Steve brings over 25 years of experience in the Telco tech industry with previous roles in i-gen, and Telecom NZ.

At Spark NZ for over 10 years, he leads a dynamic team of engineers responsible for managing One NZ’s critical on-premises infrastructure. With oversight of Backup and Recovery, Storage, Virtualisation, Unix, Wintel, and Database functions, Steve orchestrates the efforts of both onshore and offshore teams to ensure operational excellence and resilience across a complex and evolving IT landscape.

The One NZ platform under Steve’s leadership spans eight datacentres and includes 13 storage arrays totaling over 3 petabytes, 23 VCenters, and 420 ESXi hosts supporting both IT and network virtual functions. The environment also includes more than 3,000 virtual servers, three Exadata machines, and 235 databases. In addition, he oversees eight OpenShift clusters that support key containerised workloads, including those for the 5G Core, CSDB, and enterprise IT systems.

With a strong focus on performance, scalability, and innovation, he plays a pivotal role in driving infrastructure transformation at One NZ, ensuring the platforms are robust, agile, and aligned with the business’s strategic goals.