President Nominee - Pete Macaulay
Nominee for President 2007-2009
Pete Macaulay
Why Do I want to be President of InternetNZ?
The last three years have been dramatically successful for InternetNZ. This has been as the result of good governance, a strong and effective staff, and superb teams and committees. During this time we have been considering how to enhance the structure of the society to allow us to continue to deliver these results, while widening our capability and forming a future proof structure. This will mean significant changes, provided the members agree.
The effects of these changes on staff and council will be challenging, and must be addressed properly from both management and governance perspectives. I am standing for the role of President because I believe I have the skills to preside over this process. Having sound and proven relationships will be one of the keys to successful change. Having worked as a member of the staff and as a councillor, I will provide a hands-off style of leadership which will allow project teams and staff to work to their true potential, while keeping council scanning and delivering at the strategic level. In addition I will use our recent achievements to lift our public profile by developing strong and balanced roles between staff and President when we want our views to be heard and seen.
And of course, these goals must be met without dropping the ball on our ongoing business and social responsibilities.
Brief Bio
Peter is passionate about the ability of the Internet to enhance many aspects of peoples’ lives, and works to make it happen.
Peter is keen to continue working in the governance of InternetNZ following on from his first two years as a council member. Peter brings a mix of technical, business and ICT strategy skills to the InternetNZ Council, and is a regular speaker on ICT matters at conferences and events.
Peter’s most recent assignment was Interim Outreach Director for the Ministry of Health’s Connected Health Community.
Making the Digital Strategy work seemed a natural thing to do and Peter became the Programme Manager for an 18 month term on August 15, 2005. Immediately before that, from January 2003, Peter was Executive Director of InternetNZ Continuing his involvement with InternetNZ Peter was elected onto the InternetNZ council in 2005.
He is also Chief Executive and Founder of The Number One IT Group Ltd.
Amongst several other voluntary ICT industry involvements Peter is on the startup team for the eCity Network, developing a Fibre to the Home initiative, continuing to push for the NZ Fibre Fund, a founder member of Accelerating Auckland, a judge for the World Summit Awards, and Computerworld Excellence Awards, and works with Not for Profit organizations to help them with technology issues.
Moving from aircraft engineering into the Computer Services division of Air New Zealand Peter became an analyst programmer in 1972. This technical background is the foundation on which he has superimposed management, sales and marketing skills. Generalization has allowed Peter to work internationally in roles as diverse as developer of operating system components, through to CIO of one of the world’s largest electronics distributors.
Peter has a strong interest in intellectual property, and was a founder of the NZ Business Software alliance. To emphasize a commitment to the industry Peter served on the board of ITANZ (The Information Technology Association), and was elected president for a two year term in 1998.
Trevor Eagle and Peter Macaulay formed The Number One IT Group as a subsidiary of Eagle Technology in 1983, and it became an industry leader in software distribution and technical service. The business was highly regarded as a friendly and effective provider of award winning support.
The distribution and technical support divisions were sold in 1998, leaving Peter clear to run the consulting unit.
Outside of ICT, Peter's personal interests include Christianity, The Interweb, technology based toys, motorcycles, music, film, rugby, reading, food, real ale, and almost anything that involves various risky combinations of velocity, water and altitude.
Peter is married to Diana since 1968, with adult children.
Following the death of their son Matthew in the Paddington (Ladbroke Grove coordinates 51°31'30.30"N 0°12'57.13"W check Google Earth) rail disaster in October 1999, Peter and Diana moved to the UK to focus on the issues of safety and corporate accountability arising from the disaster.
