Chip Dawson:  

Chip Dawson is the Managing Director for International Business Management Limited, a New Zealand-based management advisory company. He has been responsible for developing strategies and directions in a number of large multi-national organisations in management, sales, marketing, and product direction with such companies as Telecom NZ, Eagle Technologies Group, Mischa Technology Solutions (NZ) Ltd, EMS-Global, Employee Manufacturers Association (EMA), OAS Limited, S-4 Technology, Gen-i, City Design/ Auckland City Council, EmbeddedFusion Ltd., Shop NZ, Comteq Solutions Ltd, etc. Prior to coming to New Zealand in 1989, Chip spent five years with Apple Computer Corporation USA, responsible for a team that managed large corporates and established a distribution model for Apple Computer in California. Chip is an American, and is a permanent resident of New Zealand. With over 34 years experience in the aerospace, computer and IT industry, design graphics, and telecommunications markets, Chip has held numerous senior management roles, including executive vice-president, executive director, and national sales manager positions with Apple Computer Corporation, Telecom New Zealand Ltd., Digital Equipment Corporation, Exicom International Corporation, CLEAR Communications, and Hitachi Data Systems, in New Zealand, USA, Asia, and the UK. Chip provides governance and management guidance for organisations on their Global Strategy. Chip is a professional presenter and advisor for Enterprise Waitakere LaunchPad Project for growing NZ SME businesses a...Expand for more