Almost 22 years with the company and today we had the official lunch and giving of gifts etc!
The company started when two guys set up to support the software products of Control Data Corp when that company folded their tents and left New Zealand, as the person with operational responsibility for all aeronautical communications in the Auckland Flight Information Region (about 14% of the Earth's surface if I recall correctly) I was their principal client.
A couple of years later I left that and joined them as some sort of expert and software developer.
I will not pretend that our products are especially clever, quite the opposite I should think, but having had the experience in the field I was able to ensure that our offerings met the clients needs exactly. This simple formula kept the company going for the last two decades and has seen us sell to aviation authorities and airlines in many countries. Including in no particular order: Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Iceland, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, China, UK, Phillipines, Czech Republic, Thailand, Egypt, US Air Force, US Coastguard, Bermuda and no doubt a few that have slipped my ever feebler mind!
Hand shakes all around and backed up my PC for the last time and so ends my 'working life'.
P.S. I forgot Pakistan, Bhutan and Oman!
