Our Commitment to Your Success.
As a proudly New Zealand-owned and operated company, we’ve earned our reputation for delivering exceptional IT solutions cost-effectively.
However, our narrative extends beyond ourselves; it revolves around you. Our expertise isn’t solely about the technology itself but rather the transformative capabilities it offers to align with your business objectives. Whether your aspirations involve global expansion, enhanced operations, securing your infrastructure, or fostering a more adaptable workforce, IT plays a pivotal role in realizing those objectives.
We adhere to a business-first approach, blending strategic insight with unmatched technical proficiency to genuinely impact your success. We firmly believe this approach distinguishes us not just as an IT provider but as an invaluable technology partner.
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Our Values
We foster a spirit of partnership, going above and beyond to ensure collective success.
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Collaboration
We foster a spirit of partnership, going above and beyond to ensure collective success.
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Innovation
As technology pioneers, we continuously challenge limits, turning the seemingly impossible into the achievable.
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Excellence
Excellence is not incidental; it stems from focused intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution.
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Passion
Passion fuels our endeavors; we believe in the transformative power of genuine commitment, understanding that true greatness is born from unwavering dedication.
Our leadership team
Brent Larsen
Managing Director
Brent co-founded NSP in 2002 having previously worked for Air New Zealand in both senior sales and marketing roles in New Zealand and Europe. His last role was that of Country Manager, New Zealand responsible for marketing, sales, reservations, retail, loyalty programs and sponsorships. Prior to forming NSP Brent worked for IAS Australasia as Director of Corporate Development for several years.
Geordie Stewart
Chief information Security Officer
Geordie, a seasoned professional in information security, has led security functions for some of Europe’s largest organisations. With a master’s degree with honours in Information Security from London University and a host of technical qualifications, he stands as an expert in the field. A renowned international public speaker, Geordie’s articles on security metrics, awareness training, supply chain assurance, security monitoring, privacy, and ethics have been widely published. His background extends to serving as a trusted advisor for private equity clients, offering expert security advice in transaction due diligence for the SME market.
Harry Van Hees
Technical Delivery Manager
As NSP’s Technical Delivery Manager, Harry ensures seamless technology operations for clients. He specialises in delivering precise, efficient, and secure IT solutions, Harry’s commitment extends to functional documentation, automation, and cloud solutions. His approach consistently yields cost-effective benefits and smoother operations for clients.
Mark Denholm
Customer Services Team Lead
The NSP Team Leader – Customer Service role is the glue that holds NSP client-facing teams together. Responsible for service desk management, customer liaison, engineering resource allocation and SLA management, Mark leads the team with a passion for customer service. Mark’s extensive technical support management experience is instrumental in NSPs 98-100% CSAT scores.
Treasured Moments
World’s First
First in the world to adopt and deploy XEN virtualisation – the foundation of the Citrix Virtualisation suite.
RMS Award Winner
Won the RMS Innovation Partner, Business Partner and Rookie of the Year awards.
Data Integrity
Full disaster recovery for a food distribution company that was totally decimated by fire.
Not one piece of data or day of operation was lost.
Mobile Communications
Designed and deployed Nationwide mobile communications for a transport provider client
ICT award
Finalist for 2017 ICT awards in Business Partner and Corporate Citizen categories
Leading Mobile Phone Payments
Complete design, architecture, integration and deployment of a pre-paid mobile phone payment system for a South American organisation.
Secured Exchange
Designed the enterprise network security and connectivity for a stock exchange partner
VEAAM Innovation
Deployed 40 local servers channelling 45TB of data to a Prague based international organisation.
Medtech Evolution
First in the world to deploy MedTech Evolution Software using Citrix technologies within a sequel ‘always on’ cluster environment.
ROOKIE of the year
NSP won ‘Rookie of the Year’ Managed service awards in 2007
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