Experience

Authsignal

• New Zealand
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Democratising digital trust and safety to digital platforms, through the intersection of drop-in passwordless auth, risk based controls and best in class UX Democratising digital trust and safety to digital platforms, through the intersection of drop-in passwordless auth, risk based controls and best in class UX



Digital Identity NZ

• New Zealand
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Executive Council

  • Dec 2022 - Present



Paloma

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

  Working with the Dovetail Venture Studio to start up something great! Keen to talk about all things account security, digital trust & safety, digital asset custody Working with the Dovetail Venture Studio to start up something great! Keen to talk about all things account security, digital trust & safety, digital asset custody



Laybuy

• New Zealand
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2021

  IPO'd Sep 2020, Led the tech for Laybuy. Scaling engineering teams to achieve 400% growth in payments Gross Merchandise Value in under 2 years. Over $1 billion in cross border payments.* Scaled out Laybuy's platform on the AWS Cloud* Laybuy Mastercard Issuance, UK, AU, NZ* Over NZD$1 billion worth of payments processed, cleared and settled, cross border* Expertise in Consumer/B2B Funnels, Credit Decisioning, Fraud Management, Micro-services, AWS, Speed to market/Kubernetes/React* Initial Public Offering - ASX - Sep 2020* Established Laybuy's Development, Test, Data Engineering, IT Sec/Ops practice areas* Built a high trust, high accountability culture, with solid engineering leadership (Ex Xero, Rush, PushPay, Figured, Goodnest)* Product Management/Strategy* Cyber security governance, risk and compliance, PCI DSS Level 1 compliance programmeBuy now, pay later in NZ/AU/UK/US! Get in touch to give your customers this great payment choice!



Paloma

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead/Senior Technologist

  • Jun 2017 - Apr 2019

  Consulting and software development/deliveryProjects*Development* - Afterpay - FinTech - React*Interim CTO* - LandmarksID - GeoLocation - MarTech - Data Pipeline/Go/Kafka/Elasticsearch/Rails*Project Head/Lead* - Jarden - Direct Wealth - FinTech/Retail Investments - Scala/React/Kafka*Project Lead* - New Zealand Trade & Enterprise - International Growth Fund - GovTech - Ruby on Rails/DynamicsCRMLeadership/People ManagementWeb/Mobile DevelopmentProduct StrategyProject Management/DeliveryArchitecture



Zeal/Vodafone Foundation/Gravity Lab

• Consultant/Development (After Hours)(Social Good/Giving Back)

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Designed, product managed, delivered and launched, Zeal's Online Crisis Intervention platform (OCI) 1.0 in my own timeThe OCI platform was a near real time feed of instagram's social feed of at risk users, which monitored potential self harm posts, volunteers worked through a workflow management portal were able to classify and escalate Instagram posts, and in some cases intervene to prevent incidents from occurring.The platform utilized a Ruby on Rails app, Azure public cloud, data pipelines, and ingestion of the instagram feed in near real time.I was very fortunate to be able to consult and deliver on a forward thinking initiative backed by Zeal and the Vodafone Foundation to save lives. This project was done in my extra hours, as it was too much of a social impact to stand still and watch on the sideline.



Harmoney

• New Zealand
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Delivery Lead

  • Mar 2015 - Jun 2017

  New Zealand's First Licensed Peer to Peer Lender24/7 Always Open 100% Online - Borrowing/Investment PlatformNZD$500 million of P2P lending deployedAn Investor staple Auto Lending automatically deploying millions of P2P lending capitalWeb Channel Delivery Lead, working full stack, cross function, to get sweet product over the line.Technical Leadership/Delivery:Ruby on Rails APIsSalesforce IntegrationsHarmoney's Self service Investment MarketplaceAuto InvestConsumer FinTech Funnels/Credit Decisioning



Orion Health

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Implementation Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

  - Blueshield of California, CalIndex (7 Million Members, 5 years of claims data ingested)- Designed, Developed, Implemented, Greenfields Project (Lights Off Daily Payer Data Integration in PL/SQL, Oracle Enterprise Edition 11g) as part of a Cassandra ETL data pipeline- Application Security Hardening/Audit Response- HIPAA Compliant - Amazon Web Services Implementation - Blueshield of California, CalIndex (7 Million Members, 5 years of claims data ingested)- Designed, Developed, Implemented, Greenfields Project (Lights Off Daily Payer Data Integration in PL/SQL, Oracle Enterprise Edition 11g) as part of a Cassandra ETL data pipeline- Application Security Hardening/Audit Response- HIPAA Compliant - Amazon Web Services Implementation



