Stellar
Stellar is New Zealand's leading independent provider of end-to-end Business Intelligence services.
Our vision is to offer New Zealand businesses an unparalleled suite of Business Intelligence services; delivered with the skill, care and commitment of a niche service provider.
Our team of Business Intelligence specialists offers unrivalled strategic thinking and industry experience. We know the hallmarks of successful Business Intelligence programmes and we apply that knowledge to every project we undertake.
We are 100% New Zealand Owned, 100% Independent, and 100% dedicated to Business Intelligence.
Executive Team
Grant Broadbent
Managing Director
A 28 year IT industry veteran specialising in large computer systems, Grant has worked in a wide range of consulting and sales roles for NCR/Teradata, Oracle, Prism Solutions and EMC. Grant has been involved in sales and delivery of Data Warehousing solutions since the late 1980s and has worked with NZ's most innovative companies in the telecommunications, financial services, and retail sectors.
Grant Hunkin
Principal Consultant
Grant has over 13 years experience delivering IT solutions in New Zealand and abroad. For the vast majority of that time he has specialised in strategic planning, management and implementation of complete Business Intelligence solutions. Grant has a consummate knowledge of the Business Intelligence industry and offers broad experience in many business sectors including insurance, airline, retail, finance, forestry and energy utilities.
Before joining Stellar, Grant was the Business Intelligence Practice Lead for HP New Zealand.
John McDermott
Principal Consultant
John has extensive experience in the design, build and management of Business Intelligence solutions. Prior to establishing Stellar, John held senior consulting positions with both Hewlett Packard and CapGemini New Zealand, and has also worked in various Business Intelligence roles across the UK and Asia.
John’s strong technical background and excellent leadership abilities have seen him work with some of New Zealand’s leading companies in a number of business sectors including dairy, electricity, telecoms, and airline. In a previous life, John has seen international success in rowing; however, his spare time is now mostly divided between his young family and his renewed passion for skiing and cycling.
Travis Barker
Principal Consultant
Travis has been providing Business Intelligence services to some of New Zealand’s leading organisations in the utilities, insurance, banking, FMCG and local government sectors for the past seven years. Travis focuses on the architecture and delivery of high-end Business Intelligence solutions and has most recently lead significant data warehousing and reporting implementations at two of the country's largest electricity companies and a prominent health foods manufacturer.
He has a first class honours degree in information systems and post graduate qualifications in business and management. Travis has been a passionate rugby player for a good part of his life, but has recently hung up his boots to spend more time with his young family and concentrate on his favoured pastime of long distance trail running.