Our people

Will specialised in Digital Health 20 years ago with a handful of other pioneering clinical colleagues. Since then he has worked in Digital Health and Life Sciences Consulting and Solution roles across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia before returning home to NZ a few years ago. After being the first of the Spark Health whanau online each day after starting his day with an F45 class, Will is excited about looking at options for a Consumer Solution to be delivered to Spark customers to improve their health and wellness. One of the solutions uses precision medicine (your DNA and other biomarkers) to improve your health and wellness. It's no surprise then that his favourite app is the Oura App which provides daily insights into his health and wellness.

Our tech 'groupie', Kristian likes figuring out the more technical aspects of a solution – much to the dismay of the pre-sales team! He heads up our national sales team, but equally loves working alongside clients to solve issues or challenges to help them transform their businesses with cloud technologies. Kristian has worked within the Spark Group for a long time – most recently with Revera, managing a sales team supporting the health sector in the Auckland region. He is passionate about the opportunities in healthcare with some of the new technologies on the horizon, particularly in wearable tech. His favourite gadget at the moment is the Jabra Elite Sport ear buds with built in heart rate monitoring and has been enjoying using Google Fit.

Clare— when not leading the team in meme and gif wars— is working to form new ways of communicating the benefits of the Spark Health digital solutions to our health organisations. Having worked in the health sector for the last 15 years and also in education, local government and publishing, Clare has a knack for simplifying complex messages into concise content. The health and wellbeing of all Kiwis is of great interest to her as she lives on and runs a farm and has seen the impacts of restricted access to health services on those in remote areas. Like Amy, she doesn't feel expert in things technical but does use apps like Audible and Spotify to access books and podcasts on a daily basis, and is excited about the potential of audio and voice in the future of marketing and communications.

Amy is the 'go to' member of the Spark Health whānau and hasn't yet been unable to solve a problem or find an answer to a question. Amy has worked in the IT and Telecommunications industry for 6 years. She has jumped into the Spark Health journey with two feet helping to prepare its launch and being part of the brand and marketing journey. A lover of the outdoors you might find her out surfing, swimming or diving anywhere in New Zealand. Even though she is a self proclaimed, 'non tecchy' person her favourite app is Spotify and kicks off the day with music, water and sunshine.

Bros is the knowledge base of Spark and now Spark Health. Bros has been with Spark for 21 years and has worked on the health portfolio in some form over that time. Bros is passionate about making a difference to the well-being of New Zealanders and will be a valued and trusted partner in finding the right connectivity solutions for your team, championing your cause until you have what you need to work from wherever you are, whenever you need to.

Russell could be mistaken for Easy Rider but his role is by no means a simple one! Russell is the newest member of the Spark Health whānau taking on the role of Solution Consultant and Product Manager of Kete Waiora. He is a strong believer in the impact of transformation and change, whether digital or traditional, on the growth of an organisaiton and its ability to deliver value to staff and stakeholders, and most importantly customers and users. When Russell isn’t cruising on his motor bike, something he says helps to clear his head he is brewing his own beer. His TILT Hydrometer would be his favorite tech gadget, a device that floats in a brew of beer during the fermentation process and sends continuous data readings about the process like temperature and gravity to an app.

The MacGyver theme tune could be playing in the backdrop as we introduce Regan. Regan has applied his engineering background and experience across the health sector as our Principal Solutions Architect. Regan is the go for anything relating to technology and solutions as well as incident escalation for root cause analysis. YouTube and YouTube Music are his all-time favorite apps, so much so that when asked which he would rather go a day without, internet or without food, he chose food!

James relishes a challenge to bring the disparate together. He’s worked in the sector on and off since 1998. His specialty is integrating systems making him the perfect fit for our whānau as Integration Product Consultant. Ready to hit the ground running with Tahi – providing New Zealand healthcare a trusted integration platform to share data easily, and securely. James believes in leveraging technology to save time, he loves apps like Strava that integrate into his daily life to keep him honest— a virtual coach that pushes him daily.

