I've been living in Wellington since 1993 and in that time have worked in IT delivery for private-sector, Government and start-up businesses in many different roles. Prior to moving to Wellington I worked in Television and video primarily as a video editor.
I've recently finished several years working with the Ministry of Social Development working on IT business projects, programmes and portfolios for a wide range of business services and applications. These have been mainly web applications and, for the last few years, mobile web.
I had a great time doing the Enspiral Dev Academy Bootcamp 'Hihi' at the end of 2018, being immersed in a world of Javascript and modern and robust web app development. My EDA Graduation Letter covers it quite well :-)
I'm now using that knowledge, skills and awareness to explore new online business ventures and opportunities.
My current focus is upgrading HireThings.com / .co.nz / com.au to a more appropriate style and focus required of a modern useful online service
As part of that journey, I've spent a couple of months working my way through a fantasic and challenging Rails 5 Professional Udemy course. It was very detailed, and the result of my efforts was this website, and this certificate ;-)
I love business, technology, governance, finance, food and fermentation, swimming, art, living in Aro Valley, my friends, and spending time with my partner on our various projects and adventures :-)
I enjoy getting in and helping make a business, team, technology and process work, and I like being part of that business. I'd love to explore business opportunities with you and see what great things we can make happen
From: 2011. To: 2018.
Business analyst, project manger, programme manager and Web Team manager. UX and mobile capability manager. Agile tools capability manager.
From: 2009. To: 2011.
Analyst, developer and project manager for a variety of open-source web based applications.
From: 2006. To: 2009.
Co-founder, developer and CEO for online hire and rental marketplace startup www.hirethings.co.nz (and later www.hirethings.com.au)
From: 2004. To: 2006.
Developer and DBA for a wide range of windows and web based applications
From: 2000. To: 2002.
Developer for eCargo freight marketplace. Support developer for eCentric government clients.
From: 1999. To: 2001.
Analyst developer for MAF IT systems. Year 2000 upgrades.
From: 1995. To: 1998.
Coordinating IT projects and initiatives across the MAF Quality Management
From: 1993. To: 1995.
Support national activities for food safety inspection and auditing services
From: 1992. To: 1992.
Editor for Kids TV teen show Short Sportz, and current affairs shows InFocus with Stephanie Tauevehi, and Suzy Kato's "You and Me"
From: 1991. To: 1992.
18 month venture to establish video editing facility for new Panasonic M2 tape format.
From: 1989. To: 1991.
From: 1989. To: 1989.
Prepping video editing facilities, source tapes, final masters and copies. Backup Steve the main editor. Camera, lighting and sound assist
Completed 226 module hands-on course "Dissecting Ruby on Rails 5". The result was this website built from scratch with Rails 5, Javascript/JQuery, PostgreSQL, web-sockets, GIT and Heroku for hosting.
Completion and graduation of Foundation and Bootcamp intensive mobile web development programme. Javascript backend (node.js) and front-end (React/Redux) focus.
Scaled Agile Framework practitioner exam and certification.
Foundation and Practitioner/Professional exam and certification
Projects In a Controlled Environment (Prince2) foundation and practitioner/professional exam and certification.
Scrum master training and certification.
SQL Server certified professional DBA exam and certification.
6 years part-time extramural studies whilst working. Covered Management Information Systems, GIS, Object Oriented development and databases, scaling enterprise applications.
Management, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Business Computing, Economics, Statistics, Property.