The Monk Family Trust is a farm, based in Manawatu, focussing on data-driven, sustainable, renewable farming practices. We are exploring farming poultry (layers and broilers), bovine (dairy and beef), sheep (meat and wool) and pigs.

Entity Hub Ltd is an ICT consultancy, birthed out of the education sector and delivering quality ICT advisory and consulting services.My role is split between the executive, vendor and customer management and consulting architecture functions of the business.

Proposed, negotiated and managed the merger of Actually Consulting, Nski, Definitive IT Solutions and Gen-too Mac Solutions into Entity Hub.Established Entity Communications Ltd as a fully fledged telecommunications company.

FIRST® New Zealand is the operational partner for FIRST® in New Zealand and is a charitable trust registered with the New Zealand Charities Service, registration number CC55585.FIRST was established in 1989 in the USA and is an internationally acclaimed robotics programme that inspires a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in young people.Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programmes that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership."To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders". Dean Kamen, Founder.Worldwide there are 32,600 teams made up of 350,000+ students from nearly 80 countries. 64,000+ Mentors and 66,000+ event Volunteers and Affiliate Partners donate their time to make FIRST® possible.FIRST was founded by Dean Kamen who is an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

Part of the Tegel IS leadership team, formulating long-term delivery strategy while developing and supporting constructive tactical solutions.- Development and delivery of solutions, ensuring solutions fit for [business] purpose- Providing development guidance and support throughout the Project delivery lifecycle- Evaluation and selection of technical solutions in line with IS strategy and architecture- Building high-performance culture, pro-activity, continuous improvement and service delivery- Facilitation of the definition, creation and on-going maintenance of development principles, methodologies, procedures and standards for internal and external development- Line management of Development and Application Support teams, increasing team engagement- Vendor management of key delivery partners.- Project and BAU work involving: Movex (FMCG oriented AS/400-based ERP solution) Innova MTech BizTalk (ESB/Web Services) B2B/EDI solutions SharePointAchievements- Delivered three major projects servicing two business verticals- Identified the need for- and implemented controlled release management practices- Delivery of a key project attributed by the Delivery Manager to practices I had implemented- Identified several architectural changes/design flaws, collaboratively mitigated these issues- Delivered multiple vertically integrated E2E utility environments facilitating multiple delivery streams- Delivered several variance investigation reports, driving investigations down from 3 days to 30 mins.

Motivated for and awarded this role through identifying the need for process and governance around delivery and release management functions. The role is now being replicated in several other teams due to achieved successes.- Programme management for BAU and lifecycle projects/initiatives.- Delivery Management- Software Programme/Project Management ($2m CAPEX lifecycle and enhancements)- Platform-wide major incident management to resolution overriding all RACI models.- Providing a central and consistent view of the lifecycle initiatives, ensuring stakeholders have a clear understanding of in-flight, planned and interdependent initiatives;- Vendor/Stakeholder managementAchievements- service pack delivery time down 50%- BAU outages/incidents down 90%- open incidents down 93%- support costs down- part of a government task force removing a legacy communications system

Providing direction, advice and technical expertise across the key areas of strategy, delivery and planning.Technical ownership of roadmaps across the Cloud and Online Service Delivery Platform (SDP):- Software infrastructure lifecycle/platform refresh (hosted security products; performance enhancements; process improvements; and re-engineering)- Release and Delivery Management (portal frameworks; and consolidation and cost-out initiatives)- Lifecycle Management and Monitoring (application level monitoring; performance monitoring; notification management; deployment roadmaps; and automated deployment)- High-level/Detailed design and third-party release and deployment notes documentation templates.- Architectural responsibility for Linux architectural standards for the SDP, Safecom (secure services) suite, Architecture and design of Gen-i's Microsoft-based SDP, Mail transfer and filtering solutions, Non-Microsoft databases, Secure messaging/file transfer, Data replication (DRBD etc.)Major achievements- Independently commended by vendor’s Operations and Support Managers for business acumen, work ethic, and technical skill.- Designed the architecture and implemented zoned solutions for a number of security vulnerabilities identified in an in-depth analysis of the SDP. These solutions form an integral part of the current security policies and standards which enable an on-going ISAE audit.

Owned and managed this group of four companies (ICT Consulting, Internet Service Provider, Hardware/Software Development, and Financial Services Consultancy). General Management functions covering Finance, Strategy, HR, Marketing and Innovation.Managing up to 20 direct reports across the group, with four points of presence around Southern Africa.Consulting project management, business analysis, solution, software and infrastructure architecture.Accountable for:- group-wide products and services;- group-wide sales and marketing strategy;- group-wide client delivery;- group-wide stakeholder and vendor management;- group-wide capacity management to support customer growth;- group-wide legal and financial compliance;- internal technology strategy;- internal people resourcing, remediation and management.Delivered services in the following areas to a number of enterprise/parastatal/home customers:- ICT Services;- Software and Hardware Design and Manufacture;- Internet Service Provider; and- Financial Services.A country-wide infrastructure/software solution provider/design consultancy delivering a number of managed and hosted services including:- Various IaaS offerings including Backup and Desktop (-as-a-service)- Site-to-site VPN- Internet resiliency devices- Subcontracted design/manufacture and project management services to central/local government; parastatal and enterprise including: Tunnel toxicity monitoring and alerting; Digital and holographic piracy prevention system; An antiretroviral management system; A multi-directional inter-DBMS replication tool across remote sites with limited connectivity.- Development of a number of scalable hardware/software products under the group brand.

Developed various client/server applications in VB, integrating with Informix. These applications also integrated with various ERP/accounting systems including Chameleon 2000 / Tetra CS3 / SAP.Programming, sysadmin and UNIX / Linux consulting for clients including Canon KZN (Office Automation), Electromatic (Electronics company - created a MRP addon to CS3), BRM (clothing company which owned Instinct, Lemon & Soda and Lotto Licenses in RSA) and Triple-A Beef (a beef ranch with around 1000 head - analysed, designed and programmed a farming/MES solution including feed mix recipe management and abattoir management).Created the ISV which is now known as ATOMGATE. This included creating solutions incorporating Internet Ready Buildings IRBs in the '90's