User:Slipslap/Connexionz
Connexionz is a New Zealand company initally established in Christchurch, New Zealand in the late 1990s. Connexionz is New Zealand's first Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) solution provider, with the majority of its customers located in North America, but also with signifcant customer base in the UK, Holland, China and Australia, as well as it's home country of New Zealand. The company currently has offices in the both UK and US with its corporate headquaters located in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The company was considered the 'darling' of New Zealand technology industries when it first floated on the NZX in 2008, with Deloitte awarding the company a Fast 500 award for being one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Asia Pacific region. Since 2008 the company has since delisted from the NZX and now trades on New Zealand's alternative market.
The company is probably best known for its involvment in designing and delivering New Zealand's largest passenger information and bus tracking system in its hometown of Christchurch. The Christchurch bus exchange is considered to be New Zealand's busiest, at peak hours servicing over 200 buses an hour servicing over 2 million passengers a year from its Lichfield Street terminal.
Craig Boyce, former Chairman of TV New Zealand and current chairman of Smith's City, another of New Zealand's most presitgious companies, also chairs the board of Connexionz.