Jon Pawley Email & Phone Number

Golden Bay, New Zealand

Takaka, Tasman, New Zealand

Takaka, Tasman, New Zealand

Recruited to work on the next generation of Trimble Geospatial's Map Viewer project. Primarily working on .NET Core 3 hosted API, interoperating with legacy 3rd party-provided C++ libraries hosted within a Linux context. Possibly the first example of .NET Core 3 APIs being put into production within Linux Docker containers. Working remotely in rural Golden Bay, alongside the development team in Christchurch.

Worked Remotely From Golden Bay, New Zealand

Jon worked as a senior software engineer Tempest, reporting directly to the CTO. His responsibility was to support and develop Tempest's iDSS Cyclone platform, a CRM platform specifically design for the destination and travel marketing sector (https://www.tempest.im/solutions/crm/).Jon worked on enhancing the Email Campaigns feature, to automatically trigger "welcome" emails to new subscribers of client-defined campaigns, integrating with SendGrid to send these emails. An Azure Service… Show more Jon worked as a senior software engineer Tempest, reporting directly to the CTO. His responsibility was to support and develop Tempest's iDSS Cyclone platform, a CRM platform specifically design for the destination and travel marketing sector (https://www.tempest.im/solutions/crm/).Jon worked on enhancing the Email Campaigns feature, to automatically trigger "welcome" emails to new subscribers of client-defined campaigns, integrating with SendGrid to send these emails. An Azure Service Bus was used both as the trigger for this processing, and the transport to guarantee delivery.For a bilingual client, Jon developed the Internationalisation (i18n) infrastructure for the product, and assisted in the operation of the translation effort. This required the tokenisation of all translatable terms within the application, hooking in to GitHub commit events to ship newly updated translatable terms to a third party translation platform, and updating the deployment process to obtain up-to-date translations on demand.And, as is always required for bespoke customers, integration work with external systems was required. Jon used Azure Functions (serverless code) to react to externally triggered webhook events, then synchronise data from an external API to the iDSS Cyclone database; he also developed a tool to periodically pull in iCalendar formatted events from an RSS Feed.Maintenance work on the legacy WebForms code was undertaken, and included the porting of business layer code to .NET Standard, in order that it could be used in ASP.NET Core applications, and ultimately on Linux servers. Show less

Golden Bay, New Zealand And Bordeaux, France

Jon works as a contract software engineer in a small, New Zealand owned company, specialising in matching men with Slavic ladies, with the intention of long term relationship. A very unusual contracting gig! The business is driven by a bespoke ASP.NET MVC5 web app, scheduled tasks, integrations with third-party services, a SQL Server 2014 back-end, and supporting business processes and staff.Jon undertook the following work for Ukraine Brides Agency: • implemented new and… Show more Jon works as a contract software engineer in a small, New Zealand owned company, specialising in matching men with Slavic ladies, with the intention of long term relationship. A very unusual contracting gig! The business is driven by a bespoke ASP.NET MVC5 web app, scheduled tasks, integrations with third-party services, a SQL Server 2014 back-end, and supporting business processes and staff.Jon undertook the following work for Ukraine Brides Agency: • implemented new and altered functionality to the site codebase; for example, implemented a statistically weighted recommendation system, for Men to find other ladies whom he may be interested in • re-wrote the backend for a real-time, WebRTC based video and text chat system, using SignalR, integrating to Xirsys and callstats.io third-party providers • re-implemented the transactional email system, when MailChimp/Mandrill changed their business model, to SparkPost’s solution; major rewrite due to a switch from an SMTP interface to a REST API • monitored and used the CI/CD pipeline, using TeamCity and Octopus Deploy • responded to second-line support queries from the business’s Support Team • performed ad-hoc infrastructure changes as business requirements developed, for example, switching to G Suite, managing DNS records, managing hosted servers, etc.The business owner is based in the Hutt Valley, while the lead developer is based in Hamilton. Jon is the third NZ based staff member. There is a staff of consultants and support team based in Ukraine. Show less

Golden Bay, New Zealand

Jon worked as part of the Development Team, which was split between Lifetime Health Diary's "base"​ location of Tucson, Arizona, and the New Zealand developers in Auckland, Dunedin... and Golden Bay! Daily standups were held via Skype, with project coordination taking place using JIRA. Ad-hoc communication was done via IMs or Slack. This was a very productive way of working, with the split-timezone team offering both challenges and benefits. The biggest benefit was that there was usually… Show more Jon worked as part of the Development Team, which was split between Lifetime Health Diary's "base"​ location of Tucson, Arizona, and the New Zealand developers in Auckland, Dunedin... and Golden Bay! Daily standups were held via Skype, with project coordination taking place using JIRA. Ad-hoc communication was done via IMs or Slack. This was a very productive way of working, with the split-timezone team offering both challenges and benefits. The biggest benefit was that there was usually someone busily working on the code.Jon took responsibility for being the Scrum Master for the Development Team, but the focus was very much on being a facilitator for the rest of the team. Jon would deal with daily impediments, schedule the core Scrum meetings, and wrestle with JIRA to keep tickets under control. Jon also became the "DevOps"​ leader, taking responsibility for ensuring the Build System (TeamCity) and Deployment System (Octopus) ran smoothly, and integrating real-time feedback via Mailgun and also hooking into New Relic.On the development side of things--which was actually his core focus!--Jon integrated an OpenID Connect service into the company's ASP.NET WebAPI2 OWIN hosted API; implemented FluentValidation within the API; and extended the available resources provided by the API. Jon would also work on the core ASP.NET MVC4 webapps, as required. He was a very strong advocate for programming against interfaces, and providing concrete classes via Dependency Injection. Show less