Charlotte has her head in Cloud – but in a good way. Her specialty knowledge is Cloud Services and has worked across Telecom, Gen-I, Spark Digital, Revera, CCL. Based in Wellington Charlotte is our Customer Advocate Charlotte has spent the majority of her career in customer facing Client Management roles. She has her feet firmly on the ground and builds exceptional relationships and trust with clients, and really works to understand their business needs and find the right solution to help. Charlotte credits having a good work life balance to staying healthy, the best part of her daily routine is picking up her two children from daycare, followed closely by her morning coffee!

Apart from being the only one in the team other than Kristian and Clare to favour Samsung over Apple, Jaco has over 21 years’ experience in IT with exposure to a wide variety of environments. He is passionate about working alongside each client to support them to achieve their goals with clear strategies, combined with analysis to address any challenges in the digital transformation journey.

Rachael has been a valued member of the Spark team for the last 15 years and has extensive knowledge of our customers and their businesses. She is passionate about working with her clients to find the right solutions and getting to the bottom of any issue that arises. In her spare time, she likes to compete as a champion powerlifter and mentors young Pacifica women to be successful in the IT Sector.

Ryan has committed the last 15 years to working in the ICT sector domestically and abroad. Over the last two years, Ryan has been particularly focused on NZ Health outcomes including Maori/Pacifica in the Bay of Plenty region. He works closely with clients to understand their needs and will source the best solutions to meet those needs. He is passionate about the role that he can play in helping the wider Bay of Plenty community by enabling NZ Health to become more efficient using the latest technologies.

You can’t hold Dion back from an opportunity to find a technology solution to help businesses work smarter. Dion has worked in ICT sales and account management for over 20 years and with Spark for twelve. In that time, he managed a broad range of customers including DHB, PHO’s and suppliers to the health sector. He is excited about now being 100% dedicated to serving the health sector. Dion will work alongside you to get a detailed understanding of your organisation and your aspirations for the future to help diagnose a opportunities that make a real difference.

You won’t miss Jeff as he will always have a smile when you see him coming. Jeff has worked with Spark for four and a half years following a role working as IT manager for ten years at OceanaGold. He is a wealth of knowledge having a degree in Information Science and an MBA and is skilled at researching and translating a solution to a specific industry need. If you want him to hang around just start talking about NBA Basketball.

Ben, our southern digital ninja has 20 years’ experience in the digital/IT industry and has worked the last four years in the Spark group with CCL. When not out running Ben is also fast on his feet at diagnosing a best fit proposition for your organisation. He will help you to identify and work through any challenges, using his technical skills and knowledge to make sure your implementation is successful. He fits in anywhere and is happy to roll up his sleeves and get to the root of any issue.

Bryan, one of the client directors for the upper South Island has been supporting the health sector for 6 years as part of the CCL team, a subsidiary of Spark. He is excited about the potential of cloud transformation for health providers, to make their lives easier and to improve healthcare for New Zealanders. A strong change leader he will help you to drive to successful outcomes to achieve and exceed your goals. He stays calm under pressure, having worked as an implementation manager within Spark’s Earthquake recovery team to establish sites with operation and project managers.

Karla is truly passionate about health. After spending her entire career working in Medical Devices within the health sector, (and winning sales person of the year on multiple occasions), she has seen the growing need to transform and connect the industry and strongly believes that can be achieved by connecting the silos in the health sector through the power of technology. She is thrilled to create little wins for her clients and runs at life at 110% so there are a lot of them! When she is not at work Karla might be found on the sideline of the field cheering on her two girls at their respective sports. Although she isn't all go and not averse to a cheeky glass of wine here and there.

Jill Hobbs is the person to get the job done. With seven years experience working in Spark, she has spent most of that time looking after clients in the health sector. Jill has enjoyed the challenge of working on the ‘acceleration’ of projects which COVID-19 has initiated and what that may enable in the future. She relishes meeting and helping people in health and will make sure you have the support, tools and resources you need to achieve your objectives.

Courtney is the Spark Health Taskmaster! As the new Sales Associate, Courtney is currently working on some diverse projects to create greater autonomy for the Spark Health whānau. Always willing to help, she is the go-to for data integrity and reporting insights. Courtney keeps our team on task and helps make our vision come to life. Courtney is passionate about self-development, both personal and professional, striving for growth, evolution, learning and achievement. Spotify is her go to app, listening to motivational music or an educational podcast, her motto “nothing that is worth it is easy.”