Senior Software Developer

• Jan 2022 - Present

Senior Backend Developer

• Nov 2020 - Jan 2022

Senior Consultant

• Sep 2015 - Apr 2020

Senior Consultant responsible for end to end development and delivery. Duties include technical and data analysis; full stack development within the Appian platform and including Java plugins to extend the platform. Developed plugins to be utilised within the Appian environment. Prototypes and delivered the Procensol automation testing framework for Appian. Queensland State Treasury Provided consultancy services in the areas of Business Process Management for a project to ease the process of filing, assessment and management on an application for new and existing mining permits in the state. Additionally implement automation testing framework for the project for continuous delivery which also included automation of extensive test data generation. Environment and Heritage Protection department. Developed payment processing system, permit management system, standardising their common components such as client communication management and timeframe management systems. Streamlined their DB deployment for continuous deployment. Developed four major releases with various major functionality since being able to contribute to this project. Show less

Developer

• Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

Lead developer in a small agile team. Was a full stack developer responsible for end to end development (business analysis, development, testing and data analyst). Scrum master responsible for guiding the team towards utilising agile techniques such as stand ups and kanban boards, and continuous delivery tools; jira, AWS Opworks and Jenkins. Developing framework from data capture to analysis and UI for data metrics analyst. Data analysis ranges from social network, physical network infrastructure and financial and sales metrics. Started the move towards continuous delivery utilising Opworks and Jenkins. Refractured projects to separate function and configuration so that we may implement one VM per app utilising Docker; with the aim to improve delivery, management of apps and monitoring through health checks. Show less

Senior Developer

• Sep 2012 - Feb 2015

Senior developer working with various teams in accommodations team, distributed services and eCommerce. Developed new applications and updated existing apps and services. Projects were agile, and developed with continuous delivery ensuring rapid development and delivery. Reviewed and updated all financial reporting to improve accuracy and performance. Improved confidence in the finance team as well as reduce workload and turnaround time for key financial reports. Rewrote the financial reporting application for greater stability and faster deployment. Rewrote old applications to current standards (logging, nagios monitoring, puppet configuration, lightweight app standards) to allow for continuous delivery. Expansion of travel packages system to incorporate multi currency and fare types. Ensuring lower fares for customers and better margins. Implemented RESTful Partner API for hotel consolidators such as HotelsCombined.com.au Implemented Cucumber on existing applications to facilitate automated testing for continuous delivery and behaviour driven development. Developed B2B voucher feature in three days ensuring an immediate ROI of AUD$7m on the first month of delivery. Show less

Software Engineer

• Apr 2010 - Aug 2012

Software engineer responsible for delivering applications based on client requirements. Working in small agile teams, we alway met our targets and delivered projects on time and budget. Projects were mostly based on Spring and Struts, utilising Hibernate and jQuery. Foxtel Online Sales RESTful online sales website. Delivered several web site UI and backend functionality successfully. Despite difficult circumstances with both deadline and resources restrictions, and limited documentation, the project was delivered on time. Client satisfaction and project targets were all exceeded. Climate Smart Web and tablet based scheduling application for Climate Smart QLD. Used by both electricians and call centre staff. Delivered an extranet system for booking and scheduling Climate Smart Queensland appointments. The system was utilised by both electricians and call centre staff. The application was written to run independently on tablets as well as being web based. It synchronised data with multiple systems. Smart Services Queensland Survey and consultation management system. This system was a complete end to end survey consultation management system which included survey development workflow management, permissions management, security and user management (both public and internal users), and statistical reporting. It was an agile project which included an ever expanding list of features which were delivered within budget. Show less

Senior Developer

• Nov 2007 - Dec 2008

Responsible for delivery client projects involving development of web applications and SMS based campaigns. Developed applications for web content management, SMS campaign management and analytics reporting. Responsible for customising the SMS campaign workflow and building custom applications for clients. Fisher & Paykel, Q Card and Farmers Finance Card This project revolved around the management and applications of Fisher & Paykel Q cards and Farmers Finance card. Successfully delivered workflow management based on complex customisable rules and filters. Delivered on time and on a tight budget. Nike+ Human Race Donations page for New Zealand participants. Developed the payment page and interface to DPS (Direct Payment System) for the NZ Human Race 10k marathon run participants. Despite the short timeframe, it was designed and developed including payment integration with time to spare. Show less

