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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Highlights:- Owning development for the Investment Mandate Management Tool; delivering updates and fixes for the tool used by managers to review and endorse investment mandates- Continually improving and developing a large-scale payment system, enabling timely and accurate payments to service providers and caregivers- Developing & Implementing data & bug fixes for payment system, investment mandate tool & student record management tool- Providing advice for the development of the payment system as a former end user, resulting in updates that are more user friendly and fit for purpose

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Transport Adviser for the Ministry of Education School Transport team; which coordinates daily transport to over 110,000 students nationwide. Highlights:- Owned co-ordination of technology class bus services, enabling transport for 30,000 students weekly.- Lead annual nationwide reviews of school transport services for Māori medium schools, funding transport for 7,000 students daily. - Automated the calculation of student eligibility for transport services, saving hours of manual processing.- Subject matter expert for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping.- Expert knowledge of School Transport operational policy & its real-world application.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Working holiday job for a few months.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Working holiday job when I first arrived in Wellington.

Leixlip, Kildare, Ireland

Leading role throughout the establishment of a new team within a large existing organisation. This role involved travelling to other geos to gain an understanding of various aspects of the organisation, then transferring these learnings to the newly established team.Engaging with multi-Geo design and manufacturing groups to develop functional test content to be released to high volume manufacturing facilities.Highlights:- Using the Agile methodology throughout module development.- Developing test solutions and test plans as well as optimizing tests to improve performance and efficiency.- Owner of Leakage module; liaising with Chief Engineers and Product Owners to align on project priorities and deliverables for leakage module.- Building and managing key relationships with critical stakeholders.- Mentoring new members of the group.- Office Ergonomic Assessor.

Leixlip, Ireland

Product focused role as a PDE (Product Development Engineer) for the Quark™ family of Intel SoCs. Specifically: Quark SoC X1000, Quark™ D1000, Quark™ D2000 and Quark™ SE C1000.This role involved developing functional test content to be released to our high volume manufacturing facilities; driving towards greater testing efficiency and performance while keeping cost and test time to a minimum.Highlights:- Pre-silicon activities such as liaising between teams to develop software based test solutions, ensuring product performance while meeting test time, cost, time-to-market and quality goals.- Owner of Short & Opens (SHOPS), Continuity, Leakage, Scan, Memory Built-in self test (MBIST) & Built-in self test (BIST) tests.- Optimizing tests to improve performance and efficiency.- Establishing & maintaining critical stakeholder relationships across multiple geos.- Reacting to testing challenges, device issues, test program issues & stakeholder requests in a fast paced & dynamic environment.

Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Operations manager of the engineering lab used by a variety of groups within the organisation.Highlights: - Provided comprehensive training and supervision for new hires ensuring excellent lab support. - Supervised and delegated tasks ensuring timely completion of lab improvement projects. - Supported critical multi-Geo projects facilitating smooth operation across sites. - Researched and specified equipment and systems for the lab to improve lab efficiency, ensuring best value for capital expenditure. - Oversaw lab operations, supervised and delegated tasks for the power on of the Quark™ SE Microcontroller, delivering the smooth and timely completion of power on.

Summer/Holiday/Weekend Work including:- Operating Heavy Machinery- Retrieving building supplies each day- Cleaning up and removed debris from the site- Aiding in the construction and demolition of buildings

Limerick, Ireland

Summer internship during university. Experience included: - Determining suitability of software to particular tests and tasks.- Interpreting and developing test code for PCBs.- Using LINUX based testers to validate test code.- Use of Cadence Allegro simulation software to validate hardware design.- Reporting progress and findings.

Summer Work during secondary school:- Organised Stockroom- Stocktaking and presentation of goods.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Information And Network Security, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Music Society Men's Rugby ClubAreas of study: Network Protocols, Cryptography, Software Engineering, C++.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 2.1

Activities and Societies: Men's Rugby, Music Society.Areas of study: Electrical Science, Digital Systems, Control Engineering.

Leaving Certificate, Various Subjects From Science To Music, 435/600

Activities and Societies: Member of the philosophical debating team, Member of the school choral group, Participant in a variety of school.