Ryan Clements

Ryan Clements has extensive work experience in the field of information technology, particularly in geographic information systems (GIS). Ryan began their career at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (NZ) as a GIS Officer in 1993. Ryan then worked at Lincoln University as an Analyst and Technical Support for GIS, along with tutoring responsibilities, from 1995 to 1999. Ryan then joined Precision Programming Ltd as a Support Analyst/Consultant for a year before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited as a Contract IT Support Professional. In 2001, they joined Connell Wagner as a Senior GIS Analyst and Team Leader until 2003. From 2003 to 2015, Ryan worked at the Queenstown Lakes District Council, initially as a GIS Administrator/Team Leader and later as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsible for managing the Knowledge Management group. In 2015, they briefly served as the Acting CIO at the same organization.

Ryan Clements obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PG DipSci) from the University of Otago, where they specialized in Land and Spatial Information. Ryan attended the university from 1990 to 1995.