Key Personnel

Ken Stevens is Chairman and Managing Director of Glidepath, the company he started 36 years ago and still owns.
From 1972 when Ken founded Glidepath he opened offices and facilities in New Zealand, Australia, China, India, UAE, Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru and Chile concentrating on baggage handling equipment and projects.

Ken's expertise was initially in product design and then in Glidepath's market development where he has built strong relationships in a great many North American, Asian and Pacific countries.

His role today is to lead the internationalisation of the company to spearhead the next era of growth, working with the growing team of Glidepath people from many different countries and cultures and network of valued customers, colleagues, friends, partners and agents where the Glidepath brand is well known and respected

Ken will continue to play a key role in a range of organisations and activities to promote New Zealand business and international co-operation including as a Board Member and Trustee of the Asia-New Zealand Foundation and as Chairman of Export New Zealand.

Ken was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to exporting by the Queen in the 2008 New Year's Honours.

Wayne joined Glidepath in 2002 bringing extensive financial experience at an international level to the Group.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Auckland and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Wayne’s experience prior to joining Glidepath has been focused on the primary sector where he has held senior financial positions with New Zealand kiwifruit exporter, Zespri International, US listed forestry multinational Rayonier, Carter Holt Harvey and financial services provider KPMG.

Ed brings to Glidepath extensive management experience of multi-disciplinary construction businesses at an executive level. Ed has a civil engineering background, and, prior to joining Glidepath in 2004, has spent 35 years in the construction industry involved in major capital works projects.

After graduating from Auckland University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, Ed was involved in NZ in both the development of the Tongariro Hydro Power Scheme and later the construction of Motunui Gas to Gasoline project.

Ed also has a wealth of international experience. With Downer he set up and developed a construction business in Paua NewGuinea and later moved to Hong Kong as an executive director where the company was involved in major infrastructure works for the new Hong Kong airport.

Ed also managed the business interests of a large German construction company in the Philippines, and on contract completion in 2002 returned to NZ as a business consultant, working mainly with construction related businesses.

John has worked within the baggage handling industry for 10 years. He started as a software engineer working on the Auckland International Airport BHS in 1996. Since then he has been involved in all major baggage sortation projects for Glidepath.

John's roles included programming, commissioning management, project management and system design. John has been involved in the automation industry since 1989 in numerous roles including PCB design, production automation, application engineering and sales & marketing.

Ian joined Glidepath in November 2006. He is a mechanical engineer with a wide range of experience in Project Management as well as general business management.

Ian has over 25 years experience in multi-disciplined construction projects having worked successfully at senior levels for major construction companies.

Ian has been responsible for all aspects of Project Management associated with the completion of large projects both within New Zealand and overseas including engineering, procurement and construction.

Matt opened the engineering and manufacturing facility in Dallas, TX in 2004. He brought talents to Glidepath which includes marketing, e-business, corporate administration, system architecture and general management. Matt has formally worked in the telecommunications industry where he was accountable for sales teams in North America and Europe.

Matt holds a Bachelors degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas.

David leads the Sales and Marketing team in North America. He originally joined Glidepath New Zealand in 1998 as a Controls/Commissioning engineer working on BHS Sortation projects. Dave relocated to Glidepath Canada in 2000 and served as the Controls Project Manager for many prominent projects at the Vancouver International airport. He subsequently managed the Vancouver Regional Office, providing sales and project support for Canadian airline and airport clients. 

Prior to joining Glidepath, Dave spent 20 years in the Design and Construction industry, including major materials handling projects.

Dave relocated from Canada to New Zealand to join Glidepath in June 2007 after a lengthy career in the aviation business. He worked on the airline side of the fence for 16 years with Air Canada and on the airport side of the fence for 17 years working at Terminal 3 at Toronto Pearson International Airport. His latest position was General Manager Terminal 3 with responsibility for the operation and maintenance of all aspects (airside and terminal) of Terminal 3, which handled 40+ airlines and 10+ million passengers. 

Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto. He became an accredited member of the International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE) and served as a member of the Board of Examiners.

Dave brings vast airline and airport knowledge better enabling Glidepath to meet the needs of the aviation community and build on potential synergies with other services outside the baggage system.

Rob joined the company in July 07 and is based in our Sydney office.

Rob has been involved in the conveyor belt industry for just on 20 years, having established and run his own business, growing it to one of the largest light to medium duty conveyor belt supply companies in Australia. Rob has worked as a supplier to Glidepath for almost 18 years.

During this period Rob has been involved with belt supply and installation throughout Australia, the Asian Pacific region as well as the US and South America.

Bringing with him a passion for sales excellence and a background of strong long term client relationships, Rob is an ideal addition to our Australian operations.

Tim joined Glidepath in August 2005 as Regional Sales Manager responsible for Asia, Southern Africa and Oceania.

Tim brings with him over 20 years of worldwide experience in technical fields of manufacturing, sales, and project management, having lived for many years in both England and Australia.

He then lived in Hong Kong for 6 years while engaged in mainland projects and as an Asian Technical and Marketing director for a US based multinational before returning to New Zealand.

In New Zealand Tim has held senior management and consulting roles in technology and manufacturing industries.

Jessie Ren has joined Glidepath Limited as regional sales manager for China. She plays a major role for the responsibility of the growth of Glidepath's business in the Chinese market providing local representation.

Jessie completed her BBA in Canada. For many years, she has worked in the China civil airport industry, has participated in airport construction and has a wealth of experience in the overall aviation market.