth to Auckland in 2008, I undertook some consulting work for The Management Toolbox, mainly looking at management information and procurement systems for Tasman Orient and then Air NZ.  However, tougher economic times were rapidly descending, and with the pressure this usually applies on Consulting, I thought it wiser to seek full time employment.

FITEC, were advertising for a newly created position of COO, and I found myself back in the forestry sector, albeit focussing on the training side of the industry.  It didn’t take me long to see that the job was essentially a turn around position (the organisation was spending more than it was earning) and we set about reducing costs and trying to develop new lines of revenue.  After three years the organisation returned to profitability, but bigger structural changes in the ITO sector driven by the Government caught up with it, and a timid board missed the opportunity to consolidate through acquisition.

Attached is a press release in the FITEC magazine shortly after my appointment:

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