Gavin Thompson

Gavin is a founder and director of Catalyst IT, New Zealand's largest open-source IT service provider. His background is in software development and delivery, and he has over 30 years' experience in software systems in the manufacturing, engineering, financial, and government sectors. Gavin is also a director on the board of Catalyst Cloud, a company which grew from an infrastructure platform for the Catalyst business into a provider of cloud services for Aotearoa. Gavin is passionate about open source and open standards software and systems which allow a collaborative and effective approach to delivering secure, resilient and innovative solutions.

Education

Background in software development and delivery

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