John Jones
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Clint Cherrington
While an employee of John at his company Applicable Limited, words cannot truely express my utmost gratitude and admiration to John, as not only my direct superior, but more so my mentor, coach and valued friend. I can say with hand on heart John leads by example and exemplifies what I aim to mirror in my working professional career. His leadership and character directly reflects Applicable's incredible employee retention and multiple year service. Beyond employment, as a owner and leader of his company, his transparency, honesty and ethics that he always displays with his clients, creates high levels of trust and long standing relationships he clearly values and fosters. Additionally John's high level of professionalism, an incredibly broad and in-depth knowledge base in all of Applicable's verticals, super human levels of attention to detail and an inviting and approachable manner, all create a rewarding and valuable experience for Applicable's clients and employees alike. It's truely been my absolute honour and pleasure to work with John, learn from him and model my approach to my own company - on how business should and can be conducted. I look forward to continuing to work with John and watching him and Applicable grow and reach their next milestones.
Viivi Ronkko
John brings a pragmatic and professional approach to digital projects. We have been working together on several projects and he has always been approachable, highly reliable with deadlines and budgets, easy to deal with, and pleasure to do business with.
Tama Mitchell
John is a very talented web developer. I found all of my interactions to be easy and he always acted in a professional manner. He is quick to pick up on your ideas and concepts, understands what you want and brings it to life.
Clint Cherrington
While an employee of John at his company Applicable Limited, words cannot truely express my utmost gratitude and admiration to John, as not only my direct superior, but more so my mentor, coach and valued friend. I can say with hand on heart John leads by example and exemplifies what I aim to mirror in my working professional career. His leadership and character directly reflects Applicable's incredible employee retention and multiple year service. Beyond employment, as a owner and leader of his company, his transparency, honesty and ethics that he always displays with his clients, creates high levels of trust and long standing relationships he clearly values and fosters. Additionally John's high level of professionalism, an incredibly broad and in-depth knowledge base in all of Applicable's verticals, super human levels of attention to detail and an inviting and approachable manner, all create a rewarding and valuable experience for Applicable's clients and employees alike. It's truely been my absolute honour and pleasure to work with John, learn from him and model my approach to my own company - on how business should and can be conducted. I look forward to continuing to work with John and watching him and Applicable grow and reach their next milestones.
Viivi Ronkko
John brings a pragmatic and professional approach to digital projects. We have been working together on several projects and he has always been approachable, highly reliable with deadlines and budgets, easy to deal with, and pleasure to do business with.
Tama Mitchell
John is a very talented web developer. I found all of my interactions to be easy and he always acted in a professional manner. He is quick to pick up on your ideas and concepts, understands what you want and brings it to life.
Clint Cherrington
While an employee of John at his company Applicable Limited, words cannot truely express my utmost gratitude and admiration to John, as not only my direct superior, but more so my mentor, coach and valued friend. I can say with hand on heart John leads by example and exemplifies what I aim to mirror in my working professional career. His leadership and character directly reflects Applicable's incredible employee retention and multiple year service. Beyond employment, as a owner and leader of his company, his transparency, honesty and ethics that he always displays with his clients, creates high levels of trust and long standing relationships he clearly values and fosters. Additionally John's high level of professionalism, an incredibly broad and in-depth knowledge base in all of Applicable's verticals, super human levels of attention to detail and an inviting and approachable manner, all create a rewarding and valuable experience for Applicable's clients and employees alike. It's truely been my absolute honour and pleasure to work with John, learn from him and model my approach to my own company - on how business should and can be conducted. I look forward to continuing to work with John and watching him and Applicable grow and reach their next milestones.
Viivi Ronkko
John brings a pragmatic and professional approach to digital projects. We have been working together on several projects and he has always been approachable, highly reliable with deadlines and budgets, easy to deal with, and pleasure to do business with.
Tama Mitchell
John is a very talented web developer. I found all of my interactions to be easy and he always acted in a professional manner. He is quick to pick up on your ideas and concepts, understands what you want and brings it to life.
Clint Cherrington
While an employee of John at his company Applicable Limited, words cannot truely express my utmost gratitude and admiration to John, as not only my direct superior, but more so my mentor, coach and valued friend. I can say with hand on heart John leads by example and exemplifies what I aim to mirror in my working professional career. His leadership and character directly reflects Applicable's incredible employee retention and multiple year service. Beyond employment, as a owner and leader of his company, his transparency, honesty and ethics that he always displays with his clients, creates high levels of trust and long standing relationships he clearly values and fosters. Additionally John's high level of professionalism, an incredibly broad and in-depth knowledge base in all of Applicable's verticals, super human levels of attention to detail and an inviting and approachable manner, all create a rewarding and valuable experience for Applicable's clients and employees alike. It's truely been my absolute honour and pleasure to work with John, learn from him and model my approach to my own company - on how business should and can be conducted. I look forward to continuing to work with John and watching him and Applicable grow and reach their next milestones.
