Matthew Van Boheemen Email & Phone Number

Christchurch

Driving growth for Airways International's software products through:- Leading discoveries and market analysis into new product areas- Discovering, distilling and documenting customer requirements- Building prototypes and testing these with prospects and customers - Leading technology decisions- Supporting product management and development teams with architectural, technical and product management advice

Christchurch

Development manager for the Airways International Development teams. Hands on development work to redevelop a legacy application into a modern web app using React and .net core and hosted on Azure.

Part-time study 2016. Full-time study 2017.Final project was the development of a growth strategy for a Canterbury forage seed company. This included:• Interviews with farmers and resellers. Analysis of results and development of insights• Competitor, market, environmental and internal analysis• Development of marketing strategy • Financial analysis including revenue/costing estimates and NPV calculations• Management of client sponsor and academic supervisor• Synthesis of research insights and analysis to create justified recommendations• Professional written report and oral presentation

Christchurch

Led teams working on the Wynyard Investigations applications. Managed two Scrum teams and a Kanban team. Staff included remote employees and contractors. • Introduced Scrum including training and change management to increase productivity, transparency and collaboration• Improved product quality with better practices, including helping teams to find innovative approaches to unit testing in a language without first class support for it• Involved in management of external development teams (15 people) and drove a change in their development methodology that reduced cycle times from 12 weeks to 2 weeks• Built a high-performing, collaborative culture with improved employee engagement• Trained and mentored new Product Owner• Improved release quality and reduced time required for releases through implementation of repeatable release process and release testing procedures• Member of the Wynyard Engineering Leadership Team, contributed to overall development and product strategy• Provided support and communications to staff during the Wynyard administration period

Christchurch

Product manager for four teams working on the Orion Health Patient Portal and the Orion Health Engage iOS application. Provided product leadership to the development teams, including product vision and prioritised backlogs, as well as helping the development teams understand requirements and accepting/rejecting work. Used leadership through influence to improve development processes. Managed stakeholder relationships with customers, salespeople and partners.• Collaborated on product strategy including discussions with key partners such as Apple and Accenture• Represented Orion Health in customer discussions with New Zealand District Health Boards, the Australian Department of Health and overseas customers• Implemented robust product management practices including better backlogs to work across multiple teams• Led introduction of improved and more collaborative model of decision making through increased transparency on team progress and priorities• Set product direction for Orion Health’s patient facing applications based on collaboration with internal stakeholders including UX, Architecture and Sales

Christchurch

Product Owner for four development teams. Worked as part of the PayGlobal Product Management team to define high level priorities and strategies for the PayGlobal product suite.• Defined the formal PayGlobal Product Vision, including extensive sessions with internal stakeholders and validation of the vision with customers and prospects • Took over as Product Owner for a long running and delayed architectural upgrade project and saw this project through to successful release • Implemented UserVoice website for soliciting feedback from customers for new product features • Completed a major review of PayGlobal’s issue tracking process to streamline the process and provide customer clarity• Ran projects to define vision and requirements for Workflow functionality and a new Performance Management module• Defined and implemented an ongoing product planning and prioritization process to provide transparency and regular input opportunities for stakeholders• With the CEO and Head of Development, led a major change to company strategy and culture to start transitioning the PayGlobal product to the cloud• Completed successful releases for legislative changes for New Zealand and Australia within tight timeframes• Scoped, developed and released PayGlobal’s first mobile app• Significantly improved productivity through working with development teams to improve Scrum and development processes• Produced release plans for all products balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders• Provided leadership and continuity during the purchase of PayGlobal by MYOB

Christchurch

Technical lead for the PayGlobal Self-Service web application. Responsible for all aspects of the Software Development Life-cycle. Mentored junior developers and acted as scrum master for the development team.Lead developer for major project to implement Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET 4.0 to provide greater configurability of our HR solution.

Christchurch

Worked on the initial development of the PayGlobal Self-Service product and on subsequent Self-Service releases. Took lead developer responsibility on a number of client specific development projects for major New Zealand and Australian businesses.Also involved in an innovative but ultimately unsuccessful project to re-invent payroll software. An interesting learning experience.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Key subjects: - Leading Others - Innovative Business Strategy - International Business Strategy - Managing People and Performance.

Bachelor Of Commerce, Computer Science

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