Golden Bay, New Zealand

Jon worked as an integral, but remote member, for Trimble's Christchurch-based Geospatial team, working on a new cloud based GIS system—a new venture for Trimble, and a “green-fields” development.Jon was initially employed as a “spare pair of hands” to knock off self-contained tasks within the overall project scope of developing a brand new cloud-based GIS data management platform. However, he soon became the “go to” person within the team, with the permanent members of staff turning to… Show more Jon worked as an integral, but remote member, for Trimble's Christchurch-based Geospatial team, working on a new cloud based GIS system—a new venture for Trimble, and a “green-fields” development.Jon was initially employed as a “spare pair of hands” to knock off self-contained tasks within the overall project scope of developing a brand new cloud-based GIS data management platform. However, he soon became the “go to” person within the team, with the permanent members of staff turning to him for task direction and technical guidance on implementation details. He was a “full stack” developer: coding KnockoutJS, jQuery anf TypeScript front-end code; through ASP.NET MVC and WebAPI; down to EF5 and SQL Server; all hosted on AWS. He implemented the CI system using CC.NET, and helped develop the in-house deployment tool. At the end of the initial phase, the team delivered the project – www.trimble-terraflex.com.Jon was retained for the second phase of the project, which kicked off once the “proof of viability” TerraFlex project had been shown to be successful. Phase 2 was to widen the scope, and to enlarge the team to include team members in Colorado, and Germany, and Chennai. This larger, geographically and time-zone- dispersed team needed to rely more on communication tools such as Google Hangouts for daily stand-ups, wikis, JIRA and so on.Jon was assigned to the “API Team,” responsible for implementing the message-based, REST API for the new UI, and external clients. This was done using ServiceStack as the API host; EF6 Code First (targetting a PostreSQL backend), including Migrations for deployment. Jon became responsible for integrating the various disparate system that were needed for the whole solutions. This phase of the project resulted in www.TrimbleInSphere.com. As a remote worker, Jon received excellent feedback from the Trimble Software Development Manager, including the comment that he “communicated very well and contributed most effectively.” Show less

Christchurch, New Zealand

Jon has quickly integrated with the existing devlopment team at CCC, contributing to an existing SAO project by writing a WCF service accessing SalesForce as a Data Access Layer. He is also responsible for developing a website and supporting webapps which allow members of the public to view which subdivisions have sections available for sale. This work has been carried out using VS 2012, .NET 3.5, and WebForms.

After relocating away from Christchurch, Jon has provided contract software engineering services for two remote clients in Christchurch. Activities undertaken during this period include:- Development of MVC3 websites for data collection and reporting purposes; extending the client's JavaScript/jQuery library for rapid app development- Development and maintenance of bespoke WinForms application, including implementing MS Sync Framework for client SQL Server database synchronisation, and… Show more After relocating away from Christchurch, Jon has provided contract software engineering services for two remote clients in Christchurch. Activities undertaken during this period include:- Development of MVC3 websites for data collection and reporting purposes; extending the client's JavaScript/jQuery library for rapid app development- Development and maintenance of bespoke WinForms application, including implementing MS Sync Framework for client SQL Server database synchronisation, and conversion of source control to Mercurial DVCSClear communication has been essential during this period. Jon has travelled to clients' site, used Skype and IM, as well as regular phone calls, to ensure both parties are well informed and in step with each other. Show less

Jon provided senior software engineering services to HP. The product under development was a SOA based C# solution, with a large number of separate Visual Studio projects. Team Foundation Server was used as the source control repository, continuous integration and build server, and unit test runner.Jon's key responsibilities were to design and team-lead the development of a core component, comprising a public facing ASP.NET MVC website with supporting WCF web services; and to port an… Show more Jon provided senior software engineering services to HP. The product under development was a SOA based C# solution, with a large number of separate Visual Studio projects. Team Foundation Server was used as the source control repository, continuous integration and build server, and unit test runner.Jon's key responsibilities were to design and team-lead the development of a core component, comprising a public facing ASP.NET MVC website with supporting WCF web services; and to port an existing WCF service from a previous iteration of the client's programme, adding functionality and bringing the code into line with all other projects within the solution. Show less

