Pre-2014 Roles
Primary Caregiver (Sep-2009 - Mar-2013)
- Looking after my two kids and the house chores
Volunteering
- Eastern Suburbs AFC –Junior Girls Co-ordinator
- Glendowie Boating Club - Arrow Class Convenor
- MOTAT Tramways Volunteer Conductor
- Eastern Suburbs Montessori Primary School - PTA
- Also see Volunteering
Research Assistant – University of Auckland (Aug-2011 - May-2012)
- (Part Time)
- Setup a large database (MS Access) of historic Auckland traffic flows for research into a cyclist's exposure to air pollution when commuting to and from work.
Logistics Manager - Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd (Aug 2005 - Aug 2009)
| Reference |
| 2009 Mike Ogram |
- Management of all aspects of production and delivery of the electronic hardware goods sold by the company. Including stock management, procurement, packing and shipping to local and overseas customers, coordinating sub-assemblies from third party suppliers, and management of one staff and some casual workers. Reviewed related company procedures, and developed new systems & procedures to boost work-flows, increase business information accuracy/completeness, and improve production quality and efficiency.
Primary Caregiver (Sep 2003 - Jul 2005)
- BTech(Opto-electronis) Lab Coordinator (part time)
- University of Auckland, Dept of Physics, managed the lab for 20 students and assisting them with their final year projects and also primary academic supervisor for several students.
- Physics Tutor (part time)
- University of Auckland, Dept of Maori & Pacific Health, Physics tutor for pre-stage 1 MAPAS course.
- Home Renovations
- Completed the renovations of our small 1st home prior to selling and upscaling to accomodate the new arrivals.
Bluetooth Software Engineer UoA Bioengineering Institute (Sep 2002 - Aug 2003)
| Reference |
| 2004 Simon Malpas |
- Developed a Bluetooth protocol stack for the telemetry of data from devices implanted in rabbits used for medical research.
- Bluetooth HCI commands
- Protocol stack implemented in extremely low resource PIC micro controler
- Code base written mainly in C and shared across multiple device types, and different compilers.
- LabView integration
Physics Tutor University of Auckland (part time Jul 2002 - Sep 2002)
- Dept of Maori & Pacific Health, Physics tutor for pre-stage 1 MAPAS course.
Senior Development & Support Engineer, Project Manager - Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd (Aug 1997 - Nov 2001)
| Reference |
| 2001 Mike Ogram |
- Monitor developed a cost management solution primarily for tracking photocopying through electronic swipe card terminals
- Global customer support lead
- Testing
- Release Management
- Global training
- Project Manager to develop a premium player loyalty program (Terminal & infrastructure hardware and software) for Burswood Casino (Perth)
Short Term Contracts (1996 - 1997)
- Cerebos Greggs – Production Planner & documentation
- Auckland City Council – Ph PABX maintenance & support
Production Scheduler - Carter Holt Harvey - Tissue Group (1994 - 1996)
- Production scheduling (MRPII) of diapers and facial tissues
- Sales forecasting
- Product specifications
- Continuous improvement projects
- Developed a VB application to automate the generation of excel productions plans from data in AS-400