Sarah Heal, Director

B.A. (Hons) First Class; M.A. (Distinction)

Sarah Heal has been an information manager for over ten years. Starting at Archives New Zealand, she moved into local government policy analysis and corporate planning.

Sarah then became Information Manager for the Dunedin City Council - responsible for GIS, Document Management, Web, Core Data, LIM management and setting organisation-wide goals and standards. She also led the successful implementation of DataWorks as the DCC’s electronic document management system. More recently, Sarah revitalised document management at Christchurch City Council, including the implementation of TRIM Context.

Respected in the information management and local government sectors, Sarah is often called upon to speak at conferences.

Specialties
Building Business Cases
EDRMS implementation
Change Management
Taxonomies and IM Design
PRA compliance

Christchurch based

Grant Margison, Director

B.E., Dip.Bus. (Finance)

Grant Margison regularly consults for a range of clients in the public and corporate sectors. He assists organisations to make the right IT choices, and helps engage entire organisations to ensure that IT projects succeed. He generates results by getting teams to work better with each other, and with their customers.

Grant has an Engineering degree and diploma in business. While in senior management positions at Enerco, Southpower and Counties Power, Grant helped these companies to gain business advantage and service improvement through the successful use of new technologies.

He has developed information and IT strategies and products, mobile data implementations and asset management business planning.

Specialties
Information Strategy
SharePoint solutions
Building buy-in
Taxonomies / IM Design
Knowledge Bases/Strategy
Business Improvement
Personal Development

Christchurch based

Meta Mair

B. Tech.

Meta is an experienced IT and IM professional, with excellent project leadership and general management capabilities. She has worked widely in IT strategy and systems development, project and site management, business analysis, and database administration roles with private sector companies.

Most recently Meta worked for four years as the Information Manager for Palmerston North City Council. She had overall responsibility for IT, records and GIS. In this time she successfully managed the implementation of Hummingbird EDRMS, and set the Council’s Information Management policy and strategy.

Specialties
EDRMS implementation
Developing RFPs
Building RM policies
IT Strategy
Project Management
Migration Strategies
BPM

Hamilton based

Helen Bennett

B.E., Dip.Bus.(Marketing)

Helen Bennett has offered a business improvement consultancy service since 1995, building upon her previous management skills in the areas of people development, technology, systems and IT. During this time she has had a wide range of projects including training needs analysis, training programme development and delivery, business analysis, customer satisfaction surveys and project management.

She is respected for her abilities to review, analyse and project manage changes in business processes. Helen is one of those rare people who can communicate effectively as a bridge between technical, lay people and business decision makers.

Specialties
Data and statistical analysis
Survey devt/implementation
SharePoint showcase, coaching, IM design
Project Management
Training course devt/delivery
Business process mapping
Business process improvement
Asset management planning

Christchurch based

Anita Easton

Anita started her IT career at Victoria University where she managed the Helpdesk, Systems team, Desktop Support and Web teams. From there Anita moved into local government and the Community branch of Internal Affairs. Whilst employed by Internal Affairs she was responsible for managing the national grant schemes (Lottery Grants) and several Trusts. It was here that Anita implemented a major business process change, supported by the implementation of a custom-built software application. Anita was also responsible for the operations and policy of community funding and had input into the ministerial processes.

Anita moved from the government to the private sector where she was engaged as the Client Relationship Manager for TechTonics . She was responsible for coaching organisations through change and developing TechTonic's focus on records management.

Anita's range of clients has included central government, utilities and the commercial sector and much of her focus has been on business fit and bridging the gap between client requirements and service provisions.

Specialties
Project Management
EDRMS Implementation
Business Cases
IM Strategy
Change Management
Compliance

Wellington based

Kaye Allison

Kaye has recently joined Information Leadership as Business Manager and has become known as "command central" by the team.

Prior to joining Information Leadership Kaye had a long career in Local Government where she held several management positions. These included Data Intelligence Operational Manager and most recently Relationship Manager for an Information Management business unit.

Kaye is experienced in managing the resource planning for a range of technical skill sets and personalities and this will be one of her key areas of responsibility. Other areas Kaye will be managing are the facilitation and arrangement of events and promotions for Information Leadership along with day-to-day general business activities.
Kaye is our point of contact for customers wishing to discuss new business opportunities, scheduling of work and general enquiries.

Role:Business Manager
Project Management
Resource Planning
Events and Promotions
Financials

Chrsitchurch based

Maureen Murphy

Maureen has a strong commercial background and has worked in senior management roles (including CEO, Managing Director, General Manager) in competitive, globally oriented industries for the last 18 years.

Maureen draws on a background in strategic planning and business process development to provide services to clients that have included CSIRO, Australian Stock Exchange and AAPT. She has managed significant projects for clients including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, PanAmSat and the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Recent consulting assignments have involved providing hands-on commercial support to start-up companies in the IT and Biotechnology and Financial Services sectors.

Specialties
Strategic planning
Business plan audits
Business process analysis
Business process re-design
Change management

Sydney based

Dr Chris Lampard (PhD)

Chris is a skilled manager with over 10 years experience in the NZ public health sector and the UK chemicals industry. His experience includes process R&D, manufacture and purchasing/supply chain projects. He currently consults and trains for private and public organisations.

His key achievements include the design and implementation of a global strategic supply chain rationalisation, managing the purchase and introduction of new laboratory technology and the overhaul of supply chain quality procedures to the highest (US FDA) standards.

Chris is a skilled communicator with the ability to transform complex ideas into action. He gets things done, learns quickly and has a track record of rapidly adapting to new environments and delivering results.

Specialties
RM reviews
Developing RM policies, procedures
SharePoint showcase, coaching, IM design
Retention and Disposal
Building classifications
Web site review & design

Jos Auker-Woor

Jos has been working in the IT industry for over 18 years. He recently joined ILC after working with Canon New Zealand for the past 12 months as a senior technology consultant. Prior to this Jos and his family (wife Heather and daughter Daisy) lived in the UK where he worked as consultant for a Microsoft Gold Partner (Mantix Ltd) who specialised in Project Management and Business Intelligence.

During this time he fulfilled a number of roles for organisations within the private and public sector including Alstom, British Airways, British Airport Authorities, BP, Centrica, Highways Department, Inland Revenue, Scottish Water, Scottish Power and Siemens. Jos brings a great deal of experience of Business Analysis, Development, Project Management and Business Practice in a wide variety of different industries.

Specialties
SharePoint implementations
Scanning technologies and workflows
Business Process redesign
Project Management

Christchurch based

David Seel

NZCE

David has operated an IT and Management Consultancy since 2000 and has retained hands-on involvement in software development in the SQL/VB/GIS areas.

Having qualifications in both Management and Computer Technology David has held roles ranging from senior project engineer through to General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. His career has also included information management of asset data, documents and geographic information with a NZ utility.

David has the rare ability to be equally at home with IT technical detail as well as provding advice on strategic direction and business improvement.

Specialties
System specification and development amd
SharePoint showcase, coaching, IM design
Business Process analysis
Business Improvement
Project Management

Auckland based

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