RFUANZ - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder and Managing Director of WombatNET
Alex Stewart (18) is the founder and managing director of WombatNET, a Wellington-based service provider with a focus on the radio industry. He founded the company at 14 with a vision to eradicate New Zealand's digital divide. In 2021, Alex was awarded Young Wellingtonian of The Year in recognition of his contributions to the region and its communities.
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- Managing Director of Ashley Communications
Carl is the Managing Director of Ashley Communications and Yonder.co.nz.
With over 14 years in the industry, Carl is well placed to offer viewpoints from land mobile radio users as well as WISPs. Carl started his time in radio originally working for Ashley Electronics, before crossing the ditch and spending 5 years working for Nixon Communications based in Gladstone, Queensland.
Eventually, he saw the light and returned to Timaru, where he ended up buying Ashleys and Yonder. Carl has a real passion for the radio industry in NZ and is looking forward to being able to add value to the RFUANZ committee.
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- Joint Owner of Outback Communications Ltd
- Mechatronics Engineer
Corey is the joint owner of Outback Communications Ltd in Christchurch. Corey trained as a Mechatronics engineer and has also completed a Masters in Engineering Management. Corey has five years project management experience and has been working in the radio communications Industry since 2010.
Corey joined the RFUANZ Committee in 2015 and looks forward to helping support the Radio Communications Industry.
Dale has 30+ years' experience in the Telecommunications industry and is the founder of Go Wireless NZ.
Dale was involved in many different early internet delivery technologies and spent over a decade attending night classes gaining knowledge to help build his career in this field. High speed, long range wireless technologies are what most interest him which was what led to the creation of Go Wireless NZ in 2005.
Dale hopes that his experience in the wireless broadband industry will be a useful addition to the RFUANZ committee.
Job Titles:
- Certified Trainer
- Network Engineer / Architect at Go Wireless NZ
Daniel Millar is a Network Engineer/Architect at Go Wireless NZ and Engineer at Merp NZ, a Network Consulting company. With over fifteen years of industry experience in the Wireless Networking industry, Dan has expertise in the field installing equipment, designing network topologies, and helping solve day to day issues for companies around New Zealand and the Pacific.
Dan is also a certified trainer, having taught over 700 students in New Zealand and the Pacific for brands like MikroTik, Cambium Networks, and Ubiquiti Networks. He has presented at conferences such as NZNOG and Comms Connect on Network Engineering and has a personal interest in getting connectivity into the Pacific.
Job Titles:
- Vice - Chairman
- New Zealand Channel Manager for Logic Wireless Ltd
David is the New Zealand Channel Manager for Logic Wireless Ltd, working with a nationwide network of land mobile radio dealers. He trained in one of the last groups of apprentices and trainees employed by the NZED, and has over 25 years working across all aspects of the telecommunications industry including the nationwide cellular network build and Ultra-Fast Fibre deployment.
David is a registered Electrician with Advanced Trade in Electronics, NZCE Level 3 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from Waikato University.
Debby has been with us since 2014, as well as working for the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Inc (NZART) since 1998. Debby has a wealth of knowledge in the amateur radio world, which includes her position as an RSM approved ARX , maintaining the amateur radio examination syllabus and allocating call signs for amateurs in New Zealand. Her experience and first-hand contact with Radio Spectrum Management, has been a real asset to RFUANZ.
Desire' has taken over Candice Van Dyk in the organising of the the RFUANZ Gala Dinner. Desire's full time role is with St John as a Community Education Lead, where she is responsible for education initiatives, that enhance the health and wellbeing of Rangatahi in Aotearoa.
Desire's has previously worked in the industry under Dave Rangi at Tait Mobile Radio TA City Comms in Petone. Her work with Dave and his team has given Desire' the understanding of the industry, alongside digging a few trenches or two on high sites for cables.
Desire' will team up with her Mother Debby Morgan to ensure the continued success of the RFUANZ Gala Dinner.
Graham is the Director of Summit Radio Solutions in Queenstown.
Having always had a passion for wireless communications, Graham purchased Queenstown Radio Services in 2020.
He is a registered Electrician with a background in industrial electrical servicing, and also holds a Diploma in Business.
Graham is stoked to be a member of the RFUANZ committee and looks forward to being able to support the radio communications industry.
Outside of work, Graham enjoys volunteering as an Incident Management Team member for Wanaka Search and Rescue, where his knowledge of communications is an asset to the wider Wanaka community.
Lorna is a (fairly) fresh face to the industry, working as Operations Manager at Hi-Tec Aerials. She has a background in Quality & Compliance Management (ISO) where she worked for a railway installation & testing company for almost 10 years in London.
She has enjoyed being on the committee the past year and is looking forward to seeing what we can do to keep the communications industry growing and in the spotlight.
Mike has become an integral part of the committee since 2019, this year also taking on the Treasurer role in conjunction with the Administrator.
Mike is the PSN Services Director for Tait Communications, based in Christchurch and has been with Tait for over 35 years, starting in manufacturing. Mike has an NZCE in Telecommunications and has also worked for Tait in Australia where he was based in Sydney. Mike's recent experience has been in Systems Engineering, Managed Services and Operations.
Mike hopes to leverage his experience in the radio industry to assist RFUANZ and its members.
Sirilal Sirilal has 45 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and possesses a
Soren Low is a member of AREC and works for Kiwirail.
Trinity comes from an administration, art/design and mechanical engineering background; all of which will be utilized in her role as Administration assistant. She is currently studying a paper on electrical/radio electrotechnology with the hopes of advancing on this in the years to come and better understand the fine details of the radio industry. She is very excited to be on board and cannot wait to be part of and help grow RFUANZ.