Meet the
COOL AWNINGS Team
John Glenn - General Manager
John is one of the directors of Cool Awnings and is the General Manager. He and his wife, Kylie, purchased Cool Awnings on 17th August 2007. John loves meeting people and thrives in the sales role.
John was born in Auckland and has lived and worked in California, London and Sydney. He has a long history of driving trucks and buses, but in more recent times has been the Dispatch Manager for a freight forwarding company before moving into the Import Sea-freight Manager role. John then decided he wanted to be a business owner, so purchased a bread run in 2006.
After learning a bit about contracting and business, he built the business up by 25% and decided to try something more challenging, so they purchased Cool Awnings. John and Kylie have a young son, a cat and a dog, and John enjoys reading and soccer and dreams of seeing the Football World Cup live.
Kylie Glenn - CEO
Kylie, along with her husband John, is a director of Cool Awnings and she is responsible for the financial and marketing side of the business.
Kylie was born in Auckland and has a Degree in Environmental Science. She spent three years working for a large tree removal company arranging planting and landscaping projects, and then spent 6 years as a horticultural field officer and auditor before going on maternity leave.
Kylie feels she has learnt a lot about business in the time they have owned Cool Awnings and feel that she and John make a great team as they have different skills that complement each other and they communicate well.
Kylie and John have a young son, and she enjoys gardening and renovating houses and travelling.
Jayshri Patel - Sales Representative
Jayshri is one of our sales representatives and is responsible for lateral arm and fixed frame awnings for both residential and commercial clients. She has been with Cool Awnings since 2008.
Jayshri was born in Gujurat, India and arrived in New Zealand as a baby. She has her citizenship and considers herself a bona fide Kiwi. Jay has over 20 years customer service experience and enjoys interacting with people and helping them gain satisfaction by supplying them with what they want.
Jayshri enjoys and trains in martial arts inspite of the bumps and bruises. She also enjoys travelling to new places and meeting the locals.
Jane Anderson - Office Manager
Jane is the Office Manager and is responsible for customer service, accounts and keeping the boys in line. She has been with Cool Awnings since 2007.
Jane was born in Taranaki and moved to Auckland as a child. She has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for 7 years in clerical roles and as an air traffic controller. She has also had quality control roles, as well as sales and customer services in the marine industry for several years prior to joining Cool Awnings.
Jane has an adult son and enjoys gardening, reading and walking.
Sebastian Obermeier - Sailmaker Foreman
Sebastian is the Sail-making Foreman and is responsible for the production of awning skins, drop curtains and covering fixed frame awnings. He has been with Cool Awnings since 2004.
Sebastian was born in Germany and trained in the family sail making business. He completed his apprenticeship in Germany and has partially completed his masters. He has more than 15 years experience as a sail maker. Sebastian came to New Zealand in 1999 and enjoys skiing, swimming and other sports.
Mika Kalolo - Installation Foreman
Mika is our Installion Foreman and is responsible for all the installations and site checks. He also oversees the assembly and the dispatch of trade orders, and can also complete welding of special brackets and fixed frames. He has been with Cool Awnings since 2003.
Mika was born in Samoa and moved to NZ in 2003, and immediately came to work for Cool Awnings. He has skills in many areas including building, welding and is our specialist awning manufacturer.
Mika has a partner and two young daughters, and is an active rugby player.
Terry Conyngham - Production Manager
Terry is our Production Manager and is responsible for coordination of installations, and stock purchasing. He also assembles and manufactures the MagicSeal insect screens and thermal panels. Terry has been with Cool Awnings since 2009.
Kose Taitai - Assembly/Dispatch/Installer
Kose assembler and dispatcher and is responsible for assembling the awnings and completing dispatch orders to our trade customers around the country. Kose also carries our installations and onsite repairs. Kose has previous building experience and has been with Cool Awnings since 2009.
Taiwan Vili - Installer/Awning Cleaning
Tai is our is our installer and assists Mika with installations. Tai has strong leadership skills and has good product knowledge of how the awnings go together. He is also our Awning Cleaner. He has been with Cool Awnings since 2009.
Glenn French - MagicSeal/Installer
Glenn is our is our MagicSeal manufacturer and assists with installs where required. He has done awning assembly, dispatch, cleaning and is learning to weld. He has been with Cool Awnings since 2009.
