The Evolution of Cyclone
1984
Dove Electronics established by Murray and Sue Jones
1988
First Cyclone Branded PC sold by Dove Electronics
1993
Cyclone Computer Co Ltd spun out of Dove Electronics to allow increased focus on building high quality, locally-assembled PC’s
Carlton Dustan is appointed General Manager of Cyclone Computers, with 6 staff in Christchurch and 2 staff in Auckland.
1994
Noel Jack establishes Cyclone’s Auckland branch
1996
Richard Morgan takes over as Cyclone’s General Manager
Cyclone sponsors the Tertiary IT Directors conference for the first time
2001
Tracey Thomson establishes Cyclone Wellington branch
2003
Cyclone establishes a software and licensing team including a Microsoft Partnership managed by Tracey Thomson
2009
Only NZ owned local – assembler appointed to the All of Government’s (AOG) Laptops and Desktop Contract for Government supply
2010
Cyclone becomes an Apple Authorized Reseller, employing a number of ex-Renaissance staff
Leigh Gibbard joins Cyclone, as Schools Sales Manager
2011
Cyclone establishes a Dunedin branch
2012
Cyclone ceases to locally assemble PC’s and moves all customers to multinational
2013
Professional Learning and Development (PLD) team established
2014
Cyclone sells its first Managed Services Contract
2017
Cyclone Finance established to assist parents finance a device for students at one-to-one schools
Wins TELA+ contract with Ministry of Education – the single largest notebook deployment and management contract in NZ (commenced March 2018)
2018
Cyclone establishes a National Service Desk
2019
Cyclone has 120 staff
2020
Cyclone partnered with the Ministry of Education to deploy 35,000+ computers to students as part of the Covid-19 “Working From Home”
2022
Leigh Gibbard becomes CEO
Dan Norton becomes National Sales Manager
Richard Morgan inducted into Reseller News Hall of Fame
Cyclone Wins HP Education Partner of the Year for the ninth year in a row.
2024
Tracey Thomson becomes General Manager of our Licensing Business.
Stefan van der Busse becomes General Manager Services