Wise Group
Mark Thorn has extensive experience in information services, currently serving as General Manager Information Services at Wise Group since April 2006, having previously held roles as Information Services Manager and Infrastructure Team Lead within the same organization. Prior to joining Wise Group, Mark was a Senior Systems Engineer at Servista for a short period in 2005, and an Infrastructure Engineer on the Intel Team at EDS, an HP Company, from late 2004 to early 2005. Earlier in their career, Mark worked as an Infrastructure Engineer at Unisys from June 2002 to February 2004. Mark holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Resources and Environmental Planning from The University of Waikato, where studies were completed from 1992 to 1994, along with additional educational qualifications from the Blueprint Centre for Learning.
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Wise Group
At the Wise Group we believe in valuing people and touching lives and we pour our hearts into making that a reality every day. We operate in New Zealand's mental health and addictions sector and are one of the largest non government providers in the sector. From humble beginnings nearly 30 years ago, today we employ over 1,500 staff throughout the country, working in areas from frontline service to software development. We have a parent and subsidiary structure encompassing a family of charitable entities, all linked by a common dream. Our structure nurtures synergy and innovation, and means we’re transparent and accountable. Our family includes: • Wise Management Services • Pathways • Real • Te Pou • Le Va • Workwise • Wild Bamboo • LinkPeople • The People's Project • Housing First Auckland Here's what drives us: Each year our Group works with thousands of New Zealanders and their families. We provide people with a broad range of community-based mental health and wellness services. In doing so we dramatically reduce their need for high-cost hospital and acute services and help people have happier, more fulfilling and more productive lives. Each year the Group's housing services help people find and live in affordable homes, also helping them appreciate the rights and responsibilities of being tenants and managing homes. Each year the Group's employment agency helps people who experience a serious mental health condition get off benefits, become financially independent and reclaim their self-esteem by finding and retaining paid jobs. Each year people throughout the country attend professional development programmes through the Group's NZQA certified training organisation. Each year thousands of mental health professionals in the public and private sector are supported and developed via the Group's national workforce development organisation. Together we make a real difference by creating connections to support people to find and live their dreams.