Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for iPayroll (New Zealand) and CloudPayroll (Australia) - iPayroll is the leading online PAYE Intermediary (PI) processing over $4 billion worth of gross payrolls per annum.

● Create and implement technology strategies, vision and roadmap, aligning technology resources with goals to yield competitive advantage. Foster product innovation through product research and continuous improvement.● Managed successful implementation and rollout of ISO 27001 certified Information Security Management System.● Establish and oversee product and software development and releases processes, including development, delivery, specification, and testing processes, using industry accepted best practices.● Develop, track, and control the technology budget for purchasing and staffing.● Serve on the executive committee to align technology goals to departmental and organizational objectives.● Manage recruitment, training, retention, and organisation of technical staff including the development and testing team, product team, vendor management & compliance, security, architecture and IT / Operations● Ensure technology processes and customer-facing services comply with market expectations and applicable laws and regulations for privacy and security.● As the CISO, direct security operations and security architecture planning and implementation. ● Oversee identity and access management, data loss and fraud prevention, and security governance and facilitate development of a risk-based security culture among staff.

● CTO for a social enterprise software as a service payroll system● Planning strategic delivery of SaaS system development for system upgrades and enhancements to existing and new features, services and products. ● Managing IT systems and SaaS architecture including scoping, planning and overseeing IT forecasts and budgets, ● Implementing and leading digital transformation of legacy systems and implementing effective change, environment, and release management processes● Developing and overseeing security, risk management, business disaster recovery, and incident management processes● Evaluating and recommending new technologies and solutions to enhance SaaS services● Managing technology team including recruiting, training, mentoring, professional development and supervision of staff

● Principal Consultant for government agencies and commercial businesses, with a strategic technology focus centring upon quality systems and business processes. ● Significant experience creating and overseeing technology and testing strategies. Experienced programme test manager skilled at managing multiple simultaneous cross functional teams● NZ Regional champion for DevOps practice, focusing on Continuous Improvement and Lean processes, creation and promotion of business development strategy and training of staff in DevOps technologies. ● Experienced Scrum Master / Agile coach, with practice mentoring scrum teams in Agile and DevOps practices.● Regional manager for Wellington region's Complete Tester corporate training program, focused on strategic planning and training roll-out including hands on technical training of staff and development of online virtual learning training materials for technical automation and Continuous Testing.● Business Development and account management of client engagements including RFP/SoW development and vendor relationships● Risk Management focus, working with businesses to develop plans with key stakeholders, conducting risk analysis workshops to prioritise development and Risk Based Testing efforts.● Change Management adviser with expertise in process analysis, strategy development and implementation. Experienced in conducting Test and DevOps Process Improvement reviews and assisting organisations with process improvement programs.● Experienced across the entire QA front including test planning, scheduling, execution, team leadership and reporting to business stakeholders across multiple test levels (Unit, System, Integration, Acceptance, Regression, Automated, Performance, and Security testing) at the programme level, in both waterfall and Agile methodologies.

● Senior Consultant for both government agencies and commercial businesses, with a strategic technology focus centring upon quality systems and business processes. ● Significant experience creating and overseeing technology and testing strategies and plans. Experienced managing cross functional teams across multiple projects● Change Management adviser with expertise in process analysis, strategy development and implementation. ● Experienced in conducting Test and DevOps Process Improvement reviews and assisting organisations with process improvement programs.● Risk Management focus, working with businesses to develop plans with key stakeholders, conducting risk analysis workshops to prioritise development and Risk Based Testing efforts.● Regional manager for Wellington region's Complete Tester corporate training program, focused on strategic planning and training roll-out including hands on technical training of staff and development of online virtual learning training materials for technical automation and Continuous Testing.● Release and Environment Manager, experienced in bridging the gap between development and QA.● Business Development and account management of client engagements including RFP/SoW development, and vendor relationships● Experienced across the entire QA front including test planning, scheduling, execution, team leadership and reporting to business stakeholders across multiple test levels (Unit, System, Integration, Acceptance, Regression, Automated, Performance, and Security testing) at the programme level, in both waterfall and Agile methodologies.

● Test Consultant / Manager for government agencies and commercial businesses with a strategic technology focus centering upon quality systems and business processes. ● Change Management adviser with expertise in process analysis, strategy development and implementation. Experienced in conducting Test Management process improvement programs.● Risk Management focus, working with businesses to develop plans with key stakeholders, conducting risk analysis workshops to prioritise development and Risk Based Testing efforts.● Significant experience creating and overseeing technology and testing strategies and plans. Experienced managing cross functional teams across multiple projects● Experienced across the entire QA front including test planning, scheduling, execution, team leadership and reporting to business stakeholders across multiple test levels (Unit, System, Integration, Acceptance, Regression, Automated, Performance, and Security testing) at the programme level, in both waterfall and Agile methodologies.