NZX Limited

• New Zealand
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Developer, Web Systems & Operations

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

  NZ Stock ExhangeAchievements- Chairman's Award Recipient 2013 (Recognition for Going Above & Beyond)- Redesigned NZX.com, HTML5/CSS Front End Design (30% Growth in Hits in 2013)- Designed & Developed NZX.com Issuer Portal (Led Requirements/Design Workshops, From Mockups to Shipment)- Architected Trading Billing System Direct Market Access (Algorithmic Accounts) Reconciliation & Rebating- Business Analysis and Development of Complex Billing System Rules & Reconciliation Reports (Market Maker Rebating etc.) (Automated Processes, over 40 monthly man hours saved)- Documented Requirements and Processes for Complex Derivative Pricing Models (Black-Scholes, Cox Ross Rubinstein, Dividend Discount Model)- Business Analysis, Design & Development of Derivative Pricing Engine (Futures, American Options)- Business Analysis, Design & Development of Halting Interface for Day to Day Market Operations- Documented And Handled Vendor Requirements for Google DoubleClick Platform implementation- Ruby on Rails Systems Architecture- Engineered Ruby on Rails Production Environments (Linux,Solaris,Passenger,Unicron,Apache,Oracle DB, Postgres)- Re architecting, monolithic applications into RESTful microservices- JSON RESTful API Design and Development (Market Announcements Platform, Market Data Platform)- Designed UX and Developed Responsive Design for a Staged Mobile Web rollout of Melbourne Based Clear Grain Exchange Application(Bid Discovery)- Developed and Performed Business Intelligence Queries (Billing, Trading)- Designed and Development Market Data Driven Web Applications (Responsive, Design Led, Market Leading)- Ideated, Designed, and Developed Listing Day Landing Page (http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/mighty-river-nzx-home-page-takeover-delightful)- Chaired Estimation and Prioritisation Sessions- Trained/Mentored Junior Developers- Wrote tests in RSpec TDD and Cucumber BDD- Multiserver Deployment via Capistrano, Continuous Delivery, Zero Downtime Code deploys



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Applications Developer

  • Apr 2011 - Sep 2011

  Financial Services Industry - Enterprise Customer Communications Management, Strategic Document Outsourcing,High Volume Data Parsing and Communications delivery, Data driven document composition- Leading AUS/NZ Financial Institutions- Development Process Optimisation- Waterfall to Agile Development Process developmentSoftware Development Life Cycle - Development, Testing Financial Services Industry - Enterprise Customer Communications Management, Strategic Document Outsourcing,High Volume Data Parsing and Communications delivery, Data driven document composition- Leading AUS/NZ Financial Institutions- Development Process Optimisation- Waterfall to Agile Development Process developmentSoftware Development Life Cycle - Development, Testing



67media

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2011

  Rich Web/Mobile Applications development, Turning dreams into Internet Reality. Launched Shopzzi.com Setting up Shop has never been this easy. Please support the Christchurch Recovery Effort here at www.chchbakingarmy.com.• Cloud infrastructure deployments• Full end to end delivery• Project Management• UI/UX Design & Development• User pre sales and acquisition• Social applications design Rich Web/Mobile Applications development, Turning dreams into Internet Reality. Launched Shopzzi.com Setting up Shop has never been this easy. Please support the Christchurch Recovery Effort here at www.chchbakingarmy.com.• Cloud infrastructure deployments• Full end to end delivery• Project Management• UI/UX Design & Development• User pre sales and acquisition• Social applications design



Singapore Armed Forces

• Specialist - 3SG

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2011

  • Technology Project Management and design, Database Migration, Intelligence/OSINT• Developed HR workflows for Infantry Brigade SAP HR transition• HR Standard Operating Procedures & Manuals development• Peacetime Personnel management and training• Overseas training logistics and manpower planning• Brigade Discipline and Regimentation management• Brigade People Management - Facilitated HR Performance Calibration Meetings"3SG Justin is highly dependable and full of initiatives. He plans effectively to achieve results as required and is unafraid of opposition to the right course of action. He has neen most honest and sincere in his dealings with his superiors and his peers, which makes him and ideal role model for other soldiers" - COL TAN WEL SHI COMD 3 SIB



