Shane Ormsby, one of the New Zealand broadcast industry’s best-known and most experienced professionals, has joined Magna Systems & Engineering as technical sales manager for their New Zealand office.
Ormsby, is widely appreciated as one of NZ’s most accomplished consulting technical broadcast specialists, with a successful career that includes operations and technology management, business development and sales account management in the NZ broadcast industry.
Most recently Ormsby enjoyed considerable success as MD of Pacific Broadcast Consulting NZ and he’s also held senior positions with similar success at Amber Technology NZ, Quinto NZ, Sony NZ and SKY Network Television NZ amongst others.
Magna group CEO Matthew Clemesha said, “Our goal is to be New Zealand’s leading provider of tailored services and solutions across media and entertainment, telco and government Industries. Shane is the ideal person to help us achieve this goal as he’s a highly experienced, well respected results-orientated professional who is known for understanding and taking care of the needs of every client. Shane’s expertise is also a perfect fit with our clients in NZ as they range in size from small privately-owned firms to NZX listed television networks, telcos and government departments. Ultimately Shane is a great asset and addition to our team.”
Ormsby will be working closely with Magna’s newly-promoted group sales manager, Paul Maroni, to develop relationships and further grow the company’s client base across New Zealand.
In his role as Magna’s technical sales manager in NZ Ormsby is also responsible for completely managing the sales process from lead qualifications through to final purchase. He will be identifying new opportunities for Magna by establishing and nurturing relationships with all customer stakeholders and will be the company’s main point of contact for online demonstrations, webinars and face to face meetings with clients, vendors and product specialists.
Commenting on his new appointment Shane Ormsby said, “It’s an exciting time to be joining Magna Systems in New Zealand as they are truly one of the only companies who are still pursuing new technologies, new markets and innovative new solutions. My experience and Magna’s history have a lot in common as we have both sold multimillion dollar broadcast systems to and successfully planned and implemented complex systems for New Zealand’s key broadcast companies. We also share a common vision for the potential of the region which makes the future of the NZ market even more exciting.”
Shane Ormsby can be contacted at Magna Systems & Engineering NZ on +64 9 520 1582 or at SOrmsby@magnasys.tv