Paul Daigneault (CEO)
NZCE, Telecoms, NZCCT (Computer Tech),
MBA (Distinction).
Managing Director MiMOMax Wireless Ltd.
Non executive Director Auriga Systems UK Ltd.
With 35 years experience in the Electronics, IT and Telecommunications business, 24 of which have been spent with Tait, Paul has held positions in many Tait divisions including Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Service, General Corporate and Commercial Management. In the Engineering role, Paul’s main achievement was the hands on T300 Base Station equipment designs. Paul has also previously managed a number of the subsidiary organisations, including Tait Communications Ltd the New Zealand operation. Paul was in addition responsible for the establishment and management of the Tait Systems and Solutions division and more recently was the Company Commercial Manager and responsible for company strategy including the Tait digital program and OEM business relationships. Paul has also been responsible for a number of business re-engineering efforts including. Tait Communications Ltd, Tait Systems and Solutions Group and Radio Systems Division , Tait USA & Canada, and Auriga Systems Ltd UK where Paul remains a director. Paul is currently the CEO/ Managing Director of MiMOMax, a sister company to Tait Electronics Ltd.
External to Tait, Paul spent 10 years in electronic distribution as either Sales and Marketing Director or Technical Director for Australasia’s largest component distributor and was also South Island Manager Corporate for Telecom NZ and also spent 2 years in private consulting on business re-engineering projects. Paul has Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering , Electrical and Telecommunications Technologies, Computer Technologies, Physics, and a Masters in Business Administration, with Distinction from Massey University. Paul's general interests include, environmental issues, tree crops, physical fitness and business development.
Doug McConnell (CTO)
BE University of Canterbury NZ
Chief Technical Officer MiMOMax Wireless Ltd.
Doug commenced with Tait in 1974 as a hands-on Development engineer and has 34 continuous years of service in the radio business. Following the successful developmet and implementation of a number of innovative products including a new family of CTCSS (squelch) and high reliability Tone Signalling products, Doug became Development Manager for the Tait Base Station group. In this role he over saw the development of the T300 family of products and the high performance T800 among other products and solutions. Following the outstanding success of these products, Doug was promoted to Group Development Manager a position he held for 6 years.
Doug was instrumental in establishing a separate radio research activity at Tait and led the team that worked on the initial Tetra developments resulting in high performance prototype platforms for the Tait proposed Tetra products. Doug continued to lead the wireless research teams, producing a number of other concept prototypes involving advanced wireless concepts, some of which eventually led to the advanced narrow band MiMO solutions. Doug transferred to MiMOMax as the CTO in 2007 and is still the technical driving force behind the MiMOMax solutions and is also still hands on with some of the unique advanced MiMO antenna designs.
Doug has a strong general technology interest and has been the technology consultant working with the Ministry of Economic Development, Foundation for Research Science and Technology and is also the MiMOMax representative with the National Wireless Research Institute. Doug is married with two daughters and is still active in amateur radio circles and enjoys sailing when time permits.