Wellnomics' Risk Management application comprised ASP.NET web applications, web services, Windows Services and deployment packagers., written in C# 2.0. A Test Driven Design philosophy was used on this project, meaning the components' unit tests were written before the implementation.Jon worked on Wellnomics' Risk Management application after the main system architecture had been selected, and so his prime responsibility was to design and implement core classes based on initial… Show more Wellnomics' Risk Management application comprised ASP.NET web applications, web services, Windows Services and deployment packagers., written in C# 2.0. A Test Driven Design philosophy was used on this project, meaning the components' unit tests were written before the implementation.Jon worked on Wellnomics' Risk Management application after the main system architecture had been selected, and so his prime responsibility was to design and implement core classes based on initial interface designs, in liaison with the system architect. Jon took on additional responsibilities, including designing and scoping new features, and leading and mentoring small teams of engineers on a feature-by-feature basis.Jon drove forward the internal toolset, deploying Subversion to replace Visual SourceSafe, and integrating with a more robust defect tracking system, JIRA. Jon inherited a CruiseControl.NET based Continuous Integration system, which Jon replaced with a cross-platform Hudson CI server, which had better integration to source control and defect tracking systems.In the final year with the company, Jon's role in the development team continued to grow, particularly following the departure of the Team Leader. Jon participated in Defect Review Board meetings with the Product Owner and Development Manager. He was the de-facto point-of-contact between the Product Owner and the Development Team, negotiating over feature requirements, relative priorities and then taking the lead in the design of product backlog items. Show less

Jon provided bespoke application development for the processing of annual statistical surveys. He developed the business layer code, calling down to stored procs in a SQL Server 2000. ASP.NET 2.0 web services provided data to the UI.

Jon provided embedded software development services to TTPCom, providers of GSM Protocol Stacks to major mobile phone manufacturers. Jon's responsibility was to write, debug and test the SIM Card and Cellular Text Modem (CTM) device drivers for a new hardware platform.

Jon provided embedded software development services to Rio, manufacturers of MP3 players. Jon's responsibility was to write the device driver for a new radio tuner chip, and implement the UI for the new functionality. Rio's MP3 players' platform was ARM and Linux/eCos2 based.

Jon was the Project Leader for a project upgrading a specialised Windows CE 2.12 based PDA device to Windows CE.NET 4.2. As Project Leader he was responsible and accountable for four project variables: - Time- Cost- Functionality- QualityIn order to meet these, Jon was required to liaise with the Marketing, Production and Purchasing departments. He also mentored and gave support to team members. Jon drew upon, and extended, his technical experience of Windows CE… Show more Jon was the Project Leader for a project upgrading a specialised Windows CE 2.12 based PDA device to Windows CE.NET 4.2. As Project Leader he was responsible and accountable for four project variables: - Time- Cost- Functionality- QualityIn order to meet these, Jon was required to liaise with the Marketing, Production and Purchasing departments. He also mentored and gave support to team members. Jon drew upon, and extended, his technical experience of Windows CE development, focussing on the hardware layer of device development, writing code for boot-loaders and MIPS processor initialisation. Show less

Jon provided software development services, building a .NET Compact Framework application for Pocket PC 2003 devices, enabling vehicle and property inspections. The project utilised SQL Server CE 2.0's merge replication back to a SQL Server 2000 database, and using web services to communicate to the back office.

Jon was involved in extensive OO design work, employing various Design Patterns, for a cross-platform (Win32 and Pocket PC) system.During the period from January to November 2003, Jon worked mainly with two clients as the main analyst, specialising in a product ordering and customer CRM application for the Pocket PC. He successfully delivered a project from specification through to installation and commissioning.From May through until January 2003, Jon worked on a bespoke system… Show more Jon was involved in extensive OO design work, employing various Design Patterns, for a cross-platform (Win32 and Pocket PC) system.During the period from January to November 2003, Jon worked mainly with two clients as the main analyst, specialising in a product ordering and customer CRM application for the Pocket PC. He successfully delivered a project from specification through to installation and commissioning.From May through until January 2003, Jon worked on a bespoke system for a large courier operator in the UK. Jon was the team leader responsible for delivering the key Pocket PC application, and managed six engineers. This application used Win32 and WinCE APIs, MFC and STL. Show less

Jon gained 3 years experience working in the mobile telecommunications industry for Sema's Billing Products division. He spent approximately one year in each of the following roles:- Analyst: subsystem design and analysis for support and development- Team Leader/Technical Advisor: admin tasks, mentoring, on-site work- Software Engineer/System Installer: C, Embedded SQL and Ingres developer and on-site support engineer.

Ba (Hons), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: First year included 25% Mathematics and 25% Physics content Second and third year content was 100% Computer.

Ba (Hons.), Computer Science