Ko Ngongotahā, ko Mauao, ko Taiarahia, ko Hikurangi ngā maunga
Ko Te Arawa, ko Tākitimu, ko Mātaatua, ko Horouta ngā waka
Ko Ngāti Whakaue, ko Ngāti Ranginui, ko Ngāi Tūhoe, ko Ngāti Porou ngā iwi
Ko Zane Tait tōku ingoa
Zane Tait (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou) is a Senior Technical Architect and Developer and leading Cybersecurity professional with more than two decades of experience designing and engineering enterprise cloud solutions across some of Aotearoa's largest public-sector and private-sector organisations. He currently consults in Cybersecurity and Technical Architecture across Cloud, Data and AI technologies, and has previously consulted for various New Zealand Government agencies, having held senior cybersecurity, architecture, engineering and leadership roles with the Ministry for Regulation, Ministry of Health, the New Zealand Transport Agency, Airways New Zealand, and Antarctica New Zealand.
Zane continues to be involved in some of New Zealand's largest technology projects across the Cybersecurity, Data/AI, Infrastructure, Networking and Integration spaces as a Director of his company, Authorised IT. He also engages as a Lead Architect and Senior Developer on various other technology projects.
As a leader, Zane is known as the go-to person on any high performing tech team — someone influential who mentors and inspires everyone from executive leadership through to the engineers at the coalface, and who has a gift for translating complex technical concepts into language that any audience can understand and act on.
Outside of work he is devoted to his Faith, his Wife (Anihera) and his three children (Kiara, Kyon and Kyro) and serving his local community. He is a passionate follower of Rugby and Rugby League, and an unapologetic technology enthusiast.
