Our facilitators

Equinox IT facilitators are expert practising consultants who have been certified to instruct. They work on tough client projects daily, doing the work that they train on.

Alison Fromont

Alison is an experienced consultant and facilitator with a specialist focus on business analysis, requirements and process improvement. She is an Equinox IT associate and works with us delivering client consulting services and business analysis training.

Andrew McDowell

Andrew McDowell

Andrew is a principal consultant with extensive consulting, software development and solution architecture experience. His specialist focus helps clients to adopt DevOps approaches that maximise the value of their software development. See Andrew's full Equinox IT profile.

Brent Mannering

Brent Mannering

Brent is a DevOps architect with extensive Agile, software development and cloud architecture knowledge. He helps clients to realise business value from DevOps adoption and scaling in the cloud. Brent's experience comes from his work across several industries in the private sector, from finance and stock markets to manufacturing and distribution. See Brent's full Equinox IT profile.

Grant Simpson

Grant Simpson is a pragmatic leader of transformational change and strategic programmes with experience in SaaS, application development, ICT and infrastructure businesses. He has portfolio and project management expertise and has led programme practice change from waterfall to agile. Grant has strong commercial, financial and delivery capabilities. See Grants's full Equinox IT profile

Jason Swain

Jason Swain

Jason is a solution architect with over 20 years' experience working in government, banking and telecommunications industries. He works with clients to build secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient systems. See Jason's full Equinox IT profile.

Jinny Nawaz

Jinny Nawaz

Jinny is an experienced system and application support analyst with knowledge and skills in online platforms and technology. Working with people is a key motivator for her. She wants to understand their drivers, how they want to use systems and optimise that experience. See Jinny's full Equinox IT profile.

John Barris

John Barris

John is a principal consultant with extensive experience in business analysis and business change. He helps identify the requirements necessary to drive business change and provides our clients with the clarity needed to deliver it. John is also a certified training instructor. See John's full Equinox IT profile.

Michael K Sahota

Michael K Sahota

Toronto-based Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) Michael K Sahota partners with Equinox Training to deliver leadership courses to New Zealand professionals. Michael teaches leaders how to create high-performance organisations in both 'live online' and 'in-person' training formats. Follow the links below to find out more about Michael's course offerings:
Leading Evolutionary Organizations (Certified Agile Leadership - CAL1)

Leading Evolutionary Organizations Masterclass (Certified Agile Leadership – CAL2)

Nick Gubb

Nick Gubb

Nick is a senior consultant with experience in delivering solutions in ways of working. With experience in government, banking and retail industries, he works with clients to empower their teams to deliver value to their customers. See Nick's full Equinox IT profile.

Paul Ramsay

Paul Ramsay

Paul is one of Equinox IT's founders and is our company chairman. He is also a principal consultant with extensive experience in IT management, programme management, IT governance and assurance. He helps our clients manage their IT portfolios to successfully deliver the benefits required by their organisations. See Paul's full Equinox IT profile.