EXECUTIVE WATCH


Trevor McIntyre CEO of TracPlus tracking and communication service By Rick Weatherford


TracPlus coordinates collaboration and communication between first responders on a shared platform that has now logged 6,500,000 flight hours – which seems to approximate the number of academic credit hours the New Zealand technology company’s CEO has accumulated. Trevor McIntyre has a bachelor’s and postgraduate degrees from Rhodes University in his native land of South Africa, as well as a further postgraduate degree from the University of Natal and a master’s (with first-class honors) from the National College of Ireland.


Then there are his two professional charters. He’s a Chartered Accountant through his fellowship in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and


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Wales and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. That’s impressive book cracking.


However, you’d be mistaken if you deemed McIntyre an ivory tower student detached from the real business world. Most of those degrees were earned in night classes while he pursued his career in the light of day with Big Four accounting consulting firms such as KPMG and PwC, helping companies recognize their strengths and find their sometimes hidden flaws.


“Studying that way (at night) taught me how to manage my time effectively, and that you can fit more into your life than you believe that you can. I believe that education is a key part of constantly striving to improve


yourself. My parents were both teachers and really emphasized the importance of lifelong learning to my brothers and I. It is a key part of what I try to embed into my teams,” McIntyre says.


Guiding Values


Perhaps it’s this contrasting combo of gritty night school work and tony formal consulting that prompts the CEO to begin his corporation’s official list of guiding values with this #1 principle:


• Don’t be a dick. “Simply do as the value says, don’t be a dick!” he elaborates. “We call out others who are behaving in a dickish manner.”


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