Tue, 28 Sep 2004
Certus appoints UK IT specialist Steve Harsley to Senior Consultant
AUCKLAND, 28 September 2004 - Certus, one of New Zealand's leading IT consulting and implementation companies, today
announced the appointment of Steve Harsley to Senior Consultant. Mr Harsley brings more than six years of extensive
experience as an IT specialist for IBM UK to Certus.
According to Greg Woolley, Managing Director, Certus, Mr Harsley's expertise has a depth and breadth rarely seen, even
in senior IT consultants. "Steve Harsley combines a broad range of IT consulting skills with exceptional knowledge of
IBM software solutions. His abilities and experience will further strengthen Certus' ability to deliver end-to-end IBM
solutions and provide significant benefits to our customers."
Steve Harsley's roles at IBM UK included operations analyst, senior developer and duty manager for critical internal and
external accounts. He has specialised extensively in various applications, including Tivoli, Websphere, DB2, MVS/0S390,
AIX, UNIX and Linux. Before IBM UK, Mr Harsley worked on radar development and as an engineer for the Nuclear
Inspectorate in the UK, where he gained an ASNT Level II Nuclear Non-Destructive Test Engineering C-Script in
Radiography, Magna Particle and Ultrasonics.
"I work according to a simple rule: do what it takes to get the job done well," explains Steve Harsley. "This rule
entailed that I develop a wide range of high-level technical expertise. I am excited about working for Certus as it
operates by the same rule, and offers excellent opportunities for me to utilise my diverse skill set and IBM product
knowledge."
About Certus Solutions
Established in 1999, Certus is one of New Zealand's leading IT consulting and technology implementation companies, with
offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Certus utilises best of breed tools from BEA, IBM and Microsoft to
provide a complete range of IT solutions to businesses, such as business integration, business intelligence, systems and
storage management, application development, enterprise architecture, business consulting and project management. In May
2004, the company launched its latest offering, outsourced 'on demand' business integration, which unifies all aspects
of a business, including people, processes and IT applications.
Certus has extensive experience in a wide variety of sectors including telecommunications, logistics, insurance, energy
and utilities, finance, retail and government. International clients include TNT Logistics in Malaysia and Thailand and
3M. New Zealand clients include AMP New Zealand, AREVA T New Zealand, Farmers, BNZ, Fonterra Co-Operative Group, Westpac, Sky City, Foodstuffs South Island, Ministry of Health
and the Department of Internal Affairs.
For more information, see www.certus.co.nz .
ENDS