Senior Project Manager
Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
Senior Project Manager. Vector Advanced Metering Services (VAMS), (Dec 2018-Apr 2021)Cloud Infrastructure design, build and legacy integration using VMC and AWS. (NZ Metering Platform Refresh, Agile Project Manager, 8 months). Design and build of a secure cloud based infrastructure integrated with Vector Digital’s existing legacy and core systems to replace 100+ legacy VM’s, servers and databases. Teams were drawn from across the business and external vendors. The scope Included commercials, Infrastructure, migration planning, security and network design, build and testing. The new platform will now host the full NZ metering application stack using VMC (VMWare in the Cloud), database servers natively hosted in AWS, Cloudguard security and transit gateway connectivity to legacy systems and business partners.Legacy meter environment replacement and new technologies release. (Arc Replacement and Series 3 meter implementation, Agile Project Manager, 6 months). Successful implementation of new systems, processes and metering products to support the infield replacement of 100k legacy electricity meters. SaaS Meter Head End Implementation and Migration. (Next Gen Head End Project, Agile Project Manager, 24 months). Implementation of the EDMI Storm SaaS head end application used to communicate with more than 1.2 million electricity meters. The new solution manages all Vector Metering EDMI meters, collecting readings and metering data at twice the earlier rate, delivering to the Meter Data Management (MDM) and key reporting systems. It is integrated into the existing workflow systems to support remote disconnection and reconnection. This Agile project with a core design, development and test team of 15, drew on over 100 others from the wider Vector business, metering, technical teams and suppliers to achieve success.