Experience

CONQA

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Product Engineering

  • Nov 2022 - Present

• Head Of Product Engineering

  • Aug 2018 - Oct 2022



My Food Bag

• New Zealand
• Food & Beverages
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Developer

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2018

  My Food Bag made the decision to transition away from 3rd party development in early 2016 and I was hired as Lead Developer to help recruit other developers and establish a software development capability in-house. I was also a member of the Operational Leadership Team during this time. Major initiatives included: * moving to cloud based hosting with Azure * implementing web analytics * improving order conversion * application releases necessary to support the launch of Bargain Box, Fresh Start and Swap 2 Suit Show less



Xero

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Front End Practice Lead

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2016

  As Practice Lead I helped teams across Xero adopt more scalable approaches for building web applications based around key ideas like package management, build tooling, unit testing, static analysis and design systems. This work ultimately lead to the formation of a multidisciplinary team building a library of UI components for use across the Xero suite known as “XUI”.

• Front End Developer

  • Jun 2012 - Feb 2014

  Worked on Xero Personal and Workflow Max. Introduced package management, build tooling, unit testing and static analysis to front end development workflows in these products.



Orion Health

• New Zealand
• Software Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Development Team Leader

  • Dec 2011 - Jun 2012

  Team leader of Orion's internal web UI library OHP Web and of Orion's mobile application development team. Managing 7 developers.

• Development Team Leader

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Team leader of Orion's internal web UI library OHP Web. Managing 2 developers.

• Design Engineer

  • Nov 2006 - Aug 2011

  Software architect focusing on web technologies, including the creation of an internal web UI library. Role included providing guidance to other development teams and working in those other teams when required.

• Development Team Leader

  • Jul 2004 - Oct 2006

  Team leader of Orion's disease management and workflow products, Soprano Disease Management and Soprano Workflow Engine.

• Intermediate Software Engineer

  • Oct 2003 - Jul 2004

  Worked as a software engineer on Orion's disease management and workflow products, Soprano Disease Management and Soprano Workflow Engine, focusing on the delivery of the National Immunisation Register for the New Zealand Ministry of Health.



Futuresoft

• Sydney, Australia

• Consultant

  • May 2003 - Jul 2003

  Worked with one other software engineer to provide a web-based interface for an exsisting legacy system for the NSW Department of Fair Trading Worked with one other software engineer to provide a web-based interface for an exsisting legacy system for the NSW Department of Fair Trading



Powerlan

• Sydney, Australia

• Software Engineering Consultant

  • Jul 2001 - Apr 2003

  Lead programmer for Powerlan's PRMS 3 internal project-management and billing system. Developed and maintained several small to medium-scale web-based solutions as part of a development team. Lead programmer for Powerlan's PRMS 3 internal project-management and billing system. Developed and maintained several small to medium-scale web-based solutions as part of a development team.



EMI Music

• United States
• Musicians
• 700 & Above Employee

• New Media Technical Manager

  • Jun 2000 - May 2001

  Worked as part of the New Media team, focusing on technical issues. Ensured solutions employed by EMI were in line with global policy. Ensured security and proper distribution of digital assets. Educated staff of developments in the new media space. Developed online marketing strategy for ESP marketing division. Worked as part of the New Media team, focusing on technical issues. Ensured solutions employed by EMI were in line with global policy. Ensured security and proper distribution of digital assets. Educated staff of developments in the new media space. Developed online marketing strategy for ESP marketing division.



Whitewolf Online

• Sydney, Australia

• Software Engineer

  • Apr 1999 - Jun 2000

  Designed an object-oriented JavaScript API for creating true cross-browser (IE 4, Netscape 4) DHTML user interfaces - no competing products in the Australasian market offered a true cross-browser solution. Worked on the development of websiteMAX - Whitewolf's content-management system, used by clients including Oracle Australia, NSW Police and the Sydney Fish Markets Designed an object-oriented JavaScript API for creating true cross-browser (IE 4, Netscape 4) DHTML user interfaces - no competing products in the Australasian market offered a true cross-browser solution. Worked on the development of websiteMAX - Whitewolf's content-management system, used by clients including Oracle Australia, NSW Police and the Sydney Fish Markets



Clearview Communications Limited

• New Zealand

• Web Application Programmer

  • Oct 1998 - Mar 1999

  Worked on the maintenance and development of several small to medium-scale websites. Maintained and evolved the company's Web Application Framework. Worked on the maintenance and development of several small to medium-scale websites. Maintained and evolved the company's Web Application Framework.



Collaborative Networking Ltd

• New Zealand

• Developer

  • May 1998 - Oct 1998



The University of Auckland

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • Jul 1997 - Jul 1998

  Tutored paper 636-332 Software Engineering. Tutored paper 636-332 Software Engineering.