Data, data, data - that's the world of today.We look to make sense of it, care for it, enable understanding of it and create new value and capabilities not seen before going forward.Data turned into information is the world of tomorrow.Working with a great team, creating the next generation of data & analytics at Transpower, introducing cloud based services, DataOps, next gen data governance and much more...

A unique company, and a unique team.Real-time doesn't get more real-time then this - across multiple industries. We're here to help the business direction, to ensure we're looking forward, to simplify and to continuously improve. A journey we love being on.

Responsible for all things technology across NZX.Incorporating the New Zealand Financial markets, New Zealand Clearing house, New Zealand Electricity market and Australian Grain platform, as well as all NZX Service Delivery and IT Operations.Working with one of the most committed and professional teams possible, where what we do really matters and how we do it matters even more. You've got to enjoy where you work, who you work with and what you do.

Responsible for all real time market systems, covering the Securities market (NZ Stock market, NZ Alternative market and NZ Debt market), derivatives, data products, Clearing house infrastructure through to providing the systems and infrastructure that run the 24*7 New Zealand Electricity market in real time.Responsible for Service Delivery and all IT operations across NZX.Responsible for development and enhancement of Systems in the Regulated space.Responsible for infrastructure for all NZX markets – from Data centre set up and management, network set up, participant connectivity and messaging connectivity.A Senior Management role, reporting directly to the CEO and involved in Firm wide decision making, financial forecasting and delivery.Key Result Areas:* Successful team integration;* Set up NZX wide ITIL adoption, and Service Delivery team;* Successful real time multiplatform operational delivery;* Continued successful delivery of the 24*7 Electricity market platform;* Successful multi-Vendor management;* Responsible for over 20 people.

In July 2009, NZX bought M-co. M-co became NZX Energy Services, performing the same roles as at M-co.Key Result Areas:• Successful team integration into NZX;• Continued, successful Electricity Market provision.

Responsible for the operation and development of the systems that service 4 of the 5 market roles within the NZ$6 billion electricity industry.These systems cover:• Near real time bids and offers;• Clearing and settlement of market;• Managing prudential requirements of market;• Billing and receipting electricity for participants;• Reconciling all electricity data in New Zealand.All Electricity market participants use the M-co Wholesale and Information Trading System (WITS), to submit all bids and offers for 48 half hour periods, for any of over 250 pricing nodes within the national grid. All data & schedules published go through WITS to participants, 24x7 via a Web application, push and pull Web Services, and FTP servers (handling over 500,000 records per day)Key Result Areas:• Service Delivery/Management – successful delivery of ITIL based services, providing proactive and reactive management, 24*7 to all market participants;• Successful Capacity Management;• Disaster Recovery testing – regular 6 monthly component DR testing;• Budget Management – managing budgets and stretch targets;• Client/relationship management – of all electricity market participants and regulatory participants. • Successful Developments/Enhancements (using – Agile/Scrum, as well as more traditional waterfall SDLC where appropriate);• Development & Operational team line management;• IT and business strategy;• 24x7, 365, 99.72% uptime requirement successfully delivered;• Heavily involved in the detail of the NZ Electricity Market – having to understand and help implement rule changes, data requirements. • Vendor management – 3rd party suppliers (software/infrastructure to hosting solutions);• Regularly successfully audited on Software development and Operational processes across all contract roles;• Technologies involved – EAI/ESB Sun JavaCaps, Ruby on Rails, Oracle, Oracle application server, Apache, Mongrel, Solaris 10, SANs, SUN Clusters..

Development Manager with a team of 3 developers, Account Management with existing and new clients, Project Management of new and existing projects (especially using Agile), being part of the management team of the company and involved in setting Strategic direction, and Technical Architecture.

A group wide role, merging two development teams, forming a team of 14 developers. Responsible for all in house considerations where technical development and/or integration is concerned. Key Result Areas:• Successful integration of two very different development teams;• Successful team management (inc appraisals, training and career planning);• Successful resource planning, in conjunction with Programme delivery team;• Guiding/mentoring team members;• Technical architect/design authority for all development.Major Achievements:• Strategic application architecture (SOA environment – loosely coupled architecture, with wide usage of Web Services, Biztalk and Microsoft .Net);• Team delivery of multiple successful projects/applications.

