Experience

Invenco

• New Zealand
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Validation Team Lead

  • Jun 2021 - Present

• Senior Validation Engineer

  • Nov 2015 - Present



Vigil Monitoring Ltd

• New Zealand
• Health, Wellness and Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hardware Test Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2015



NextWindow

• New Zealand
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior System Verification Engineer

  • Apr 2011 - Jan 2014



Integral Technology Group Ltd

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Test Lead

  • 2009 - Jan 2011

  Testing of an online loan application system. Testing of modifications to integrated job costing and accounts systems. Testing of modifications to CRM systems. Testing of investment portfolio and tax reports. Provision of QA testing estimates for projects. Testing of an online loan application system. Testing of modifications to integrated job costing and accounts systems. Testing of modifications to CRM systems. Testing of investment portfolio and tax reports. Provision of QA testing estimates for projects.



APL+ Ltd

• Software Tester

  • Jan 2007 - 2009

  Testing of an online loan application system. Testing of modifications to integrated job costing and accounts systems. Testing of modifications to CRM systems. Testing of investment portfolio and tax reports. Provision of QA testing estimates for projects Testing of an online loan application system. Testing of modifications to integrated job costing and accounts systems. Testing of modifications to CRM systems. Testing of investment portfolio and tax reports. Provision of QA testing estimates for projects



Navman Technology NZ Ltd

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Technical Support Specialist

  • Oct 2003 - Dec 2006

  As Technical Support Specialist: Test computer maintenance, Product FAQ maintenance, 2nd tier technical support for Navman subsidiaries, Local New Zealand and Rest of World customer support, Automotive Navigation product testing As Software Test Engineer: Automotive Navigation product testing, Liaison with field testers, Fill-in Linux administrator role maintaining and managing the issue tracking system (Jira), the source control system (Subversion), the internal information service (Wiki), software developer mailing lists (Mailman), and a document management system (Knowledge Tree).



Intel (NZ) Ltd

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Software Engineer / System Administrator

  • Sep 2000 - Mar 2003

  Intel (NZ) Ltd was Dialogic NZ System and Integration Software Testing, Administrator for Linux Systems, Porting software from Windows to Linux, Re-branding the product source code, Administration of CVS, Bugzilla bug database, Installation, configuration, and evaluation of Rational ClearCase, Training new System Administrator Actively promoted the use of source code control systems with the result that CVS was chosen as the most effective solution. Ported automated test software to Linux so that testing could be run on the same platform as the product thereby more than halving the test setup time. Contributed to the porting of the CT Media telephony middleware server from Windows 2000 to Linux.



Catalyst

• New Zealand
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Contractor

  • Jul 2000 - Sep 2000

  Briefly the Auckland representative for Catalyst IT Ltd Servicing Linux systems for Auckland customers. On the spot technical support for tape backup systems and ADSL Internet connections Briefly the Auckland representative for Catalyst IT Ltd Servicing Linux systems for Auckland customers. On the spot technical support for tape backup systems and ADSL Internet connections



Self Employed

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Technical Writer

  • Jul 1999 - Sep 2000

  Contributed to the book “Special Edition, Using KDE”, published by Que. Researched the material for and wrote chapters about the installation and configuration of the X Window System and KDE. Contributed to the book “Special Edition, Using KDE”, published by Que. Researched the material for and wrote chapters about the installation and configuration of the X Window System and KDE.



Caldera (Deutschland) GmbH

• Erlangen Area, Germany

• Development and Testing Engineer, and Technical Support

  • Oct 1997 - May 1999

  Caldera Deutschland was the development division of Caldera Systems, Inc., Utah, USA. Position: Development and Testing Engineer, and Technical Support. Responsibilities: Built application software packages for OpenLinux. Tested OpenLinux and performed a quality control role. Tested patches for known security holes in programs. Wrote and released security advisories along with the fixed software packages. Provided back-end support for the support department at Caldera Systems, Inc. Maintained the OpenLinux package upgrade system. Represented the company at the CeBIT trade fair each year. Achievements: We created the first VGA graphical installation for a Linux distribution, boosted the profile of Caldera and increased demand significantly.



LST Software GmbH

• Erlangen Area, Germany

• Development and Testing Engineer, Tech. Support and Translator

  • Jun 1996 - Oct 1997

  Responsibilities: Built application software packages for the Caldera OpenLinux and LST PowerLinux distributions. Tested functionality of programs contained in the Linux distributions. Provided technical telephone and email support for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Managed the postal distribution of LST PowerLinux within Germany. Translated, and edited, the LST Linux distribution handbook “The PowerLinux” from German to English. Achievements: We moved from TAR file to RPM package format, which enabled me to be completely responsible for approximately 100 software packages of the 500 package system.



Linux Support Team

• Erlangen Area, Germany

• Contractor

  • Dec 1995 - Jun 1996

  Position: Contractor for translation, testing, and development. Responsibilities: Planned and designed the test strategy Tested functionality of programs contained in the Linux distribution. Built and configured application software packages for the Linux distribution. Translated the installation program of the LST 2.1 PowerLinux distribution from German to English. Achievements: Translated the PowerLinux installation system in time for the first live demonstration to Caldera, Inc.. LST won the contract to supply a Linux distribution to Caldera as a result of the presentation.



Software of Excellence

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Application Developer

  • Jan 1994 - Oct 1995

  SOEI produces practice management software solutions for dental practices. The Application provided a customized database and accounting system for small to medium sized dental practices including remote sites. X -ray capture and enhancement as well as video capture were integrated in the program. Position: MS Windows C Database Application Developer Responsibilities: Development of the product for the US market, involving enhancements to the user interface, debugging and testing Layout design, coding, and testing of reports Development of a data import utility from design through to test. Local customer support Software installation and integration for product patches Achievements: Instigated practice of storing of debugging information files for each set of binaries shipped to customers in addition to the debug version of the product. This meant that customer bug reports could be traced in the source code. Developed a database porting application enabling the first large conversion of a major competitors data into the Exact Dental System.



New Zealand Welding Centre

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Programmer

  • Dec 1991 - Jul 1992

  NZWC is a division of the NZ Heavy Engineering Research Association Responsibilities: Analysing the individual tasks in making a welded joint. Verifying time and cost calculation formulae. Development of C++ and dBase IV programs for weld cost calculation. Re-structuring database layout and re-factoring existing C++ programs. Guiding and advising foreign exchange students at the University of Auckland who were also working on the project. Learned C++ on the job and completed the core database and cost calculation modules.