Committee Member - Student Membership

• Sep 2022 - Present

The professional body for IT practitioners in New Zealand, with three main objectives:- Increase the professionalism within the IT industry through training, certification, accreditation and professional development- Advise and advocate the government on IT matters including policy, legislation, education, and governance- Help to grow IT capability by attracting more entrants from primary to tertiary educations into the industry to match the rapidly growing demandSome of the benefits of joining ITP if you're working within the IT industry are:- Be part of an industry body that you belong- Your voice will be heard- Have the opportunity to make a difference and help develop your community- Networks with like minded individuals, share ideas, learn and contribute to other's development- Certify your skillset in the eyes of your customers and employers as a Chartered IT ProfessionalPlease get in touch with me, other ITP committee members, ITP employees, or visit https://itp.nz for further details

Mentor

• Apr 2021 - Present

Senior Cloud Solution Architect

• Jan 2022 - Present

Implements largest multi-cloud deployment in New Zealand using TerraForm; and design and implement its backup system. Utilising AWS Control Tower, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to manage the landing zone.Develop Statement of Work and Letter of Engagement for new opportunities. Implements largest multi-cloud deployment in New Zealand using TerraForm; and design and implement its backup system. Utilising AWS Control Tower, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to manage the landing zone.Develop Statement of Work and Letter of Engagement for new opportunities.

Contract Senior Software Engineer

• Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

* Improve their reporting products for US market* Implement custom depedency injection to accommodate sharding in .netcore* Design and implement new Executive Summary report* Reviews the patterns used by the reporting systems * Improve their reporting products for US market* Implement custom depedency injection to accommodate sharding in .netcore* Design and implement new Executive Summary report* Reviews the patterns used by the reporting systems

Senior Software Engineer

• May 2021 - Dec 2021

* Design and implement ClearPoint TechRadar systems based on ThoughtWork's TechRadar* Assigned to help Xero improve and develop reporting products for US market * Design and implement ClearPoint TechRadar systems based on ThoughtWork's TechRadar* Assigned to help Xero improve and develop reporting products for US market

Application Specialist

• Oct 2018 - May 2021

Key responsibilities:• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure communication is clear and business impact identified• Plan and execute projects ensuring a high level of details and ensuring times are met, often collaboratively with other teams• Manage large projects including migrations implementation• Ensure that existing solutions has been exhaustively explored prior developing a new one• Support the team to deliver high-quality solution in an efficient and effective mannerAchievements:• Persuade most of the team member to adopt framework and single code repository• Successfully mitigate privacy breach issues, and formulate and implement access and data control policy to prevent potential future breaches• Convinced the senior level management to opt for cloud-based solution instead of in-house systems which in turn help save the business from having to invest$200+ million upfront.• Implement fast-paced CI/CD pipelines for some of the applicationsI develop and migrate local applications into Azure or AWS mainly as microservices.I advocate the benefits of frameworks, cloud technologies, automated tests, development best practices, and continuous integration/continuous deploymentI also maintain good relationship with vendors, internal and external customers, to facilitates better resolution of issues, insight to technology, and influence future development of vendor’s technology

Application Specialist - Analyst

• Oct 2014 - Sep 2018

Key responsibilities:• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure communication is clear and business impact identified• Develop and implement web strategies to ensure that high-quality solutions are consistently delivered, maintained and future-proofed• Evaluating software packages• Researching the use of machine learning to help drive business decisions• Research for the available technology to support mobile learning such as attending a class while on the bus or in a public space; as well as remote learning, especially for the off-site locations such as Northland, & Waikato• Software development, system administrations, system upgrades

Faculty Web Manager

• Mar 2010 - Sep 2014

Key responsibilities:• Member of Web Governance Board, and Web Reference Group• Collaborate with the stakeholders to formulate FMHS’s web strategy, and disaster recovery plan• Collaborate with the researchers to find new devices and technologies that can help them to teach and educate better• Ensure that the web infrastructure and technologies in use are reliable and future proofed

Faculty Web Developer

• Sep 2007 - Feb 2010

Key responsibilities:• Collaborate with stakeholders to create and develop web-based initiatives• Ensure an ongoing development of the faculty web site in consultation with the marketing team and in-line with overall university web development policies

Technical Director

• Nov 2007 - Feb 2013

Tours 2 Travel was a start-up company specialised in travel experience agency. I develop policy, and technical strategy, as well as redesigned the systems and infrastructure to integrate with the vendors'. Tours 2 Travel was a start-up company specialised in travel experience agency. I develop policy, and technical strategy, as well as redesigned the systems and infrastructure to integrate with the vendors'.

Chief Software Engineer

• Feb 2000 - Oct 2003

Key responsibilities:• Hire and coach the development team• Work closely with the CEO and the COO to ensure that the development team can deliver systems that can sustain and delivers business objectives and initiatives• Work closely with vendors such as television stations and mobile phone providers to ensure that the technologies in-use can integrateAchievements:• Design and develop a very robust internet job site with millions of daily users• Design and develop an integrated CRM, Accounting, and Billing systems