Web Developer
Melbourne Area, Australia
Web Developer
Melbourne Area, Australia
I'm a Software Developer living in Melbourne, Australia.
In my second year as a Computer Science student at the University of Canterbury, I was the first person to become a Microsoft Student Ambassador at the University. Following that, I was also part of a global Student Advisory Board a team a of students from all around the world that helped bring the current version of www.theSpoke.net.
Since graduating in 2005 I've worked on teams and projects of various sizes and using different technologies. These include Cost Control applications for the construction industry, CMS solutions tailored for online publishing and digital media as well as larger scale projects such as Internet Banking systems.
I have a B.Com. from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand where I studied Information Systems and Computer Science. I am also a Microsoft Certified Application Developer in .NET.
I'm very passionate about technology and all things tech, I enjoy blogging and I previously ran the Christchurch, NZ .NET user group .
ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, 4th Dimension, Java, Jade, HTML, Web Services, XML, OO, Web Development and more!
(Public Company; ANZ; Banking industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
I’m currently working with a team from APAK Group - a Sword Group company - at ANZ in the team developing ANZ’s internet banking solutions for the Asia/Pacific regions. My work involves maintenance and development of the system functionality, building the software releases for test & production environments, defect fixes as well as providing technical support & assistance for the project’s testing, production support and administration teams.
(Internet industry)
July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year )
ID is an Online/Digital Publishing Solutions company based in Christchurch. My work involved development and maintenance of our core CMS solution that is tailored for online publishing and social media. This included development of new features, maintenance, and upgrades of our CMS as well as site specific features. I have been involved with projects for sites like sjs.co.nz and blackcaps.co.nz and others.
In addition I was also involved in maintaining our exchange server, spam management software and our backups.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Manux solutions is a software company in Christchurch providing cost control and financial applications mainly for the construction industry.
I worked in the 4th Dimension team primarily on our cost control package and other 4D applications. This involved development, testing, documentation and support. I was also involved in some of our web projects with our .NET team where I worked on integration between those applications and our cost control package.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — September 2005 (6 months)
Worked alongside 40 students from different countries around the world on the Student Advisory Board for theSpoke website - a student community website hosted by Microsoft for IT students. We worked with a team from Microsoft and partner companies on delivering the next version of theSpoke student community website. I worked as part of the Business and Marketing group which was responsible for deciding on the new user interface for the website and assisting the Microsoft team in creating the marketing campaign for advertising the website.
(Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Was a student ambassador for Microsoft New Zealand at the University of Canterbury. I helped the Computer Science department with its MSDN Academic Alliance subscription distribution, evangelised the Microsoft .NET Platform to departmental students, got involved with local .NET user groups, delivered presentations, and helped with technical and installation issues of the software when needed. [Please note that I was not a Microsoft employee with this position]
BCom , Information Systems, Computer Science , 2002 — 2005
IT, Computer Software/Hardware, Gadgets, Networking with People, Blogging and all things Tech.