Management Team
Mr Paul Collins
Managing Director
Paul has a variety of experience in the public and private sectors as well as private business ownership. As founder of Car Parking Technologies (formally Meter Eye) his key strength is identifying business opportunities and drawing upon his own and others expertise to develop innovative technical solutions to take them through to commercial reality. In this regard, Paul and Roly Rogers share a particularly close and successful collaboration which has been the cornerstone of Car Parking Technologies’s technological advancement.
During his tenure at Car Parking Technologies Paul has developed a reputation as an expert in the field of parking management and his advice is regularly sought by parking retailers, regulatory authorities and parking management companies alike. His exposure to all facets of the parking industry from product design and installation, integration of hardware and software solutions through to high level analysis of management and statistical requirements makes him well placed to consult and advise on parking management solutions at all levels.
Mr Roly Rogers
Technical Director
Roly was an early pioneer of wireless solutions. He has been responsible for the creation and implementation of a number of world first wireless applications.
Roly is the founder of ECONZ Wireless, a New Zealand based software and technology company now in its 40th year of trading. He initiated the provision of wireless solutions at ECONZ with a ground breaking wireless fleet control system for the St John Ambulance Service in 1984. This lead to the deployment of further wireless work management systems within New Zealand and overseas, several of which have won industry awards. ECONZ was also responsible for developing the system used to capture data for the America’s cup fleet, which drove the globally televised Virtual Spectator real-time animation.
Roly has applied his extensive experience with software, wireless technology and innovative thinking to Car Parking Technologies’s research and development programme. In conjunction with Paul Collins, he continues to develop leading edge products and systems for Car Parking Technologies.
Mr Andrew Perrier
Global Sales and Marketing Manager
Andrew brings a wealth of international business development experience to Car Parking Technologies including the last five years in the parking industry throughout Australasia and the Middle East. Prior to joining Car Parking Technologies Andrew was General Manager for car park ticket manufacturer Premier Business Print. Other international business development roles have included International Sales Manager for NZ Post subsidiary Datamail, and Managing Director India and Asia-Pacific for US based Information Management Research (now Captaris).
Andrew is a past board member of the NZ Sales and Marketing Institute and holds an MBA from Massey University.
Mr Richard Ludbrook
Chief Financial Officer
Richard was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Car Parking Technologies in February 2011 having previously been employed by Meter Eye since early 2009. Richard has responsibility for Car Parking Technologies’ financial planning and reporting, legal and information systems.
Richard has over 15 years’ finance and management experience and has held a variety of positions in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom including roles at Ernst & Young, Telecom NZ, and was most recently General Manager Operations of an import/distribution business.
Richard holds a BCom and a Post Grad Diploma in Commerce, is a member of NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants and the NZ Institute of Directors.