Daniel Kovacevic Black Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Takapuna

• Established and supervised IT team providing application systems support, network design/ management, IT/data security across the whole organisation. • Designed and delivered cloud infrastructure spanning across 3 continents servicing in excess of 10 million connections every hour 24/7.• Managed data centre operations, capacity and production planning, change and recovery management, archiving, network bandwidth utilisation, utilising both physical and virtual servers and network equipment.• Conducted Business Impact Analysis, identifying critical systems, facilities, internal organisation, people and processes.• Designed and facilitated implementation of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) throughout the company.• Worked with all departments in the company to develop, refine and conduct readiness tests of the BCP/DR plan.• Improved controls related to business continuity and information security in preparation for ISO 27001• Standardised Information Technology policies, procedures, devices, and software, creating a more secure and stable network environment.• Responsible for research and selection of suppliers, purchasing equipment, goods and services across whole organization.

Takapuna

Infrastructure management, resourcing, supporting and evolving where necessary• Internal and External infrastructure• Service providers and Technology platforms• Employee computers and devices• Asset, access and password control and management• System monitoring and availability• Server and database maintenance and managementKeeping the development plan on track • Planning and implementing new development projects (scoping out development projects in terms of deliverables, timelines, budget etc.)• Resource scheduling• Managing priorities across software development projects• Ensuring high-quality code is delivered due to good process, good design, good code, and in-depth understanding of the customer requirements• Release management - preparing and testing installers, writing and distributing release notes managing new versus old releasesManaging the IT, development, support and test teams in terms of:• Identifying capability gaps in the team and developing strategies to fill those gaps• Motivation and engagement of the team• Hiring new team members• Performance management of team members (setting and managing against individual KPIs, identifying individual strengths and weaknesses and addressing gaps)• Assessing changes in the technology market from a team capability and skills perspective and applying strategies to address or leverage changesRole in the wider business management team:• Communicating with the management team on the status and progress of software development projects• Managing IT, development, support and test team budgets• Setting wider team KPI's, managing performance against them and reporting on them to the management team

Takapuna, Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand