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Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

Newmarket, Auckland

Responsibilities:• Maintain and monitor Database infrastructure, ensuring current performance meets SLAs, and planning for future growth. Migrate from on-premise to cloud where appropriate. • Monitor and extend security policies, to remain effective in a constantly changing threat landscape, and to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements. • Monitor Backup processes, verify Recovery strategy, ensure compatibility with company DR strategy. • Provide specialist… Show more Responsibilities:• Maintain and monitor Database infrastructure, ensuring current performance meets SLAs, and planning for future growth. Migrate from on-premise to cloud where appropriate. • Monitor and extend security policies, to remain effective in a constantly changing threat landscape, and to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements. • Monitor Backup processes, verify Recovery strategy, ensure compatibility with company DR strategy. • Provide specialist advice to internal project teams on Microsoft SQL Server technology, including best practices, and opportunities from new technologies. • Assist in lifting data and coding quality standards, including implementation of Agile processes. • Work with business teams to provide reporting services to both internal and external clients. Achievements: • Expand DB Infrastructure, enabling multiple parallel environments to expedite Software Devlopment Life Cycle, incliuding migration to cloud for Dev and Test. • Engage with business to expand and refine security policies; e.g. Data Masking for Development and Test environments. • Manage legacy backbone TurboIMAGE DBMS running on HP e3000, including retirement/replacement projects leading to successful subordination in 2015.• Participate in integrating legacy Tower Life Systems, including migration of Sybase systems, and data migration from legacy IBM Mainframe. • Implement Master Data Standards and manage maintenance of Company Coding Standards; most recently implementing DevOps CI/CD pipeline to assist company Agile transformation. • Implement hybrid Data Warehouse solutions; including interface for Sonata Reporting, and infrastructure updates for PowerBI Reporting. • Maintain and update reporting required for external parties; e.g. Lewers Insurance Industry Survey, and 2019 PAYE and Withholding Tax changes for the IRD. Show less

Auckland

Consulting on short term projects.

Albany, Auckland

Money Managers was the largest privately owned Financial Planning organisation in New Zealand. Services provided by the group, through franchises, included Investment and Insurance advice, Estate management and taxation services. Most products and services were developed in tandem with NZ Funds Management (NZFM). NZFM bought Money Managers in 2008, converting the previous franchise model to independent businesses, and winding up the franchisor. Responsibilities• Strategic… Show more Money Managers was the largest privately owned Financial Planning organisation in New Zealand. Services provided by the group, through franchises, included Investment and Insurance advice, Estate management and taxation services. Most products and services were developed in tandem with NZ Funds Management (NZFM). NZFM bought Money Managers in 2008, converting the previous franchise model to independent businesses, and winding up the franchisor. Responsibilities• Strategic Planning • To work as part of a small but dynamic executive management team • Evaluate, recommend, implement and support IT systems to maximise sales and revenue and minimise costs • Adviser remuneration • Product development • Maintain and grow relationships with external providers and strategic partners Achievements• Franchised locations increased from 30 to peak of 50, through downturns in 1994-5 and 2000-3. • Front line sales personnel grew from 60 to peak of 90. • FUM increased to peak of more than $2 billion. • IT support for Development and launch of some of NZ’s most successful investment products and investment management platforms; including, First Step (2000) and First Masterfund (1996). • Coordinated design and managed implementation of systems that grew ongoing fee income from 0 to $10+ million annually. • Modified and upgraded IT infrastructure component of internal training and career development to achieve the first “Approved Training Organisation” status through the Insurance and Investment Advisers Association in 2004. • Coordinated design and managed implementation of IT systems for “Quality Review” process to grow and develop professional standards that resulted in increased referral networks and reductions in insurance premiums for Advisers. Show less

Browns Bay, Auckland

FPSG was established by Money Managers Ltd to market IDT Financial Planning Software in New Zealand, especially to challenge the then dominant provider, FPG Ltd. The software suite included Adviser Software, for sale to Financial Planners, and Reporting software, to be installed at product providers (Fund Managers). Responsibilities • Strategic Planning • Planning and budgeting for attainment of strategic objectives reporting to the Owner • Product and service… Show more FPSG was established by Money Managers Ltd to market IDT Financial Planning Software in New Zealand, especially to challenge the then dominant provider, FPG Ltd. The software suite included Adviser Software, for sale to Financial Planners, and Reporting software, to be installed at product providers (Fund Managers). Responsibilities • Strategic Planning • Planning and budgeting for attainment of strategic objectives reporting to the Owner • Product and service development • Complete systems orientation and training programs for all levels of staff and advisers Achievements • Implementation of IDT Adviser software throughout Money Managers (35 Offices) • Implementation of reporting software at over 20 Fund Managers, pre-empting competition • Sale of Adviser software to Countrywide Bank. • Setting up NZ User Group with National Mutual and National Bank • Member of Technology Standards Committee, Investment Funds Association (IFA), now (ISI). Show less

Bsc, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science

Ma, Chinese History, First Class Honours

Postgraduate Diploma, History

Ba, History, Senior Prize Winner, History 1979.

Activities and Societies: Member of University Challenge Team, 1980.