● Head of Technology and Development, managing the Software Development and Testing team, creating interactive responsive websites and developing web-based applications.● Agile Scrum Master / Project Manager focusing on agile project management, streamlining PM activities and developer workload to ensure projects are completed on time, to specification and within budget.● Manage IT, quality systems, software development, customer service, and lead technical process improvement programs.● Manage cloud computing resources using Amazon Web Services. Develop risk mitigation and deployment strategies to reduce service outages and downtime while improving scalability and reducing costs.● Architect, design and develop client solutions including interactive responsive websites, web applications, SaaS, and Web Services using HTML5, CSS, jQuery / Ajax, JavaScript and PHP/MySQL.

● Senior Developer for a large scale international turnkey business management system. ● Developed framework for testing custom java applications and created automated regression testing scripts for continuous system testing.● Designed and developed systems for software security and LDAP network integration. ● Administered Jira Issue Tracking system, creating custom Jira workflows and developed issue ticket templates and custom issue screens.

● Product Development Manager of a global leader in GPS/VHF Tracking Solutions.● Managed the R&D / Engineering team including software development, testing, mechanical design, embedded firmware development, and electronic design of satellite and VHF telemetry products.● Senior member of the Health and Safety and IT Steering Committees, helping to coordinate service delivery, vendor SLAs, IT planning, risk management and service continuity.● Managed multiple concurrent projects with responsibilities including running meetings, project scheduling, resource coordination, product planning, issue resolution, defect tracking, quality improvement and document control.● Managed Tier 2 (engineering) customer service operations, fielding international support calls for technical hardware and software issues. Principal sales contact for software pre/post sales support.● Lead and oversaw engineering process improvements including implementation of stage gate processes to control project movement from R&D to production, adoption of design for manufacture principles to improve production quality and speed of manufacturing, and the movement towards lean manufacturing / continuous improvement.● Implemented and administered team documentation system, corporate intranet and configuration management system (version control, defect tracking and build processes).

● Designed and developed internationally deployed Java GPS tracking systems.● Worked with customers to ensure products met requirements for mapping and tracking needs and exceeded expectations for usability.● Managed testing of GIS/GPS/KMZ data integration for custom application exporting into ESRI and Google tools.● Managed project planning and requirements gathering processes.● Managed all tier 2 technical support field calls for software products.● Developed corporate strategy and mentored team in software development processes and configuration management principles.

• Design corporate training program to instruct teams of software developers learning Web/WAP Portal technology using Oracle/JMS/Java/Epicentric• Create detailed UML specifications for Java based systems.• Instruct courses internationally for teams of developers, support engineers and managers.

• Team Leader for a group of up to 20 Java Developers creating Architecture and Web and Mobile portals for international corporate intranet used by 70,000 employees in 10 countries.• Create detailed UML specifications for Java based systems.• Design and implement Web/WAP JSP modules for Epicentric Portal Server.• Develop detailed development plans for system scheduling.• Recommend and oversee improvements to development and configuration management processes.

• Developed Perl CGI Programs interacting with Oracle RDBMS and Dynamic HTML. • Used Rational Rose, ClearCase, Clear Quest and Requisite Pro for Configuration Management, defect tracking and requirements modification. • Created distributed web applications with Java (using JBuilder) and Oracle

• Designed and created graphical, middleware and back-end server multi-tired programs for testing software system quality metrics using Oracle 8i, Perl and Java in NT, HP-UX & Sun Solaris environments by multiple 3rd party vendors including Lockheed Martin, HP, Sun, and RedHat• Developed object oriented programs with Perl and Java to extract data from configuration management systems (ClearCase, APEX, PCMS and PLS). • Produced UML documentation for Perl and Java classes using Rational Rose including use case, class, sequence, state chart, component and deployment diagrams.• Assisted in the design and implemention the server and database architectures for a new suite of tools using Oracle, CORBA and Java (previously written in OO Perl and C++).

• Instructor for the following technology courses: C Programming Concepts using ANSI C, Database Programming I & II, Oracle SQL , C / C++ Programming levels I & II, HTML Programming, Intro to Windows 95, and UNIX Operating System (including shell script programming) • Responsible for teaching coursework, evaluating and grading assignments, designing course curriculum and monitoring class attendance.

• Developed programs with Delphi, C++, Perl, SQL, PLSQL and InstallShield in AIX and NT.• Created software design specifications and functional specifications.• Designed make, nmake and korn shell scripts used for NT and AIX Oracle installations.• Packaged and released an average of one product per week over a 2 year period.• Managed version control and built projects for milestone releases and biweekly internal software builds for multi-platform teams.

Release Packaging Engineer • Designed and developed shell scripts and software installations• Packaged and released an average of one product per week over a 2 year period• Maintained, administered and upgraded hardware and software

Configuration Manager • Built projects for official milestone releases and biweekly internal software builds for multi-platform teams using C++ and Delphi• Managed version control of multiple projects with Visual SourceSafe• Designed, created and managed Lotus Notes defect tracking system used by 30 developers and 15 quality assurance analysts to create, track and resolve over 8,000 problem reports• Created Internet and Intranet web pages to improve communication

• Led project for testing of Oracle database migration from NT to AIX• Designed and implemented structured unit, functional, system and regression test plans to evaluate client/server software on NT and Unix platforms• Led project to create and use automated regression and system stress testing including WinRunner and LoadRunner test scripts