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Who Are We

GBS was established on 1st July 2002 when two independent GIS consultants decided to capitalise on each other's strengths by forming a business partnership. This decision has paid off for directors Harley Prowse and Tony Elson with GBS now a thriving business, growing year on year.

To find out more about GBS please read our Company Profile (PDF)

Well, that's the official version out of the way. Now here's the one we tell our friends:

Back in the day Harley and Tony worked on their own and were lonely, so they got together and formed GBS. After a couple of years they were tiring of each other. They wanted to mix it up a bit, so they decided to build a team of very clever people around them. In their travels they came across Shane and greatly admired his skills, so they asked him if he wanted to work with them too. Shane said "Ja, okay!". Next came Matt from the Mainland and Sam (who has since moved to Canada on his OE). After that, Loan and Ardeshir joined the crew, then Joanne, our Office Administrator. This year Jan joined to add to the international flavour (i.e South Islanders, South Africans, the Middle East and Germany). Lisa has seen the error of her ways and returned after a few years siesta at Auckland Regional Council/Auckland Transport, and has been joined by our new recruit Alfredo from Spain - Ola!

Staff come and go and all leave their own unique mark on the company. Over the years Justin, Simon and Sam have done just that and then moved on.

So right now GBS are eight guys and two gals who are a truly international team and great at what they do and love doing it.

 

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GBS Vision

The GBS Vision is all about Geospatial Excellence.

Our Mission is to be the "premier independent geospatial services provider in Australasia."

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Who do we work for?

We work with a range of businesses across a range of sectors including Local Government, Utilities, Forestry and more.

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What technology do we use?

We choose technology on the requirements of a project. We're vendor independent - so we're not trying to sell this or that system, we simply let our clients know which are the best tools and technology for the job.

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