Mr Waylen and his New Zealand staff take over from their European-based colleagues at 6am, giving them a couple of hours before the workflow peaks at 9-10am as Americans on the eastern seaboard start filing their jobs before they go home.
The same people often came back online for a brief period after dinner to check the presentations or ask for amendments, Mr Waylen said.
At 3pm, Right Aligned's New Zealand arm hands over to a South African arm, which handles most of the Dubai-based work before handing over to the company's European workers.
As well as offering a round-the-clock, fast turnaround service to their clients, the model works because staff do not have to work late at night and can enjoy a normal lifestyle.
In addition, the model allows Mr Waylen to target a niche market in the global business scene and live in a lifestyle-rich location such as Tauranga at the same time.
Sam Kidd, who runs the New Zealand arm of project management service Teamwork PM, shares an office with Mr Waylen and also operates on a follow-the-sun model.
Working regular office hours, Mr Kidd services his company's American clients while his Irish colleagues sleep.
"I go to a lot of go-to meetings where I walk the client through the product, and that was impossible before from Ireland because the [US] West Coasters were coming online as we were heading home."
The speed of Teamwork PM's response to service inquiries was a major comfort for clients, especially those who had just started using the service, Mr Kidd said.
Tauranga-based Hayley McIsaac also works while her UK clients are sleeping. Ms McIsaac transcribes medical notes for English doctors, who upload their audio dictation files before they leave the office at night.
By the time they return to their office in the morning, the notes have been transcribed and are ready to be sent out.