Neil Fenemor
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Jamie Baddeley
Neil is a world class Internet and Network Engineer. I've worked with a few in my 20 years of experience and he remains the best. I say that unequivocally. He was a key member of the team that designed, built, maintained, and ran a national telecommunications fibre optic backbone servicing many blue chip customers. That team was 6 people. Gives you a sense of the horsepower. He's also a guy with a tremendous sense of ethics. Of doing the right thing. Doing the right thing for customers and doing the right thing to ensure the network keeps working. No network is too big for Neil.
Sam Sargeant
I've worked with Neil for many years now and have always been impressed by his professionalism and capacity to understand the big picture as well as the technical details. His dedication to customer satisfaction while maintaining a robust and resilient service has made him a pleasure to work alongside. I would have no hesitation recommending Neil to design and operate the biggest networks you can throw at him.
Jamie Baddeley
Neil is a world class Internet and Network Engineer. I've worked with a few in my 20 years of experience and he remains the best. I say that unequivocally. He was a key member of the team that designed, built, maintained, and ran a national telecommunications fibre optic backbone servicing many blue chip customers. That team was 6 people. Gives you a sense of the horsepower. He's also a guy with a tremendous sense of ethics. Of doing the right thing. Doing the right thing for customers and doing the right thing to ensure the network keeps working. No network is too big for Neil.
Sam Sargeant
I've worked with Neil for many years now and have always been impressed by his professionalism and capacity to understand the big picture as well as the technical details. His dedication to customer satisfaction while maintaining a robust and resilient service has made him a pleasure to work alongside. I would have no hesitation recommending Neil to design and operate the biggest networks you can throw at him.
Jamie Baddeley
Neil is a world class Internet and Network Engineer. I've worked with a few in my 20 years of experience and he remains the best. I say that unequivocally. He was a key member of the team that designed, built, maintained, and ran a national telecommunications fibre optic backbone servicing many blue chip customers. That team was 6 people. Gives you a sense of the horsepower. He's also a guy with a tremendous sense of ethics. Of doing the right thing. Doing the right thing for customers and doing the right thing to ensure the network keeps working. No network is too big for Neil.
Sam Sargeant
I've worked with Neil for many years now and have always been impressed by his professionalism and capacity to understand the big picture as well as the technical details. His dedication to customer satisfaction while maintaining a robust and resilient service has made him a pleasure to work alongside. I would have no hesitation recommending Neil to design and operate the biggest networks you can throw at him.
Jamie Baddeley
Neil is a world class Internet and Network Engineer. I've worked with a few in my 20 years of experience and he remains the best. I say that unequivocally. He was a key member of the team that designed, built, maintained, and ran a national telecommunications fibre optic backbone servicing many blue chip customers. That team was 6 people. Gives you a sense of the horsepower. He's also a guy with a tremendous sense of ethics. Of doing the right thing. Doing the right thing for customers and doing the right thing to ensure the network keeps working. No network is too big for Neil.
Sam Sargeant
I've worked with Neil for many years now and have always been impressed by his professionalism and capacity to understand the big picture as well as the technical details. His dedication to customer satisfaction while maintaining a robust and resilient service has made him a pleasure to work alongside. I would have no hesitation recommending Neil to design and operate the biggest networks you can throw at him.
Experience
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REANNZ Ltd.
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New Zealand
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Technology and Architecture
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Jun 2019 - Present
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Acting Chief Executive Officer
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Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
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Acting Chief Executive Officer
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Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
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Head of Technology
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Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
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Voco
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Egypt
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Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Network Consultant
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Mar 2018 - Sep 2018
During my time at Voco, I was involved in several consultancy engagements across many different sectors including large government agencies, NZX listed companies, and the private sector. The engagements covered major digital transformation projects, network architectures, security, wholesale market reviews, and developing forward looking green fields approaches to communications in an industry specific environment. During my time at Voco, I was involved in several consultancy engagements across many different sectors including large government agencies, NZX listed companies, and the private sector. The engagements covered major digital transformation projects, network architectures, security, wholesale market reviews, and developing forward looking green fields approaches to communications in an industry specific environment.
