Work Experience
The nine-to-fives that often ended after five.
EXpotential - Lead Developer
Auckland, New Zealand
April 2019 - May 2020
EXpotential is an early stage startup with the aim of delivering key insights and drive Employee Engagement. This was an exciting opportunity to dip my feet in the realm of software development and try new technologies. Much of my work involved database design, data visualisation, data analysis and full-stack development.
8 Wire Digital - Full-stack Developer
Auckland, New Zealand
July 2018 - March 2020
8 Wire is a boutique E-Commerce agency, specialising in Enterprise Magento 1/2, Shopify and BigCommerce. My role involved both spectrums from high level requirements gathering to final delivery. Technical stack was primarily OOP PHP, KnockoutJS and the usual web development suspects. Had the chance to work on some small to large Magento enterprise projects.
Lero9 - Business Analyst & Marketing Strategist
Auckland, New Zealand
July 2016 - March 2017
Analyse the business requirements of Ecommerce clients and assist in providing technical and marketing solutions to improve conversion. Primarily focused on a data driven approach using A/B testing and Google Analytics.
The Web Company - Senior PHP Developer
Auckland, New Zealand
July 2014 - May 2016
Architecting and developing both web and hybrid mobile applications, primarily relating to E-commerce. Included a client facing component to ascertain business requirements and write functional specification documents. Assisted with the the upskilling of staff and optimization of internal development processes.
ClanMouse Ltd - Lead Web Developer & Technical Co-Founder
Auckland, New Zealand
December 2011 - March 2014
Developing digital magazines for the iPad as well as brochures and micro-websites for digital campaigns. Internal research and development for new ways to provide interactive advertising on the then growing tablet medium.
Projects
All of those things done outside of nine-to-fives and in-between.
Auckland CSS Meetup - Co-Organizer
https://www.meetup.com/auckland-css/
I play the role of organizer for a popular and growing tech meetup in Auckland with over 1,000 members. We talk CSS, JS, A11Y, UX, Design, DevOps and even topics related to freelancing, career building and web history. It's more than just CSS but we're kinda happy with the name of the meetup for now.
Mental Health in Tech Meetup - Co-Founder and Co-Organizer
https://www.meetup.com/mental-health-in-tech-auckland
Co-Founder and Co-Organizer for a relatively small but impactful meetup focusing on metal health and mental duress in the tech sector. Our topics range from Mindfulness to Imposter Syndrome and then some. We're proudly sponsored by Xero and host many of our events there.