
IT consultant, commentator, writer and trainer, a.k.a. The IT Skeptic
New Zealand

IT consultant, commentator, writer and trainer, a.k.a. The IT Skeptic
New Zealand
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Rob's Catalogue of Services is at http://www.twohills.co.nz/services
I founded Two Hills http://www.linkedin.com/companies/279821 in December 2005 to develop internet-based business opportunities. This is intended to make us financially independent and able to work from anywhere.
I write numerous articles and books, listed here: http://www.twohills.co.nz/portfolio. I have some notoreity as The IT Skeptic. My blog at www.itskeptic.org was initially an experiment in internet presence. It has grown to be a page-rank-4 site with monthly traffic in five figures, and has been the reason for me to be invited to speak at several international conferences.
I also consult on ITIL and related areas, and coach and train sales and service skills. See http://www.engrok.com
I am an IT Certified Professional and an accredited Member of the NZ Computer Society. I hold a BSc in operations research from Victoria University, and ITIL V2 and V3 Foundation Certification from EXIN. I have also studied Adult Education and Electrical Engineering.
I am the newsletter editor for itSMFnz, the professional body for IT Service Management (eg. ITIL) practitioners.
Previously I was CA New Zealand’s Principal Consultant, working with CA (www.ca.com) clients to understand their business issues and requirements and to develop appropriate technology solutions to meet their needs. I dealt mostly with the banking, financial, telecoms, airline, government and defence sectors. I was also a technology strategist in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (part of CA’s global research and development organisation).
I worked in the software industry for 20 years, 17 of them with CA, in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.
:|: Sales and service training and coaching
:|: ITIL and ITSM consulting
:|: Writing and editing
:|: Open source knowledge, internet communities of interest
:|: Business technologist (mapping business requirements to technology and vice versa)
:|: Technical relationship management
:|: Website business development
(Information Services industry)
December 2005 — Present (4 years )
My entrepreneurial vehicle company
Entrepreneurship, small business, internet Training and mentoring, especially presales (presenting, demoing, sales strategies) Railways, model and preserved Skeptics
IT Service Management Forum itSMF.org.nz,
Information Systems Audit and Control Association isaca.org,
NZ Computer Society nzcs.co.nz (accredited Member),
NZ Skeptics skeptics.org.nz,
International Council of Small Business,
Small Business Entrepreneurship Association Australia and NZ,
Second Life: Twohills Scribe,
Porirua Chamber of Commerce,
NZ Model Railway Association