March 2006

Who's who in New Zealand ICT

Roger Cockayne Managing director, Revera

Roger Cockayne was CEO of Hosting and Data Centre Services, also known as HdS, which bought out the shares (49 per cent) of partner Hitachi Data Systems.

 The directors, who had originally thought keeping the same initials was a good idea at the time of the partnership with Hitachi, had considered a name change and chose Revera (Latin for "in truth") following the buyout in late 2005.

"It separates us from the old name related to storage hardware... it helps us because we can act more freely in the market," says Cockayne, who adds Revera has experienced a lot of "organic growth" in the past year.

For Cockayne, it is imperative one thing remains constant at Revera - any issue will be dealt with in this order: Customer, team, money.

"We have got a great culture thing going in this company. I want it to continue. Otherwise, I’d retire."