2degrees
Stephen Kurzeja is currently the Chief Technology & Information Officer at 2degrees, formed after the merger with Vocus NZ. Prior to this, Stephen held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Vocus Group New Zealand and Senior Systems Specialist at Callplus Limited. Their experience also includes being a Senior Software Developer/Senior Systems Engineer at Maxnet/Maximum Internet Limited and a Software Developer at Firstbase. Stephen has a Master's degree in Physics from The University of Auckland and a Bachelor's degree in Maths & Physics from The University of Waikato.
2degrees
2degrees is a full service telecommunications provider. We launched in 2009, significantly lowering the cost of mobile for Kiwis, but we've actually been around a little while longer. Back in the 90s a visionary group of Maori challenged the crown through the Treaty of Waitangi and won the rights to 3G spectrum. Despite financial and regulatory adversity a Maori Trust (Hautaki) was established with the challenge of launching New Zealand’s third mobile network. Since then, we’ve been busy. We have built a brand new mobile network, helping us to cover 98.5% of the places Kiwis live and work. In March 2015 we also acquired NZ's fourth largest ISP (Snap), and now offer internet services as well as mobile to Kiwis across the country. We all really believe in what we are trying to accomplish for our customers and New Zealand. We’ve even been lucky enough to be recognised for it along the way, with a number of awards for our customer service over the years.