Viivi Ronkko
John brings a pragmatic and professional approach to digital projects. We have been working together on several projects and he has always been approachable, highly reliable with deadlines and budgets, easy to deal with, and pleasure to do business with.
Tama Mitchell
John is a very talented web developer. I found all of my interactions to be easy and he always acted in a professional manner. He is quick to pick up on your ideas and concepts, understands what you want and brings it to life.
Experience
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Applicable Limited
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New Zealand
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Jun 2008 - Present
Leading a fantastic team of talented people with a passion for unleashing kiwi innovation in the digital space. Leading a fantastic team of talented people with a passion for unleashing kiwi innovation in the digital space.
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Auckland University of Technology
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New Zealand
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer
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Jul 2008 - Jul 2011
Lecturer in year 3 Bachelor of Communications (Digital Media) and years 2&3 for Bachelor of Creative Technology (part time / contract). Also various volunteering and lectures from 2017-2019. Lecturer in year 3 Bachelor of Communications (Digital Media) and years 2&3 for Bachelor of Creative Technology (part time / contract). Also various volunteering and lectures from 2017-2019.
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Internet Start-up
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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2007 - 2008
Managing the national delivery of a government funded project aimed at educating SME's and NFP's in the area of online marketing and web best practice. Managing the national delivery of a government funded project aimed at educating SME's and NFP's in the area of online marketing and web best practice.
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Product Manager
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Mar 2007 - Oct 2007
SaaS product / market research and product management. Ultimately the company proved unable to raise the funding it would have needed to "bridge the chasm" to commercialization of their online products; nevertheless it was a great learning experience. SaaS product / market research and product management. Ultimately the company proved unable to raise the funding it would have needed to "bridge the chasm" to commercialization of their online products; nevertheless it was a great learning experience.
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Yoobee College of Creative Innovation
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New Zealand
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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National Course Coordinator
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Jan 2002 - Mar 2007
Founding HOD of Diploma of Web Development. Role included national and campus level course leadership, resource writing, Project Management of new diploma roll-out, supporting marketing and teaching of client-side and server-side web technologies. The continual opportunities to start and do new things made my time in this role very enjoyable. Founding HOD of Diploma of Web Development. Role included national and campus level course leadership, resource writing, Project Management of new diploma roll-out, supporting marketing and teaching of client-side and server-side web technologies. The continual opportunities to start and do new things made my time in this role very enjoyable.
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Integrated Services Manager
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Feb 2001 - Nov 2001
Management of technical integration team, including delivery of ICT technology to NZ schools under the governments Digital Futures programme. Pity the directors didn't realise that when you enter a price war with a competitor that has deeper pockets than you history suggests you'll lose; their "war on the competition" that year ended up being an own-goal and resulted in a widespread restructure - I should have stayed at NEC :-\ Management of technical integration team, including delivery of ICT technology to NZ schools under the governments Digital Futures programme. Pity the directors didn't realise that when you enter a price war with a competitor that has deeper pockets than you history suggests you'll lose; their "war on the competition" that year ended up being an own-goal and resulted in a widespread restructure - I should have stayed at NEC :-\
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National Service Manager
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Mar 2000 - Feb 2001
Enjoyed the challenge of taking over a department that was in catastrophic failure and turning it around in less than three months. Continued until all systems in place for smooth handover to operations staff before taking a career "step-up" to Renaissance (ooops). Enjoyed the challenge of taking over a department that was in catastrophic failure and turning it around in less than three months. Continued until all systems in place for smooth handover to operations staff before taking a career "step-up" to Renaissance (ooops).
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Founder
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Sep 1995 - Mar 2000
Hibiscus Computer Services was a SME focused ICT business which rapidly grew in popularity enabling me to sell and take some time out to do other things before going back to being self-employed (doing a lot of internet technical support and slightly more in-depth Microsoft networking than in my first round of business). Hibiscus Computer Services was a SME focused ICT business which rapidly grew in popularity enabling me to sell and take some time out to do other things before going back to being self-employed (doing a lot of internet technical support and slightly more in-depth Microsoft networking than in my first round of business).
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Education
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APMG International
Agile Project Management Practioner Certification -
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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis -
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AUT University
National Certificate of Business Computing (NCBC), Information Technology
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