Campbell’s extensive practical experience led to his profound realisation: the keys to a successful career are not found solely in technical excellence.

Let’s be clear, technical excellence is a critical prerequisite for career success, but by itself, it’s not enough.

Instead career success needs you to learn, internalise, and implement the personal skills that make us human and differentiate us from Algorithms, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence.

Campbell has an Electrical Engineering Degree and an expansive career spanning IT Support and Technical Management, Project Management, Technical Sales, Technical Marketing, Account Management, Digital Imaging Bureau Management, ERP Implementations, IT Management and Senior Leadership.

Key career highlights:

1    10 years as Head of IT for Bidfood one of NZs top 50 companies building technology platforms and IT team to help grow the company from just under $400 million turnover to over $1.2Billion turnover

2    A 3-year stint, based in Silicon Valley, running IT for the US arm of a UK based global organisation. Heading up the project to roll out a JD Edwards ERP implementation across the US business and on the global steering group. Including a 3-month expanded role managing both US and UK IT operations while a replacement IT head was recruited for the UK operation.

Campbell has been a regular contributor for the NZ CIO website and shares a weekly video post, on LinkedIn, on human skills (soft skills), lifelong learning and the value of building a quality network.
He has had spoken on stage multiple times at the NZ CIO Summit, as well as at internal events and meetings for high profile New Zealand businesses and organisations

Having worked in New Zealand, Australia, USA and the UK, for small businesses and start-ups, medium sized and large organisations and in both vendor and end-user environments, Campbell understands what it takes to help individuals, team leads, managers and leaders succeed.

It is this experience and knowledge that underpins everything we do at Integration Catalyst.

The Integration Catalyst Method

The Integration Catalyst Method developed out of Campbell’s experience in the trenches. It is informed by all of Campbell’s knowledge, experience, and passion to help others succeed. He continues to focus his enthusiasm and curiosity on finding new insights, and practical approaches, to make a difference in a significant number of IT professionals’ lives.

Campbell’s seen the massive value, great IT and technical professionals, managers and leaders can bring to their colleagues, their teams, and their businesses.

This evolved to his insight of a fundamental truth: that the non-technical self-management skills and interpersonal/people skills are as important, if not more so, than technical skills for career success. It’s the unstructured stuff, that’s not taught at school, or at university that’s the missing critical factor makes all the difference to building and achieving a successful career.

Campbell draws together his deep knowledge and experience with a strong desire to help, guide, educate, mentor, and coach those that are motivated to achieve success in their careers. He understands what to focus on to have the greatest impact in the shortest time, and what to do to ensure long and exponential growth in your career.

Just like successful athletes and those driven to succeed have coaches, Campbell brings this capability to self-motivated IT professionals, who recognise the immense value of help, guidance, education, mentoring, and coaching.

Contact us today to start the evolution of your human skills and build the foundations of a successful IT career.