Chief Architect

• Apr 2021 - Present

Working with talented people to solve complex problems in a customer centric way. With one eye on the here and now and another on future that technology innovation can support. Working with talented people to solve complex problems in a customer centric way. With one eye on the here and now and another on future that technology innovation can support.

Member Of The IT Advisory Group

• Jun 2015 - Oct 2021

Reviewing and advising on proposed changes to IT related programmes at Wintec. Reviewing and advising on proposed changes to IT related programmes at Wintec.

Board Member

• Nov 2019 - Jul 2021

Chief Software Architect

• Nov 2018 - Apr 2021

Head up the software division for R&D. Responsible for over 100 people.Key Responsibilities: Leadership - Promote a culture of continuous improvement and provide support and advice within the group in the area of software development, future industry trends and best practices.Technical Leadership – Oversee the high level product architectures, provide strategic direction to product development teams and lead the development of the Technology Roadmap.Strategic Planning – Work with the product management teams to help set product roadmaps and provide technical input to them.Knowledge Management – Ensure reusable knowledge is captured and shared.Resource and Capability Planning – Define long term requirements for software development and work with Software Development Managers to determine the best way to resource projects and ensure staff are upskilling where required.Process Improvement – Work with Software Development Managers to improve the overall software development process. Champion the principles of Agility and Design Thinking.Staff Management – Line management of Software Development Managers and Architects.Software Quality Assurance – Ensure focus on quality and cyber security and champion best practice.

Software Development Manager

• Nov 2014 - Nov 2018

Head up the software division for R&D. Responsible for around 70 people.Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership – Oversee technical direction of product development teams.Strategic Planning – Work with the product management teams to help set product roadmaps and provide technical input to them.Knowledge Management – Ensure reusable knowledge is captured and shared.Resource and Capability Planning – Determine the best way to resource projects and ensure staff are upskilling where required.Process Improvement – Work with team leaders and Practice Managers to improve the overall software development process.Staff Management – Line management of Team Leaders and Architects.Software Quality Assurance – Ensure focus on quality and champion best practice.

Lead Software Architect

• Nov 2013 - Nov 2014

Retained all the key responsibilities listed below for the Software Architect/Team Leader role and in addition was responsible for:Line Management of Technical Leaders working on the Command Centre product.Owning and maintaining the R&D technology and architecture roadmap for Command CentreKeeping up to date with trends in technology, the industry domain and customer feedbackFostering relationships with external parties where opportunities may exist for new IP.Mentoring others in R&D in Learning First Product Development (LFPD) practices and principles

Software Team Leader/Senior Architect

• Apr 2005 - Nov 2013

Senior Architect and Developer Team Leader within R&D departmentKey responsibilities for this job included:Maintaining the overall architecture for the Gallagher Security system (formally known as Cardax). This is large distributed system installed on thousands of sites all over the world. I had a significant contribution to both the requirements and design of this product over the last nine years.Line management for the software developers working within R&D. Responsibilities included performance reviews, mentoring, organizing training, recruitment and other general administrative tasks.Doing high level requirements and designs for major new features and presenting these to the various business units in a manner they can understand to get sign off. Also doing business cases as required.Ownership of the software process being followed by R&D. Had a large part in implementing Agile software practices.Ownership of the software development environment and its supporting tools.

IAG Member

• Feb 2015 - Dec 2019

Founding member of the IAG group for this research into improving cyber security and control of data to the end user:. Officially description of the project is as follows:STRATUS, led by the University of Waikato’s Dr Ryan Ko, is a six-year, $12.2 million cyber security project, funded by Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE).Security Technologies Returning Accountability, Trust and User-centric Services in the Cloud (STRATUS) will create a suite of novel security tools, techniques and capabilities which return control of data to Cloud computing users. The aim is to empower users to be able to control their security of their data in the Cloud and to give companies tools and services to sell. STRATUS is executed by a team of leading Cloud security researchers and practitioners from University of Waikato, University of Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology and Cloud Security Alliance https://stratus.org.nz/

Senior Consultant

• Feb 2000 - Mar 2005

Consulting, Solution Architect and Team Leader for both CRM and Selectica rule engine developmentsCustomers included: Air New Zealand, Telecom, Vero Consulting, Solution Architect and Team Leader for both CRM and Selectica rule engine developmentsCustomers included: Air New Zealand, Telecom, Vero

Analyst/Programmer

• Dec 1995 - Dec 1999

Held a variety of roles within the company including Software Developer, Application DBA and Systems Analyst. Held a variety of roles within the company including Software Developer, Application DBA and Systems Analyst.