Key Personnel

Ken Stevens is Chairman and Managing Director of Glidepath, the company he started 36 years ago and still owns.
From 1972 when Ken founded Glidepath he opened offices and facilities in New Zealand, Australia, China, India, UAE, Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru and Chile concentrating on baggage handling equipment and projects.

Ken's expertise was initially in product design and then in Glidepath's market development where he has built strong relationships in a great many North American, Asian and Pacific countries.

His role today is to lead the internationalisation of the company to spearhead the next era of growth, working with the growing team of Glidepath people from many different countries and cultures and network of valued customers, colleagues, friends, partners and agents where the Glidepath brand is well known and respected.

Ken will continue to play a key role in a range of organisations and activities to promote New Zealand business and international co-operation including as a Board Member and Trustee of the Asia-New Zealand Foundation and as Chairman of Export New Zealand.

Matt opened the engineering and manufacturing facility in Dallas, TX in 2004. He brings talents to Glidepath which includes Sales, Sales Management, Marketing, Corporate Administration, System Architecture and Operations. Glidepath has expanded five fold in revenues since Matt and his team started the business. Glidepath’s strong growth continues In order to meet customer demand Glidepath has expanded infrastructure to meet their needs. Glidepath’s manufacturing space has doubled and a move to a second building quadrupled the space to house Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Finance, Sales and Controls.

Matt continues to “push” the business to become better with ISO accreditation as a key priority and customer satisfaction as Glidepath’s “barometer” of success. Matt’s goal is to have Glidepath be considered the “Best in Class.”

Matt holds a Bachelors degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas.

David leads the Sales and Marketing team in North America. He originally joined Glidepath New Zealand in 1998 as a Controls/Commissioning engineer working on BHS Sortation projects. Dave relocated to Glidepath Canada in 2000 and served as the Controls Project Manager for many prominent projects at the Vancouver International airport. He subsequently managed the Vancouver Regional Office, providing sales and project support for Canadian airline and airport clients. 

Prior to joining Glidepath, Dave spent 20 years in the Design and Construction industry, including major materials handling projects.

As Director of Risk Management, Steve performs Contract Management responsibility for all projects in North America. Prior to Glidepath, Steve served as Vice President of Construction, Operation and had oversight of several high-profile material handling projects.

Steve has a Juris Doctorate and a Masters Degree in Business Administration. Steve is a certified Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) and a certified Building Inspector (ICCBI) with the International Code Council.

Greg brings to Glidepath a resume of management, operations and engineering expertise that spans his professional career. Greg is a specialist in design and management of Explosive Detection Systems (EDS), radio frequency identification (RFID), informational and control systems. His recent experience includes the management of the controls and software for the San Francisco International Terminal where he commissioned 48 CTX EDS systems. Greg currently commissioned Cleveland with 5 L3 6500 machines.

Greg holds a Masters and Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Information Systems.

Mike Barnes manages the development of mechanical system layouts and the engineering of mechanical equipment. This includes the coordination of the overlay, integration efforts of the electrical and controls systems, the design and drawing submittal coordination requirements with the CM/GC, owner, design consultants, and airport operations.

Mike has 20 years of experience in the baggage handling industry.