Hands on development team leader for three separate applications – two web based, Oracle/ASP, XML/XSL based, and a third VB/Oracle application.Also, provided a standardised approach to project documentation.Key Result Areas:• Designing, developing and team leading the multi contract capability of an existing single contract system (VB);• Responsible for full project delivery – Project planning (MS Project), weekly management reports/progress reporting, Project issue resolution and action points; • Oracle consultancy - SQL/PLSQL/Database tuning/optimisation;• Provision of standardisation of design documentation, technical specifications and testing documentation.Major Achievements:• Delivery of two new applications designed, and built from scratch with a team of 3.

I was the technical team leader/project manager on the development of Femail.co.uk. Leading a team of 7 developers, and developing the site fully inhouse from scratch. I was involved in all aspects of the development, from database design through to PL/SQL coding, integrating Oracle Intermedia, developing data driven components of the site and writing the technical documentation for the application. I worked closely with editorial, design and business development, to ensure that the technical solution delivered by my team, met their needs.

I was responsible for the development of Bigbluedog.co.uk, a jobsite associated with the Evening Standard newspaper – using OAS, and Oracle 8.0.5. Key Result Areas:• Management of a development team of 5-7 people;• Providing New Media consultancy to all of Associated Newspapers;• Planning the architecture for the online presence of Associated Newspapers;Major Achievements:• Delivery of data driven web site – BigBlueDog.com job site (using Oracle, Oracle Application Server, Netscape Webservers and Alteon switch load balancers);• Successful application integration between different partners involved in website delivery. Providing datafeeds and separate website functionality integration.• Multiple web consultancies, internally & externally, advising on XML & WAP.• Successfully managing multiple projects at any one time.• Successful technical support of major Websites, such as ThisisLondon.co.uk.

Test Laboratory – Business as usual and Y2K ProjectKey Result Areas:• Integration of applications into the test laboratory – coordinating the relevant development, infrastructure and dba teams;• Test Lab long term planning – across all platforms;Major Achievements:• Successful application integration and scheduling;• Technical, Y2K and Oracle consultancy;

Key Result Areas:• Project management of development teams;• Responsible for the vertical (HW, OS, DB and toolset) and horizontal (application interfaces) Y2K integration of the 35 Oracle and Foxpro applications;• Integration testing of the applications, providing the strategy for the different application interface types;• Devised the environment strategy and schedule, given the considerations of OS, Databases etc in a clockable Y2K test environment across the whole project;Major Achievements:• Successful project management of application Y2K environment requirements, set up and scheduling;• Successful application integration testing;• Oracle consultancy.

Key Result Areas:• Worked on Telecom Customer Sales & Services project (over $100 Million project); • Analysis and design using Designer 2000 and Developer 2000;• Use of Oracle CDM.Major Achievements:• Functional analysis & design of the billing credit checking and fulfillment areas;• Solution presentations to management board;

CSC bought Continuum New Zealand who interviewed and flew me out from the UK as an Oracle Consultant.Key Result Areas:• Multiple client focused projects - from IT set up of Regional Council Departments, to GUI development paths and database design issues;• Numerous Oracle designer/developer 2000 developments/consultancies;• Internet Webmaster/company specialist. Provided internet consultancy;• Data warehouse project for major NZ corporation • Multiple System integration consultancies.Major Achievements:• Set up the CSC New Zealand Web site, using Oracle Web server for a dynamic, data driven site;• BASF New Zealand – After investigation of performance issues, a proof of concept stage (performance gain of upto 50%) and board presentation. I ported and re-engineered an MS Access forecasting application onto an Oracle database.

I worked for six years on Oracle Libraries, a Library management system handling catalogue automation, from financial funds and acquisitions to on-line public access and multi-media document management and delivery. I was deeply involved in the design/development of the funds and acquisitions, EDI, on-line public access, catalogue and circulation modules. Oracle Libraries was also used as a document management system. I was responsible for the conversion to SQL*Forms v3 (from 2.3) and Oracle v6/7 (from v5), and for conversion considerations of SQL*Forms 4.0 & 4.5 and SQL*Reportwriter 2.5. I used the whole Oracle toolset, from being an Oracle DBA, to SQL*Forms, SQL*Reports, SQL*Loader, SQL*Net and Pro*C to integrating SQL*Textretrieval and third party applications. I was the company SQL*Forms and PLSQL optimisation expert.