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Consulting Engineer
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Sep 2017 - Mar 2018
As Consulting Engineer, I worked with the REANNZ membership, as well as working closely with the department heads along with members of the executive team to consult on projects, assist with developing strategy and implementation plans, and see engagements through to completion as required. • Creating, documenting, and presenting strategy at all levels of the organisation. • Ensuring pragmatic solutions met all commercial and technical needs. • Built and maintain relationships with key suppliers, customers, and strategic partners. Show less
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Security and National Fibre Network Manager
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Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
• Operational responsibility for the outdoor plant, fibre network, and optical transport network consisting of 4200km of fibre, and circa 30 points of presence. • Developed pragmatic internal cyber security policies through collaboration. • Engage with law enforcement agencies and the Australian and New Zealand government bodies associated with operating a network of national significance. • Review all architectural changes to ensure that cyber security posture is maintained. • Represented the New Zealand architectural team to the group architectural team to ensure alignment between key stakeholders. Show less
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Team Lead Network Engineering NZ
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Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Leading the New Zealand engineering team. Participation in the New Zealand Senior Leadership Team overseeing New Zealand wide operations. Combined responsibilities from my previously held Senior Consulting Engineer and General Manager Network Operations roles at FX Networks. Leading the New Zealand engineering team. Participation in the New Zealand Senior Leadership Team overseeing New Zealand wide operations. Combined responsibilities from my previously held Senior Consulting Engineer and General Manager Network Operations roles at FX Networks.
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FX Networks
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Consulting Engineer
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Aug 2013 - Mar 2015
Drawing on my extensive experience in the industry, I work closely with our product team, operational team, and exec team to assist with projects, architectures, and deployments to ensure the ongoing excellence of product and experience for our customers, partners, and investors.
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General Manager - Network Operations
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Apr 2011 - Aug 2013
I am responsible for all network operations for the only New Zealand carrier network built in this century. FX Networks operates over 3000km of network from the fibre to the services, and everything in between. The role involves managing a large team of engineers, customer facing staff, and fibre optic and civils specialists. As GM Operations, I have been involved in a wide variety of areas, including: - The earthquake recovery response for the earthquake in Christchurch, February 2011, and subsequent internal response review.- Deployment of a large number of Points of Presence around the country.- Instilling an ethos of constant design and process review and improvement across the Operations and Engineering team.- Ensuring that all Service Level Agreements are adhered to. - Overseeing both complex customer and core designs and deployments.- Working closely with all areas of the business on new product development. Show less
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Senior Network Engineer
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Mar 2006 - Apr 2011
During my time as a Senior Network Engineer at FX Networks, I had a number of responsibilities, including:- The architecture, construction, and ongoing maintenance of a carrier grade deployment for ISP, private L2 and L3 WAN, and VoIP services.- The design and implementation of both complex customer and core deployments.- Participated in the deployment of 40+ Points of Presence. - Taking the technical lead on the deployment of IPv6 on the FX Networks ISP and WAN backbone, which was completed in 2009.- Assisting my manager with process design and implementation. Show less
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Trustee
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Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
NZNOG is the New Zealand Network Operators' Group. It is a mailing list hosted by the University of Waikato, and is intended to provide a means of easy collaboration between network operations staff,. The NZNOG Trust was formed in order to facilitate the annual conference and any other activities that may be required. NZNOG runs an annual conference consisting of workshops, tutorials and presentations on various topics of interest to the network operations community. It also provides an excellent opportunity to network with others in the industry. For a number of years, I have been a member of the Organising Committee which is responsible for the running of the conference. I have been heavily involved since 2004, with the final conference I helped organise being held in 2012 in Christchurch. Many of the years were spent heading the Program Committee, which involved the review and selection of the individual talks, and then organisation of the conference program. I am now a Trustee of the NZNOG charitable trust, which is a direction setting position, and providing oversight to the Organising Committee. Show less
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ISP Association of New Zealand (ISPANZ)
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Telecommunications
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Board member
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Jul 2011 - Dec 2013
Board member of ISPANZ a lobbying group representing the country's major ISPs (outside Telecom and TelstraClear). Board member of ISPANZ a lobbying group representing the country's major ISPs (outside Telecom and TelstraClear).
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Tasman Solutions
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United Kingdom
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Facilities Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Manager
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1997 - 2006
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ThePacific.net
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New Zealand
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Retail
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Technical Manager
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2002 - 2005
I assisted in the formation of the company, and then the leading of the technical team. ThePacific.net went on to become one of the awardees of the Government initiative, Project PROBE. This involved the rolling out of a wireless network across the top of the South Island, from Collingwood to Ward, and covering most townships in between. I assisted in the formation of the company, and then the leading of the technical team. ThePacific.net went on to become one of the awardees of the Government initiative, Project PROBE. This involved the rolling out of a wireless network across the top of the South Island, from Collingwood to Ward, and covering most townships in between.
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Education
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1993 - 1997
Waimea College
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