Experience

Glorious

• New Zealand
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Information Officer

  • Feb 2022 - Present



P^werFinance

• New Zealand
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  ∙ Worked with wider executive team and board members to define technical requirements∙ Worked closely with stakeholders and technical staff to realise the company vision∙ Developed high performing teams with inclusive, high trust culture∙ Responsible for interviewing and hiring senior staff∙ Worked with staff to develop architecture in support of next generation financial applications∙ Established technical standards with teams to set delivery best practices∙ Instituted fact-finding and prototyping sessions, answering big picture questions∙ Received in-depth media training



CENNZnet

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

  ∙ Placed in the CIO50 NZ 2020∙ Graduated comprehensive in-residence leadership training programme∙ Developed a remarkable team culture around clear communication and trust∙ Established short and long-term plans for 40+ technical staff∙ Instituted a new budget and took management of high-value financial accounts∙ Brought several major long-running projects across the line, including∙∙ In-house blockchain technology and peripherals∙∙ Enterprise KYC (Know-Your-Customer) platform∙ Built community participation in company open-source technologies∙ Produced public-facing media explaining the company vision and offering∙ Developed strong working relationships with recruiters

• Product Architect

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

  ∙ Responsible for architecture of in-house greenfield blockchain technology∙ Designed in-house decentralised attestation and trustless certification technologies∙ Developed new Doughnut delegation technology for blockchain identity and access control∙ Filed patent application with USPTO with the help of prominent US patent lawyers∙ Major contributor to the company ‘split-token price stability’ economic whitepaper∙ Dedicated in-house architect for Centrality family of companies, working on∙∙ Decentralised identity∙∙ Access control∙∙ Smart contract development∙∙ Decentralised filesystems∙∙ Self-governing market systems∙∙ Mesh networking∙∙ Consensus∙∙ Decentralised governance∙∙ Trustless systems design∙∙ Secure centralised-decentralised systems integration

• Technical Lead

  • Nov 2017 - Sep 2018

  ∙ Led architecture and development of two world’s first cryptocurrency-enabled technologies∙∙ Automated employee payroll and claims∙∙ Customer invoicing and settlement∙ Mentored, coached and hired developers for high performance teams∙ Helped to establish delivery and engineering best practices within the company∙ Oversaw architecture and development of the in-house blockchain analytics and reporting toolchain∙ Worked with Centrality family companies on decentralised identity and authorisation technologies∙ Managed international business relationships with executive partners



Godfrey Consulting ltd

• Senior Fullstack Developer

  • Feb 2016 - Nov 2018



Fairfax Media

• Australia
• Online Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Fullstack Developer

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Designed and built a new API for Fairfax's data journalism• Designed and managed the development of Fairfax’ school reports interactive• Designed and built an API for the archiving of tens of millions of legacy stories• Managed large-scale migration from an expensive legacy CMS to this archival API• Designed and built a cutting edge ‘universal’ application’* for NZ’s most popular website• Initial development on next-gen newspaper authoring tool• Initial development on new quiz authoring tool• Consulting and mentoring on most internal front-end or Javascript projects.Responsibilities• Javascript application development (React, NodeJS, Webpack, Babel, SASS, EJS, ES6+)• API development (NodeJS, Express, Swagger, RAML, AWS S3, Postgres)• Test automation (Mocha, Tape, Nyc, Istanbul, Chai, Enzyme)• Technical guidance for multiple teams• Project management• Architectural oversight• Mentorship• Database and infrastructure management• Large-scale migration management



Silverstripe

• New Zealand
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Javascript Developer

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2016

  Hired as a core team member on the New Westpac Internet Banking Platform project (ONE) - the "first fully responsive online banking platform in Australasia."Projects:• Westpac ONE internet banking system• NZTA - website rebuild• Skinny Mobile - mobile broadband project - website, shop, and customer portal upgrade• Pharmac - website rebuild• CHRA - website rebuild (not yet live)• Experimental lightening fast CMS upgrade project (internal)• Various other unreleased or internal projects



