Chris Stevens, Operational Technology Adviser, Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Chris Stevens is Managing Director of CartGiS Pty Ltd, an emergency management, GIS and Mapping and communications consultancy company based in Melbourne. Chris has extensive experience in LMR/LTE network design, planning and implementation as well as GIS and mapping application, computer aided dispatch design and commissioning. Chris is an industry leader in systems integration, thinking outside the box and providing client centric outcomes aimed at information sharing and interoperability. Chris is and is Vice-President of the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association and MC of the Comms Connect Critical Communication Conference Series. He also holds the role as Operational Technology Adviser for New Zealand, for which he has held since 2010.