The power of connection

We are here to help businesses across New Zealand and Australia do more through being connected. Our special sauce comes down to the data-driven insights we provide to enable you to drive productivity and profitability through making the best possible decisions, and by doing what we say we’ll do when we say we’ll do it.

Lightwire team helps you get the most out of data and voice solutions

About Lightwire

Lightwire is an ISP with 15 years of operational history across New Zealand and Australia.

Lightwire Business is dedicated to providing the best possible experience in connectivity via internet, bespoke WANs, Teams Calling, managed 3CX services and managed hardware to businesses through wholesale, channel, and enterprise markets.

We are also New Zealand’s largest independent wireless services provider with 8,000+ connected end points across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, and are currently contracted to deploy RBI2+, Rural Capacity Upgrade (RCU), and Marae Digital Connectivity programs through the New Zealand Government.

Through our New Zealand and Australian operations, we are committed to delivering fast, reliable Trans-Tasman broadband solutions for clients on either side of the ditch. And to give our clients the ultimate broadband experience, we don’t just look for a better solution, we create one.

MEET THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

We corned a bunch of the senior leadership team and got them to provide some thoughts on their time at Lightwire, key moments, success stories, and their own journeys.

Core Values

We Care

We are focused on the best outcomes for our customers, communities, and team.

We Grow as People

We foster and challenge a highly capable and motivated team to be a bit better every day.

We Are Experts

We are a talented and collaborative team who work together to create smart and innovative solutions.

We Can Do It

No problem is too big. We are trustworthy, resourceful problem solvers who get the job done.

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Careers at Lightwire

Disclaimer, we don’t have a fussball or ping-pong table, but we do have a program that adds real benefits that create genuine wellbeing to the team.

At Lightwire we strive to understand the needs of our people and align our efforts with these to ensure every team member feels valued for the contribution they make. 

Once someone joins the Lightwire team, they rarely leave. Check out what a career at Lightwire looks like and current job openings.

Great connectivity starts with great people

We’re a team of 50+ like minded people living and working in 3 countries. We’re working hard to build a diverse and collaborative team that can empathise with each other and our clients to solve hard problems and build solutions that we can be proud of.

We’re comfortable being the genuises behind the scenes, but sometimes people want to know who we are. Here are a few of the key people you are likely to cross paths with when working with Lightwire Business.

Brendan Ritchie

Brendan Ritchie

Chief Customer Officer
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Nick Phillips

Nick Phillips

Head of Business
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Marric Gassner

Marric Gassner

Business Development & Account Manager
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Elliot Newton

Elliot Newton

Business Development & Account Manager
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Celeste v/d Berg

Celeste van den Berg

Sales Support
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Lars Asveld

Lars Asveld

Marketing Guy
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David Rowe

David Rowe

Head of Service
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Olivia Miller

Olivia Miller

Customer Experience & Design Lead
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Juan van Rooyen

Juan van Rooyen

Voice Architect
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Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson

Senior Solutions Architect
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Nuwan Naththandige

Nuwan Naththandige

Cyber Security Engineer
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Chaz Goodare

Chaz Goodare

Senior Software Developer
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Stephanie Pullon

Stephanie Pullon

Head of DevOps

Stephanie Whittred

Stephanie Whittred

Business Development & Account Manager
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Romain Pondard

Romain Pondard

Digital Content Lead
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Daniel Oosterwijk

Daniel Oosterwijk

DevOps Engineer
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