Meet the Executive Team

Vaughan Keenan

Vaughan heads our Customer Success Team which is responsible for deployment and maintaining our product and services, managing customer relations and account management.

Originally from Wellington New Zealand, he is proud to call Christchurch home after living there for the past 9-years. He lives with his partner of 21 years, two children aged 4 and 7, and their dog Jiro. 

In his spare time, readers will likely find him either walking with his family on a beach or in the hills around Christchurch or working on building projects around their home. 

In the past, he has been a professional chef specializing in French cuisine.

Paul Stevens

Paul leads our Technology Team and is responsible for developing and supporting our technology products and services, as well as helping to vet and select third-party technology partners. The systems we supply are based on our own core proprietary technologies from which quite a number of other third-party technologies are integrated.

He has over 25 years of experience in software design and development. Paul also has 15 years of customer-facing development as an owner and part owner of his own bespoke software and software support business.

His software development and technology experience span Business Intelligence, ERP, Enterprise Procurement, Infrastructure maintenance and engineering, Government Statistics, Plumbing, Construction, Global Charities, Spatial Analysis, GIS, 3D Terrain Modelling, Agricultural Disease Control industries.

Paul has certifications in Rational Rose Business Analysis, SQL Server design and development, MapInfo development, Pivotal Development, SAP Financial Processes, NetSuite Scripting and Customization.

When not at work, Paul can be seen mountain running in Wilderness areas. He has also competed at two Junior World Gold Championships, been a photojournalist, and a Football Association referee.

Patrick O'Donnell

Patrick O'Donnell is head of the sales team for Connexionz and is a passionate transit market innovator and advisor. He coordinates his team to bring home new customer sales - reaching out, evangelizing our products and services, gathering intelligence, and supporting our efforts to put together proposals.

Patrick is located in Omaha, Nebraska in the Midwest of the United States of America. He has a master’s degree in business with an emphasis in streetwise economics and has taught university-level business, economics, and marketing courses for over twenty years.

Part of his job is to find agencies looking for Intelligent Transit Systems (ITS) and related products and services; and to identify their needs, how far they are along in procuring a system, and how we can help.

Angela Gartery 

Angela looks after our finance and administration matters. She is responsible for managing our accounts, liaising with auditors, producing our internal and external reports as well as ensuring that we fulfil all our tax obligations in both New Zealand and abroad.

She has over 30 years of accounting experience in private practice, property management, retailing, manufacturing, agricultural marketing, and research industries.

Angela and her family live on a lifestyle block in Canterbury. Outside of work she likes to keep active enjoying the outdoors and appreciating the beauty of New Zealand.