Xtreme-DSP Global

• Operations & Systems Consultant

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  Evaluated and consulted on operational strategy, product development, web marketing/development for Vertix an emerging consumer electronics firm, specialising in high end Bluetooth and Consumer Electronic products based in Singapore.• Project Managed – Content Management System (CMS), and Warranty Management System integration, deployment on cloud infrastructure• Reviewed and consulted on vendor RFP's for ERP/CRM/E-Commerce• Developed/Designed Frontend vertix.com.sg web portal• Developed Warranty Management System• Marketing and Email Database Collection and Campaign Management• White papers on out sourced e-commerce downline supply chain for a global go to market strategy• Maintained and sourced hosted systems• Search Engine Optimisation/ Google AdWords Campaign Management/Site Analytics (Top Keyword Results)• Cost savings incurred from consultative vendor selection process



University of Canterbury Students Association

• Governance Board (Communications Portfolio)

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

  Elected to represent 15,000 Members of the University of Canterbury Students Association, with a focus to guide the UCSA strategically and represent the student body. Undertook a 5 year Strategic Planning exercise, which resulted in a articulated member orientated focus, and new operating structure.Checkout our 5 Year Strategic Plan here: http://justinsoong.com/UCSAStratPlan.pdf/UCSA operates both member and commercial services, with an annual turnover of NZD$6 Million, for the 08/09 Financial year.Heavily involved in consultation exercises and documents with the University of Canterbury, from Learning Management Systems, Student Recruitment Strategies, Student welfare and internal web strategy working groups.• Elected to represent 15,000+ members at the University of Canterbury• Major Wins: Developed consultative five year strategic plan, organisational restructure plan, University Board Student Fees Accountability statement• Governance of NZD $6 Million Revenue association, Retail, Food & Beverage, Early Childhood Education and member services business units• Governance policy review and development• Communications portfolio – Developed social media strategy• Led internal web strategy and University representation working groups• Representative on University of Canterbury Faculty of Business & Economics Board, Learning Management System Selection Board• Consulted on University of Canterbury Web Marketing Strategy, Student Recruitment Strategy• National student lobby representation



University of Canterbury Students Association - Publications & Marketing

• Web and Online Presence Coordinator

  • May 2007 - Oct 2008

  Developed the UCSA web presence through the CMS, and conceiving a new social web strategy for the UCSA's audience of 15,000 students. Conducted feasibility studies, and project requirements for web presence development. Transitioned UCSA 's paper voting system to a 100% Online voting system. Turned the UCSA into a social media aware and active organisation, to promote member services, events, and business operations.Executed Marketing activities, through market research surveys through our Email database, contests, and Email direct marketing drives for our member services and F&B offerings.• Advocated, led and Project Managed – 100% Online Voting SaaS project for 15,000 voting members• Online voting achieved 50% cost savings & environmental footprint reduction – No more paper.• Internal consulting, led feasibility studies and white papers for UCSA web and IT operational strategy• Developed RFP’s and reviewed vendor proposals• Digital Editorial• Maintained and supported UCSA Content Management System• Market research and survey development and implementation• Executed online marketing strategies and client advertising campaigns• Implement social web strategy, increased member engagement and cross selling of other member service offerings



Natural Cuts Ltd

• Marketing Partner

  • Nov 2007 - Jul 2008

  Steer and lead all marketing strategies, and maximise our reach and brand recognition. NaturalCuts specialises in quality gourmet products from New Zealand. Canterbury Lamb, Olivenz Olive Oil, and our NaturalCuts Gourmet Sausages. Developed the brand from scratch, and progressed marketing operations. Steer and lead all marketing strategies, and maximise our reach and brand recognition. NaturalCuts specialises in quality gourmet products from New Zealand. Canterbury Lamb, Olivenz Olive Oil, and our NaturalCuts Gourmet Sausages. Developed the brand from scratch, and progressed marketing operations.



Dick Smith Electronics

• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sales

  • Apr 2006 - Sep 2006

  • High level sales performer and up seller• Consistent sales target achievements• Customer support & dispute resolution• Product demonstrations • High level sales performer and up seller• Consistent sales target achievements• Customer support & dispute resolution• Product demonstrations