Vivid Solutions Appoints New GM to Spearhead Growth Strategy
AUCKLAND, Tuesday 11 March 2014: Vivid Solutions, New Zealand’s largest provider of video conferencing equipment and technology for the health industry,
has appointed Stephan Coetzee as its new General Manager - Customer Development.
The Vivid Solutions Video Network currently links doctors and health professionals across almost every DHB in New
Zealand, the tertiary health sector, non government organisations, public health organisations as well as Ministry of
Health and various other health entities. The secure technology allows them to treat patients remotely, consult one
another and undertake training and education.
In his new role Coetzee is charged with overseeing a radical growth phase in the company, facilitating an expansion into
the Pacific Islands and establishing further links within the wider health sector in New Zealand.
“To date we’ve only scratched the surface as there is the opportunity to bring on board a spectrum of additional health
entities that are not currently using telehealth,” says Coetzee.
Coetzee will look to install Vivid’s ‘telehealth’ equipment in Samoa, Tonga and Niue, having recently completed a
network in the Cook Islands to link facilities and health professionals with each other and with health professionals
back in New Zealand.
Vivid Solutions CEO, Miles Smith, says “Stephan’s astute business acumen and knowledge in health and IT will enable him
to excel in this key company role.”
Coetzee says he is excited to be part of such an agile, enthusiastic and dynamic team. “Being in a growth phase offers
exciting opportunities and challenges for our company. The future of telehealth in New Zealand looks bright,” he says.
“The use of video conferencing as a day-to-day communication and collaboration tool is increasing exponentially across
all sectors in healthcare. We are proud and fortunate to be in the centre of this exciting industry and ahead of the
technology curve and our competition. Our motto is to do more, do it first and do it better than the rest.”
Most recently Coetzee was the national sales executive for Orion Health – New Zealand’s largest privately owned software
exporter and a global leader in eHealth technology.
Coetzee has also held previous roles as sales executive for Unified Communications with Asnet Technologies, head of
implementations at Intrahealth Systems, and worked with Medtech Global.
About Vivid Solutions
Vivid Solutions is New Zealand’s largest provider of video conferencing equipment and technology for the health
industry. The system, instigated, shaped and tested by the New Zealand health sector has been successfully operating
across the primary, secondary and tertiary health sector for well over a decade.
The Vivid Solutions Video Network links clinicians from almost every DHB in the country to the greater health landscape.
It is the largest privately owned and managed video conferencing health network in Australasia.