Projects

Club Assist (AAA Mobile Battery Service)

• Project: APAC IT Modernization Program
• Role: Principal Integration Architect
• Key Details: Implementation & upgrades on D365 CE/FO; integration with 20+ external systems for supply chain management. BizTalk upgrade to Azure Integration Services. Led a team of 5 in the integration stream.

South32

• Project: Multiple
• Role: Cloud Architect
• Key Details:
  1. Capital Portfolio system re-architecture for the cloud; consolidate portfolio systems into a single custom application and enable scale.
  2. IoT Edge reporting for SCADA sensor data, integrating multiple OT systems.

Bankwest

• Role: Software Engineering Manager (Nov 2017 – Nov 2018)
• Duties: Engineering Manager / Scrum Master / Product Owner. Managed a team of ~20 delivering payments, iOS/Android account tools, online loans/credit cards/account opening, CRM, and branch cash-flow desktop software. After Agile transformation (“Blaze”), also acted as Scrum Master & Customer Outcome Owner for a team of 6 focused on Royal Commission fixes.
• Technologies: .NET, C++, ASP, Java, Groovy, Swift, BDD/TDD, RabbitMQ, Elastic, Oracle, OpenStack, Azure.
• Tools: SAFe/Agile (Blaze), Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket (GitFlow).

Fintech Services Australia / Fair Go Finance

• Role: CTO / Architect / Manager / Developer (Jun 2015 – Nov 2017)
• Company: Later purchased by mybucks.com (South Africa).
• Business: Founded the IT team; owned IT development & operations, strategy/security/budget; opened and ran Perth CBD office; managed 7 staff and vendors; obtained BizSpark sponsorship for Azure; DR/BCP; finance ops (EBITDA, R&D tax grant), ASIC audit, VOIP install.
• Delivery: Implemented company-wide Agile Kanban; introduced GitHub, Trello, Slack, M365; project planning/estimation/reporting; ceremonies; budgets & timelines.
• Architecture/Process: Azure “office in the cloud”; PaaS microservices; Linux DS machines for model building; thin-client access via Azure Remote Apps/RDS; site-to-site VPNs.
• Development:
  • Fasti – online credit decision platform (Aurelia SPA, .NET Web API, Azure SQL, Event Sourced/CQRS)
  • Portal – customer portal (.NET Core, Aurelia, Web API)
  • Muto – change mgmt for 3rd-party VB.NET LMS
  • Viso – Azure SQL data warehouse
  • Annie – analytics for credit risk models (Azure ML & R)
  • Brahmi – reusable scorecard service
  • Posti – inbound email parser/categorizer
  • Custom NuGet packages; new Umbraco site (04/17)
• Technologies: .NET (C# & VB.NET), Python, R, DDD/BDD/TDD, Event Sourcing/CQRS, Aurelia, Azure, AppVeyor, RabbitMQ, Stackify/Elastic.
• Tools: Agile Kanban (Trello/Corrello), GitHub flow.

Cash Converters

• Role: Software Developer – Contract (Jul 2014 – Jun 2015)
• Projects:
  • Web team – enhancements to personal finance website (incl. Yodlee bank statement extraction).
  • Mercury team – microservice personal finance system; implemented credit/identity checks with Veda.
• Technologies: .NET, DDD/BDD/TDD, Event Sourcing/CQRS, EF (web) / NHibernate (Mercury), REST, Azure, TeamCity, jQuery, Jasmine, New Relic, microservices.

Challenger Limited

• Role: Architect / Development Manager Online (Feb 2011 – Jan 2014)
• Responsibilities: Ownership of quote/CRM/annuities systems; IT management (resource planning, budget, stakeholders, reviews), requirements, leadership, hiring, roadmap.
• Delivery: Solution architecture & initial coding; three public MVC sites (Adviser/Investor/Admin) using WIF/ADFS; 3rd-party SOAP/REST; SOA via NServiceBus; Salesforce integration; actuarial collaboration for annuity pricing; online calculators (SpreadsheetGear); iOS/PhoneGap; Agile transformation from waterfall; CI.
• Technologies: SOA, DDD, TDD/BDD, C#/F#/VB.NET, Java, IoC, NHibernate, WCF, SQL Server 2008, SSIS/SSRS, NServiceBus, ADFS/WIF, Salesforce, PowerShell, jQuery/Knockout, XML/SOAP, MSMQ, SCOM, SVN, Jira/Confluence/SharePoint (custom workflows), TeamCity, SOLID.
• Process: Agile → Scrum → Lean (APRA-approved).

Beazley

• Role: Senior Developer – Contract (Feb 2008 – Nov 2010)
• Project: Beazley Trade v3.0 (US/UK underwriting platform). Worked with MVPs, London .NET UG, ThoughtWorks.
• Highlights: BDD (FitNesse), Monorail MVC, BizTalk/NServiceBus/WCF across workflow/rating/accounting; SharePoint DMS; WPF MVVM Office add-ins; InRule rules engine; Exchange development; $1B USD throughput (2011).
• Technologies: C# 3.5, Castle/Monorail, NHibernate, WCF, WPF, SQL Server 2008, SharePoint, BizTalk, Rhino Mocks, FitNesse, Gallio, TeamCity, InRule.
• Process: DDD, TDD/BDD, CQRS, daily scrums, CI (Cruise/TeamCity), Perforce, Rally.

ITV (UK)

• Role: Technical Architect – Contract (Nov 2006 – Sep 2007)
• Project: Video broadband solution—CMS, public site, rights management—under Agile XP.
• Responsibilities: Solution/infrastructure design, developer mentoring, multithreaded Windows services for publication, TFS + CruiseControl CI, NUnit TDD, BizTalk feeds via WWF (2.0 back-port).

Reuters (Thomson Reuters)

• Role: Senior Analyst Programmer – Contract (Jan 2005 – Nov 2006)
• Project: Sun Seeker – hosted trading for Reuters 3000 Xtra via Citrix (private trading cloud, 500+ servers).
• Notes: Market data integration to desktop application; managed offshore developers (Thailand).
• Technologies: C#/C++, SQL Server 2005, T-SQL, XML/XSLT, VBS/VBA, Perl, AD, Citrix.
• Process: Semi-Agile.

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia

• Role: Analyst Programmer – Contract (Aug 2003 – Nov 2004)
• Project: TMS – Travel Management System
  • 15-person team to redevelop WA Rail booking & ticketing engine.
  • Windows clients (staff & travel agents) + public web booking.
  • TransPerth – journey planner/timetables & mapping; DotNetNuke (8 custom modules).
  • TransWA – online train ticket booking; UML (Enterprise Architect); DotNetNuke (10 custom modules).
  • New MetroRail – email/SMS campaign mgr; 5 custom DNN modules incl. realtime traffic.
• Technologies: Oracle, .NET WinForms (GDI+), XML/XSLT, Java/J2EE (Swing/AWT), Apache/Tomcat, JavaScript, TOAD, UML (EA).
• Process: Waterfall, CI via CruiseControl.