Southtech Ltd is owned and operated by Stew & Emma Bryan. They moved to Winton in January of 2004 from the UK with their children Katy and Callum. Archie (their only kiwi) arrived in 2006.
They started the business (Central Southland Computer Services) in August of 2004 from the spare bedroom of their home, working evenings and weekends whilst Stew continued to hold down another job in Invercargill. By January 2006 Stew was working full time from an office at home. In August of that year they took the plunge & opened up their shop in Winton which served as both an office & retail premises.
In 2016, when the financial crunch hit, Emma left the business to take up a full time role at Central Southland College but still retains an interest in the business in the background and is heavily involved in the adminstration and back office functions of the business.
In May of 2017 CSCS purchased and moved to larger premises – a newly refurbished workshop further down the main street of Winton. This gave them much needed room for their equipment and to continue to expand their products and services.
In October 2020, the business re-branded and became Southtech Ltd in order to better reflect the wide range of services that we provide and our ever increasing clientbase.
We cover the whole of Southland, from Invercargill to Te Anau, Riverton to Balfour and even have clients in the lovely Milford Sound!
Stew - Director. Has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years and his pet hate is all of the techno-babble that the industry likes to use. He likes to keep the geek-speak to a minimum wherever possible. He's a Senior Firefighter in the Winton Volunteer Fire Brigade so when he's not on the fire truck or generally making a nuisance of himself at home, he has been known to make brief appearances at the workshop and pretend to do some work.
Emma - Director. As well as being a housewife, superstar & mother, incredibly Em manages to squeeze some hours into her busy schedule to do some of the office work from home. She's also been seen in the workshop during the school holidays when Stew can't be bothered to turn up.
Gopalreddy Mullangi – IT Technician. Gopal joined us in July of 2023 and made the brave decision to move down from Palmerston North to Invercargill for the role of IT Technician. Gopal hails originally from India but moved to NZ in 2015 and became a resident a few years later. He has a background in fibre installation and is a wizz at getting a cable from A to B!
Cindy Marino Portilla – Junior Technician. Cindy is our newbie! She joined Southtech in February of 2024.and hails originally from Colombia but has made herself a new life in NZ which she reckons is a much better place!
Rebecca Falconer – Administration. Rebecca is our remotely-based office superstar! She is based in our Te Anau Office and is responsible for the day to day administration of the business, together with all of the various Health & Safety administration that we are required to do. She joined us in January, wanting to swap her life as a Mum to two young kids, for a life as a remote office Mum to Stew, Gopal and Cindy instead!