Derceto's Chief Technical Officer, Simon Bunn, won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards held in Wellington in December 2005.

This inaugural award acknowledges the champions of innovative, new products and their dedication in growing both the business and product. Simon's award follows a successful year for Derceto with three major clients progressing to implementation and strong interest in the UK market.

Entrepreneurial Derceto director Simon Bunn, right, is presented with his award by Transfield Services New Zealand executive general manager telecommunications, Mike Sheffield, left, and National MP Phil Heatley (associate spokesman for energy).