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I am an independent software developer, working at a variety of clients around New Zealand, mostly in the Wellington area. I have more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, spanning work on IBM mainframes and midrange systems, through to PCs, UNIX and internet platforms. I combine a strong understanding of computer science and software technology with a broad range of practical experience.

As a consultant, I'm able to understand client requirements in terms of business goals. I implement effective and timely solutions, but with an emphasis on quality. If I have a technology bias, it is towards open standards.

As a developer, I'm an excellent team leader and mentor for other programmers. I prefer to be involved in projects from inception through to post-production, so that I am responsible for both architecture and implementation and acceptance. (I'm not a paper architect.) To create software that is useful I get involved with business people to understand their goals. To achieve quality in software I am aggressive about refactoring code constantly to maintain a clean, flexible design.

I advocate quality and agile IT practices. I have implemented version control practices and automated testing at several organizations, and am constantly looking for better ways to develop software.

Currently my main area is agile development in Java, with some occasional work in Groovy and also Ruby.

I am also active in several software development communities. Since 2007 I have been an organizer of the Wellington Java User Group.

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