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Some of my work over the last decade:

• Place-Trace

  React, ES6, Flexbox

  Geography game

  www.place-trace.com - A challenging geography game that uses live data from the REST Countries API. It's a Javascript rebuild of my first PHP site from 2006, but this time using React, ES6 and SASS.
  2019

• MBIE GCCRS

  Silverstripe CMS

  CWP / Solr

  www.gccrs.govt.nz - With a timeframe of 6 weeks from briefing to production, this was a great example of how a finely-tuned multi-functional Agile team can deliver great results with a very tight timeframe and limited budget. Working with DNA and MBIE I built this site using a codebase we inherited from another agency and that I incrementally improved during builds for tradingstandards.govt.nz and pikeriverrecovery.govt.nz
  2018

• Kiwirail

  Silverstripe CMS

  Pure.css / BEM

  www.greatjourneysofnz.co.nz - From November 2016 and for the next 2 years I worked with the fantastic team at DNA. For this project I built the vast majority of the front-end using BEM methodology and the Pure.css framework whilst greatly increasing my knowledge of Silverstripe's back-end. Daily meetings with the client ensured that the process went very smoothly and was a big win for everyone involved.
  2017

• Oyster Bay Wines

  Concrete5 / Gulp

  Parallax / SASS

  www.oysterbaywines.com - In 2016 I worked with digital agency Spitfire and boutique designer Paola Dashwood to build this charming little site using the open source CMS Concrete5. Despite several setbacks and challenges along the way, the site was delivered on time with all of the desired features due to a great collaborative effort and perseverance to deliver a top quality product.
  2016

• Roche NZ

  Concrete5 / Grunt

  3 SASS theme builds

  www.roche.co.nz - For the duration of 2016 I worked with one of Auckland's top digital agencies Spitfire to deliver a suite of Swiss pharmaceutical sites: roche.co.nz, cancerinfo.co.nz and roche-plus.co.nz. These were crafted in PHP CMS Concrete5 with custom-made modules and templates. During my time at Spitfire I've also had the opportunity to do extensive work on one of New Zealand's most popular recipe websites: Chelsea Sugar NZ and their Aussie affiliates CSR Sugar Australia.
  2016

• Schoolz.NZ

  AngularJS

  Google Maps API

  www.schoolz.nz - A personal site that I built as a way to learn AngularJS and as an aid to house hunting.
  2015

• Meredith Connell

  Drupal / LESS

  Front-End / Isotope

  www.mc.co.nz - Early in 2015 I built the front end for NZ law firm Meredith Connell's new Drupal website with the talented folks at Insight Creative. Although the back-end developer was in Wellington and I was working in Auckland, we collaborated daily and were able to deliver the polished product one week ahead of schedule using modern technologies such as git, beanstalk and of course the good old telephone.
  2014

• Silver Fern Farms

  Silverstripe / SASS

  Mobile Front-End

  www.silverfernfarms.co.nz - During a 3 month contract with Colenso BBDO, I skinned the mobile version of this website as well as working on several small campaigns and projects for clients such as BNZ (Power of a Dollar campaign), Burger King (Outlaw campaign), Fonterra (iPad app for Memphis Meltdown), Frucor (migration of V website) and Volkswagen (email newsletter templates).
  2013

• Scopevisio

  Drupal / SOAP / XML

  JSON / Web Services

  www.scopevisio.com - During my time in Germany, I was employed by Scopevisio AG and spent a large amount of my time there building their company website with Drupal. With a minimal amount of plugins being used, I wrote most of the code myself and much of the content is generated using XML files and through Web Services using SOAP and JSON. During my time at Scopevisio, I really felt that I had made the transition from intermediate to senior developer.
  2012

• NZSO

  Wordpress CMS

  Front-End / Git

  www.nzso.co.nz - The final site I worked on with The Church and the last site I built which was non-responsive, I wrote the entire front-end in the form of a Wordpress theme for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra website. During my time at The Church I also built sites for Toyota, RJ's Licorice, Ngati Toa Rangatira, Toi Whakaari and Fingertapps.
  2011

• HITO

  Wordpress CMS

  Front-End / UX

  www.hito.org.nz - Working with amazing designers at The Church in Wellington, I produced a custom Wordpress theme for the NZ Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation. I worked closely with the client on a daily basis through the whole process and helped transform into web their many ideas and desires. I was the sole developer working on this project, writing the front-end and server-side code.
  2010

• DryitOnline

  E-Commerce SaaS

  Front-End / ASP.NET

  www.dryitonline.co.nz - As well as this site, in 2009 and 2010 I wrote the entire front-end for over 50 websites with Solutionists and integrated these into their custom .NET e-commerce CMS framework. I also scripted over 100 HTML EDMs in Campaign Monitor for Overland Footwear, Barkers and others. Most of the sites I build for clients such as Overland, Huffer Store, Deuce Shoes have since been replaced but a couple that remain unchanged are Big Man Clothing, and NZ Ministry of Health.
  2009

All sites above between 2010-2018 contain PHP and jQuery.