Principal Engineering + Architecture + Delivery
Principal engineer and architecture lead focused on AI-enabled delivery, content and platform design, integration reliability, and maintainable systems under real operational pressure.
Using structured persona-and-skills patterns across AI tools and models to turn design intent, specifications, and engineering work into faster delivery without losing the thread.
Building persona-and-skills driven workflows that let AI contribute meaningfully across architecture, development, QA, and delivery work, with context, threads, decisions, and completed work logged for continuity and working memory instead of disappearing into isolated chats.
Using AI to accelerate investigations, release tasks, triage, packaging, and repetitive coordination so engineering effort stays focused on the hard parts that actually need judgment.
Using specifications, architecture artefacts, and clear operating patterns to move faster now while keeping systems adaptable as products, platforms, and teams evolve.
Selected project highlights spanning architecture, hands-on implementation, and release operations.
.NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, TypeScript, Vue, WPF, SQL Server, APIs, GitHub Actions, release automation, and AI-assisted delivery tooling.
Blazor, PostgreSQL, Python, PowerShell, WinForms, WCF, BizTalk, Umbraco, SuiteCRM, nopCommerce, Telerik UI tools, GIS and mapping workflows, SQL geography and polygon data, ETL, reporting platforms, and enterprise modernization paths.
Solution architecture, platform design, integration patterns, schema-driven delivery, migration strategy, architecture documentation, and turning complex operational needs into practical software outcomes.
2018 - Present
Designed and built CargoWise integration and ETL workflows for XML and document exchange with customs authorities, government agencies, ocean liners, and air transport partners.
Progressed into architecture leadership across the WiseTech Academy Learning Management System (LMS), including core component design and delivery for billing, integrations, proctoring, CI/CD, content-as-code direction, and platform convergence work backed by hands-on POCs.
2008 - 2018
Delivered software and technical leadership across industries including logistics, transport, finance, reinsurance, mining, and environmental studies.
Progressed at Business Connexion into a Solution Design Manager role, shaping technical solutions, responding to RFP and RFI opportunities, and coordinating cross-group inputs across hosting, pricing, development, and delivery planning.
2000 - 2008
Started by supporting legal accounting and conveyancing software at Legal Interact, building strong foundations in client-facing delivery and real-world operational systems.
Progressed into leading a team of developers to create a new practice management suite of products, establishing an early track record in product building, delivery leadership, and full lifecycle software design.
Formal qualifications, architecture credentials, and continuous professional learning.
National Diploma in Information Technology from Technikon S.A., South Africa (2000), now part of the University of South Africa.
Certification history includes TOGAF 9.1, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Specialist (C#), MCSD, and multiple Microsoft technology certifications across Windows development, WCF, data access, and SQL BI technologies.
Ongoing professional development through LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters across modern JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, APIs, cloud platforms, and design systems.
Also formally assessed by the Australian Computer Society as a Developer Programmer, with additional leadership and communication training through Dale Carnegie and Toastmasters.
Always happy to connect about principal engineering, architecture, AI-enabled delivery, and well-crafted product or platform work.
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