Catch Design

• New Zealand
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2014

  During my time at Catch I worked with a team to develop a management application under non-disclosure-agreement for one of New Zealand’s largest corporations. As the longest serving member of this team, my role encompassed almost every aspect of the project. My main responsibilities included the application’s architecture and the front-end codebase.Responsible for:• Javascript application development (AngularJS)• Data-responsive template development• Ruby application development (Rails)• Application architecture• User experience design and consultation• Database administration• Rapid prototyping and solution design



Italo

• Game Developer

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  I was hired to extend an existing Javascript game. Modifications included multiplayer gameplay over a NodeJS websocket server, player lobbies, latency compensation, and more.Responsible for:• Building a NodeJS game server• Understanding and modifying an existing code base• Clear technical explanations• Managing version control I was hired to extend an existing Javascript game. Modifications included multiplayer gameplay over a NodeJS websocket server, player lobbies, latency compensation, and more.Responsible for:• Building a NodeJS game server• Understanding and modifying an existing code base• Clear technical explanations• Managing version control



New Zealand Parkour Association

• Admin, Developer and Graphic Designer

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2013

  I volunteered to administer the community web pages and forums for the New Zealand parkour community. I designed the old logo and built the old nztraceur.com website.The New Zealand Parkour Association grew out of the community forums, and I continue to maintain and administer the more recent New Zealand Parkour Association website and forums [www.nzparkour.co.nz]. Also I do graphic design work for them, my most recent work being the Instructor Endorsement Certificate and the NZPA letterhead.Responsible for:• Creating web templates,• Implementing community requested features,• Updating site contents,• Managing the user base,

• Committee Member

  • 2010 - 2013

  The NZPA was founded in 2010 and I was put forward as a committee member. I remained a committee member until 2013 when the NZPA switched to a Flat Organisation structure. I continue to fill many of these roles within the Organisation. I am currently organising National Jam 2014.Responsible for:• Representing Manawatu practitioners• Forming and participating in work groups to achieve NZPA goals• Organising level national events



AMC's Spartacus

• Action Extra

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2012

  Responsible for:· On-set safety· Creating cinematic fight sequences· Maintaining continuity and realism Responsible for:· On-set safety· Creating cinematic fight sequences· Maintaining continuity and realism



Tract Apparel

• Co-founder | Product Designer

  • 2010 - 2012

  Tract Apparel was a tshirt label I dreamt up while talking to a friend. With my friend's help we printed a few hundred shirts through District Lines [http://www.districtlines.com/] based in Florida. After a year of marketing we decided to let the last of the shirts sell out.Responsible for:• Product design,• Communicating with manufacturers and distributors,• Handling Customer Enquiries and complaints,• Marketing Tract Apparel was a tshirt label I dreamt up while talking to a friend. With my friend's help we printed a few hundred shirts through District Lines [http://www.districtlines.com/] based in Florida. After a year of marketing we decided to let the last of the shirts sell out.Responsible for:• Product design,• Communicating with manufacturers and distributors,• Handling Customer Enquiries and complaints,• Marketing



Kite Media

• Front-end Developer | Graphic Designer

  • Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

  I moved to Christchurch to join Kite Media soon after the February earthquakes. Our aim was to provide online business solutions for earthquake affected business owners at discount prices.· Brand redesign,· Website templating,· User interface design,· Responsive web pages,· Clear client communication,· Application developmentKite Media was put on hold until the business environment in Christchurch improved. It was relaunched in 2012. The logo I developed for them is still in use today.[www.kitemedia.co.nz]



Kiwi Dynamic

• Co-founder | Front-end Developer

  • Apr 2006 - Jun 2007

  Kiwi Dynamic was a small web design group founded by myself and two friends Kiwi Dynamic was a small web design group founded by myself and two friends