Chris

Chris is our specialist. His technical knowledge in pressure systems is incredible. This expertise comes not only from 30+ years of owning a company in the industry but, from as soon as he could walk, he was tagging along behind his father whom was a pioneer in scuba diving in New Zealand and had his own pressure related business. But it does not stop there, Chris is also very knowledgable if the fields of temperature and flow.

Chris spends most of his time at work in the lab (as he likes the climate in there) and does most of the high-end calibration. He provides our sales team with technical support when they come across a 'curly' one. Chris also spends time developing the direction of CPS and working on special projects.

When Chris is not at CPS (which is often) he is either rallying, kayaking or traveling. Chris also likes skiing, diving and mountain biking.

Rotary is another part of Chris's life. He dedicates a lot of time and effort to his Rotary Club (Ellerslie Sunrise) and has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow award in recognition of his efforts.

 

Kirsty
General Manager

Kirsty splits her time between managing the business and sales. She has worked in every role in the company and knows CPS inside out. After 20-odd years with us Kirsty has developed an excellent understanding of the business and in-depth knowledge of our industry. Kirsty enjoys problem solving for clients and likes getting on the tools to make or modify equipment to clients needs. We even call on her superb stainless welding skills on occasion.

As a manager Kirsty's aim is to have a tight knit staff that work well together and that have their skills compliment each other. She believes this is what the CPS family is all about and is what sets CPS apart from its competitors.

Kirsty is a water person, so anything in or around water is what she enjoys doing outside work time (swimming, sailing, fishing, diving, snorkeling). Family holidays are usually spent on the boat or on a Pacific island, which luckily are Gary preference's as well. Family time is very important to Kirsty and weekends are dedicated to maximise this.

Growing up on a farm meant that Kirsty had many pets as a child, and it is now her aim to ensure Logan has all the pets a boy could want. Already the family has a cat, two frogs, tropical fish, bantam chickens, and are soon to add a puppy to the list.

Gary
Sales Manager

Gary enjoys working for a New Zealand owned and operated business where he feels he can supply customers with top-quality products tailored to their specific needs. Before CPS Gary has worked in sales and management roles in a variety of industries, from electrical to yacht charter, and with him brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on engineering experience.

Sailing is Gary's passion and as a professional skipper has sailed in excess of 30,000 miles round the Pacific ocean and beyond. His favourite delivery being a 63 foot luxury catamaran from the Seychelles to New Zealand crossing three oceans and stopping off at places like St Helena Island, The Galapagos Islands, Tonga and Trinidad.

He also enjoys fishing, anything else to do with boats, and spending time with his family.

 

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Maria
Accounts & Website Administrator

Maria sits behind the scenes at CPS but has two important roles in the company, she is both our web guru and accounts person – neither are small tasks. If you have any accounts queries Maria is the person to contact, and when that is not taking up her time, Maria is working on our great website, updating product details, ensuring codes and prices are correct and deciphering Chris's e-mails about what to do next.

Maria's busy day does not finish when she leaves CPS each day. She has two lovely daughters that keep her busy running them to and from school, netball coaching and umpiring, theatre practices, music classes, and so the list goes on. They are talented girls: one is a great singer and guitar player; the other a budding writer. She also has a partner that she somehow manages to find time to spend with.

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Nathan
Calibration Technician

Nathan is new to the CPS team and is based in our New Plymouth temperature and pressure calibration laboratory. He has worked as a calibration technician for the past seven years, and continues this roles with CPS. Nathan has previously worked as a CNC programmer/operator in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

When not a work, Nathan can generally be found at home immersed in some kind of project in his garage, with the support of his wife, Anna, their crazy dog, and affectionate cat. His other passion is to take advantage of the awesome Taranaki coastline, exploring and fishing from his kayak or boat. He also enjoys hunting and getting some speed on his dirt bike.

Mohammed
Manager of Fiji Calibration Lab

Mohammed has an eight year background in the instrumentation  field with the sugar industry in Fiji, with experience with a wide range of brands. This experience has given valuable technical and local knowledge. He also benefits from being multi-lingual.

Mohammed's main role as Business Development Manger for CAS Scales, has lead him to his role in CPS as the companies joint venture in Fiji. He competently runs the CPS Calibration Lab for testing and certifying gauges, relief valves and temperature devices.

All work and no play makes for an unhappy man (and family) so Mohammed enjoys spending as much free time as possible with his wife and three treasured children, who are clearly the apple of his eye. His love of football is clear to all and sunny afternoons you are likely to find him perfecting these skills with his mates at the local park.

Nick

Nick is the newest member to the CPS team. Nick studied engineering before joining CPS and has competed a Diploma of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently finishing off a Bachelor of Engineering Technology at AUT. This has given him a broad technical knowledge base to draw from. Before studying Nick worked in various roles in the printing industry.

When not deciphering Chris's cryptic emails, Nick enjoys diving, surfing and fishing.

Logan
Staff in-training

Logan has been with CPS since late 2009 (when he was born). He is the son of Kirsty and Gary, and he loves coming to work each day to 'borrow' Uncle Chris's tools and entertain the staff during morning tea and lunch.

Outside 'work time' Logan enjoys swimming, holidays on the boat and playing with his cat Floyd.