Consultant

• Apr 2005 - Nov 2007

Specialist Technology Consultant in SAP NetWeaver development. Responsible for various roles within the organisation. I was involved in J2EE development, FileNet development, SAP NetWeaver development, SAP Basis administration, SAP Business Intelligence consultant, and SAP business and process analyst. Projects were delivered for the public sector, finance, FMCG and commercial services. Auckland City Council Enterprise Content Management Developed FileNet business process workflow on the management of internal council documentations. Responsible for streamlining and optimising the council's internal document management in order to provide transparency to the entire document flow process (as required by legislation). Delivered the document management business process API and interfaces. Additionally developed the PDF document processing, archiving and delivery workflow. It delivered under budget and within three months greatly exceeded our clients expectations. DB Breweries SAP Internet Sales Responsible for analysing and scoping the SAP Internet Sales development for DB Breweries. This B2B project is based on the SAP NetWeaver platform integrating the SAP portal, SAP R/3 and DB Breweries API. My analysis was used as a basis for the architecture teams approach to developing their B2B sales portal. Additionally bootstrapped a fully working prototype between their internal systems in two weeks as part of my analysis. IAG - Insurance Web Service Extended an existing insurance rates engine to Swanns website though a restful API. The API provides New Zealand's IAG websites an interface to the insurance premium engine, ensuring a speedy and consistent premium calculation for all their insurance products and services. Show less

SAP BW / Basis

• 2003 - 2005

SAP BW and SAP Basis administrator. Responsible for the stability and performance of all our clients SAP BW systems as well as Carter Holt Harvey and its subsidiaries. Responsible for improving the SAP system stability and performance. Also responsible for reviewing all SAP code and process development. SCA Hygiene Australasia SAP BW Financial System Split. This division was sold from the main company Carter Holt Harvey, and its financial reporting systems needed to be separated. Responsible for the separation of financial information from the SAP BW system. Redesigned and re-deployed SAP BW financial infocubes and ODS to new business model requirements. Additionally redesigned the data workflow to improve system performance and stability. Carter Holt Harvey - SAP BW Provided SAP BW development, system maintenance and issue support services for a large corporate landscape with diverse needs. Developed automated monitoring and maintenance modules for SAP BW which adapts to usage changes. Co-authored internal SAP BW maintenance and technical support guide. Responsible for change management and development release review and production sign off. Over a year, was jointly responsible with my mentor for redesigning the BW system to implement self analysis and recovery from financial errors. In a period of six months, all fault and downtime were reduced to zero. Successfully implemented a self managed system for a large multinational enterprise which still operates today. Show less

Developer

• 2000 - 2003

Lead developer with travel.co.nz I was part of a larger team in Australia which developed the Everest system. It's an integrated web content management and enterprise system with direct integration to the airline's flight booking systems. Responsible for system development and managing the partnership with our outsource partners in IT infrastructure (Lancom, TelstraClear, Red Sheriff). Web Content Management System Developed database driven web content management systems utilizing Cl4, and script (HTML, Javascript, shell script) as well as SQL (ClDB, MySQL). I was primarily responsible for the web template engine, user interface and CMS maintenance application (automated data cleansing, financial reconciliations and checks). Improved the CMS for marketing, and developing software modules and content templates to improve product to market turnaround. This improved the marketing process to over 20,000 regular customers as well as improving business processes for over 350 travel broker agents. Web Enterprise Portal for travel.co.nz Developed the B2B portal for travel.co.nz which provided travel and budgeting management tools for corporates such as NZoom, Stuff and Telstra Clear. Our team won the NetGuide Best E-Commerce Site for the year 2000. Flight Booking Fare Search Engine Developed the search engine for best airline fares which was utilized by online airfares searches. This engine was also utilized by the internal travel agents seasonal fares search. Following this, I developed the early implementation of the online payment management system. Show less