Bob Stokes
Managing Director
Max Parkin
Chairman
Steve Couper
Director
Martin Seifert
Technical Manager
Deepak Joseph
Sales and Marketing Manager
Riki Te Wharau
Manager MES
Nicola Parnham
Finance Manager
Managing Director
Chairman
Director
Technical Manager
Sales and Marketing Manager
Manager MES
Finance Manager
Bob has 35 years experience in the dairy industry having worked for Fonterra for 20 years primarily in the IT sector but also bridging the gap between IT, automation and control.
He was responsible for many key applications – transport scheduling, mass balancing, OEE MOM, financial modelling of plants, production scheduling and planning, and product analysis and grading applications.
Bob has been Managing Director of CTEK since its formation in September 2004 – growing the business towards $15M turnover.
Max is an executive industry leader within the global dairy industry with 37 years’ experience in Fonterra from graduate to reporting direct to the CEO. He was formally CEO of an independent dairy company and has been a member of all senior industry committees in New Zealand whose activities culminated in the formation of Fonterra.
He was Global Manufacturing & Milk Supply Director on formation of Fonterra.
Max became Director of International Manufacturing for Fonterra responsible for formation of joint ventures in five continents.
Max is currently an active Board member on a variety of food based companies.
He has experience with a series of mergers culminating in leading the Fonterra merger of many distinct manufacturing and milk supply cultures, meeting all targets and goals in year one.
Steve is an engineer with substantial commercial acumen and vision around strategies for business growth, working initially in research and development followed by 20 years in the private sector leading teams in engineering and technology companies. The last 10 years have included leading the management buyout of AWT, growing the business four fold and then leading the acquisition negotiations for the sale of AWT to Mott MacDonald Group.
He has a proven track record with developing and directing business activities of an SME increasing both turn over and profitability on either side of the Tasman. Leading the growth of AWT into the water technology space including the development of new markets and innovative cloud based software to deliver technical services.
Steve is a respected player within the New Zealand Water industry at a national level and in Australia through a number of governance/leadership positions in the sector.
Martin has experience in managing and developing control systems and their components for automotive and industrial designs from the initial specification, conceptual design stage, detailed design, through to FAT and commissioning.
He has worked for a variety of multi discipline engineering projects. His experience encompasses electronic hardware and software design for embedded systems as well as major PLC and SCADA platforms. He has expert knowledge in managing design flows to achieve high quality complying with international standards for quality and safety (ISO9000, TS16949, CMMI, IEC61508).
Martin has over 18 years’ experience working in Automotive, Fertilizer and Dairy Industries. This gives him the ability to design and build control systems which fit customer and regulatory requirements across a range of platforms and standards.
Deepak brings more than 20 years’ experience working in various technical and sales roles. A greater part of his career involves working for global leaders in the industrial water treatment segment where he was responsible for driving strategy and growth initiatives.
He brings with him managerial experience in Dairy, Food & Beverage, and manufacturing sectors including strategic planning, marketing communications and developing excellent relationships with corporate customers across NZ and Australia.
Deepak holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mangalore and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Waikato.
Riki is in his second stint with CTEK having started as an Automation Engineer before gaining 10 years’ experience with Fonterra and has now returned as MES Manager preparing today’s control systems for tomorrow’s needs.
He enjoys engaging directly with customers, supporting them on their Industry 4.0 journey with emphasis on cyber security, asset lifecycle, increased mobility and connectivity, virtual and augmented realities, and IT/OT convergence.
Riki has a demonstrated track record of deploying and supporting control systems, and an ability to manage key relationships and form lasting partnerships.
Nicola has been the Finance Manager for CTEK since its inception. Nicola has developed internal financial reporting systems and controls which have met stringent audit certification processes for CSIA.
She has managed the migration of our internal office applications, ongoing upgrades and interfaces between these applications.
Nicola prepares monthly accounts and financial reporting to the Board.
