Manager Migration Projects at MetService
New Zealand
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- Manager Migration Projects at MetService
- Past
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- Development Team Manager at Ministry of Social Development
- DBA at Department of Conservation
- Contract Database Analyst at EFTPOS New Zealand
- Contract Database Analyst at ECNZ - Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
- Data Warehouse Administrator at NZES
- Analyst / Programmer at Telecom New Zealand
- VMS Operator (part time) at New Zealand Fire Service
- Education
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- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington College
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Douglas Talbot’s Summary
Agile Project Manager, Agile development researcher, Agile Coach, Agile Architect
Specialising in agile software development management, both team and project focuses. I have spent the last 4 years working with corporate software development groups and development teams, helping them understand and adopt Agile practices. My goals are in researching better ways to build software and empower teams through collaborative people focused environments. My key interests lie in helping software teams perform to the best of their ability.
I have experience in many areas of IT over the past 18 years. Starting as a VMS operator, then C programmer, and spending time as a Oracle forms developer, Analyst Programmer, Oracle DBA, SQLServer DBA, Data Architect, Operations team lead, Change manager, Process Analyst and Development team manager.
Founder of the Agile Professionals Network in Wellington NZ. Member of Agile Alliance.
Speaking engagements: Introduction to Agile for Summer of code, Agile Experiences at the local APN (Agile Network), Agile User Stories at the local APN. Agile Architecture at the local WSAF (Architects forum).
Douglas Talbot’s Specialties:
Agile Project Management, Agile Coaching, Agile software development, Traditional Project Managment, Team development, Process improvement, Continuous improvement practices, Ruby on Rails, Java, SQLServer, Oracle, Data warehousing
Douglas Talbot’s Experience
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Manager Migration Projects
MetService
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Development Team Manager
Ministry of Social Development
(Government Administration industry)
November 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 10 months)
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DBA
Department of Conservation
(Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
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Contract Database Analyst
EFTPOS New Zealand
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)
January 1999 — September 1999 (9 months)
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Contract Database Analyst
ECNZ - Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
(Utilities industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
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Data Warehouse Administrator
NZES
(Computer Software industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
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Analyst / Programmer
Telecom New Zealand
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NZT; Telecommunications industry)
January 1994 — May 1996 (2 years 5 months)
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VMS Operator (part time)
New Zealand Fire Service
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Public Safety industry)
1992 — 1993 (1 year )
Douglas Talbot’s Education
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Victoria University of Wellington
BCA , Management , 1991 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Victoria Cavers, Victoria university ski club
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Victoria University of Wellington
BA , Computer Science , 1990 — 1992
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Wellington College
1985 — 1989
Additional Information
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Douglas Talbot’s Interests:
Agile software development, Project managment, Process improvement, Ruby on Rails, Java, Data warehousing Rock climbing, Caving, Football, Living History, Argintine Tango, Aikido
Douglas Talbot’s Groups:
APN(NZ), MLHNZ
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Summer of Code - New Zealand
Douglas Talbot’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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