Introduction, Adrian Zimmer

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zakblak

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#16786 28-Oct-2007 10:40

Hi members,

Great site, I'm finally joining to hopefully add some experience, and get some answers for tech problems :)

I run an IT services company, we specialis in secure, automatic offsite backup, and other cool stuff like satellite internet etc.

Recently I have been working with Downer EDI in the Wellington region, assisting cusomters with wireless and general PC stuff.

I'm based in Kapiti, have 2.5 children and far too many cars to be considered normal or healthy...

Cheers,

Adrian

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tonyhughes

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#92747 28-Oct-2007 14:28

I suffer the car problem sometimes too. I am down to one at the moment, but have owned WAYYY to many in the past (sometimes up to 5 at a time).

(In the linked forum above, I am user: '6foot7' )

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#92750 28-Oct-2007 15:07

Welcome to GZ!

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zakblak

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#92755 28-Oct-2007 15:47

Hi Tony,

Haha thats quite a collection you've had! :) I think we're down to 10 or 11 vehicles here at the moment (yeah just the two adults here...), I've gotta get some of my lawn back!!

Thanks for the welcome,

AZ

zakblak

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#92756 28-Oct-2007 15:51

Thanks nzbnw :)

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#92775 28-Oct-2007 18:37

Welcome to GZ!

/me wonders if you the Adrian Zimmer that used to work for a certain horsey bank.

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zakblak

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#92788 28-Oct-2007 21:05

Indeed lugh, I am. Were/are you also a horser? Where do/did you work?

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#92802 28-Oct-2007 22:09

"horsey" bank, lol.. I used to call it the "neigh" bank, my current one is the "worm digger" and my old one is the "Bagel bank"

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zakblak

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#92803 28-Oct-2007 22:16

haha :) somewhere, a marketing excetutive is wearing a smile wider than his face... :D

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#92829 29-Oct-2007 07:46

zakblak: Indeed lugh, I am. Were/are you also a horser? Where do/did you work?

Yep, I'm still there. I'm in the Oracle part of the technology area that encompasses a chunk of the team formerly known as Satellite Systems (major IT restructure earlier this year). I remember your name from when I was a higher-level pleb at CSC, and GTM or SDA came online (can't remember which of the two exactly).

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zakblak

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#92847 29-Oct-2007 09:40

Well, nice to re-meet you Rory :)

Ahh yes SatSys, FMS and GTM...I think thats all I lived and breathed there for a while... *shudder* Still, it was a good system for such a small team :)

Are Bogdan and Pavithra still mooching around in Satellite Systems?

(eeps, off-topic...)

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#92849 29-Oct-2007 09:51

Bogdan's now a Domain Architect and Pavithra went off to be a BA in the Corporate & Institutional space.

The IT restructure earlier this year was a major change for us all... new roles and business areas created and others disestablished, and all "functional" areas have been split into support and development. A number of SatSys people have left (e.g. Disco) and some have moved higher up the ranks e.g. Flash is now the manager of the Enterprise Business Systems (SatSys's new name) development team.

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zakblak

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#92851 29-Oct-2007 09:58

GO BOGGY!! :D

Sounds like a lot of changes there, is it still an OK place to work?

Hey could you pm me Flash's email addy so I can get in touch?

Cheers