Christopher Tyler

Experience

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  Kiwiplan

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Summer Intern
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  Vector

  Feb 2008 - Feb 2009

  Student Internship with a group of Electronics and Electrical Engineers. Research into non-intrusive load monitoring. Working with team of Information Systems students and Vector Staff.Developed award-winning monitoring application for Strategic Initiatives Department, from requirements gathering, analysis and design through to implementation and testing.Managed project during implementation and testing phases.Continued relationship with Vector due to success of this project, developing Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring Application.

  • Student Intern

    Nov 2008 - Feb 2009

  • Student Systems Developer

    Feb 2008 - Nov 2008
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  Gentrack

  Mar 2009 - Apr 2013

  Customer Training, Requirements Gathering, Process Engineering and Re-engineering, Internal training Co-ordinator, Gentrack Product Configuration

  • Business Support Consultant

    Oct 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Analyst Programmer

    Mar 2009 - Oct 2009
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  Hygen Limited

  May 2013 - now

  Director

  Hygen Ltd. aims to minimize residential/commercial energy demand by providing smart technology solutions and increasing consumer knowledge.

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  Comsmart

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2019

  Systems Consultant

  Providing a broad range of IT Services to customers including these projects: o Wireless Network Surveys and Network Improvement – Wellington Airport, Performance Sport NZ, NZ Film Commission o Performance Testing - Westpac o Infrastructure Analysis, Systems engineering o Database/ Web Developer - CityLink

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  Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2015

  Technical Lead

  - Project Management and Leadership of all Technical Workstreams including: o System Integration – Single-Sign On, RealMe and Enterprise Messaging (BizTalk/WebSphere) o Internal Development Team and External Development Vendor (Catalyst IT) o Solution Architecture in conjunction with Internal Architecture Team. o Security Certification and Accreditation under NZISM 2014 standard in conjunction with PWC. o Change Management including design of change management processes adopted in subsequent Project o Formal Handover including documentation and Key Service Management Process deliverables. * only 4 tickets raised with Helpdesk during first 3 months with 2700+ unique users) o Regular Reporting and presenting solution architecture to Enterprise Architects and Architectural team o Test Planning and coordination for Unit, Integration Testing (with Developers), Functional Testing, Performance Testing (with Contract Testing Team - QualIT) and Security Testing )with Contract Security Test Team – Aura) - Technological Guidance for non-technical stakeholders o Process Engineering with Business Analyst and hiring of Technical Business Analyst o Liasing between Developers, Internal Infrastructure Team, SMEs and Application Administrators o Regular Reporting to Project Management, Project Governance Board and multiple working groups. Show less

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  Central Region's Technical Advisory Services (Central TAS)

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2019

  Data Architect / Analyst

  Solution Design – Assisting Solution architect to create and document solution of Interim Data access and reporting (DALR) solution. Maintaining Artifacts – Ownership of DALR documentation including Solution Architecture, Design, As-built and Systems Operations Guides. Data Migration – Design of Data Migration approach with multiple solution options, schedule planning/effort estimation across option, implementation of automated migration steps and coordination of manual data migration steps among 8 TAS ‘volunteers’ and 2 DHBS. Stakeholder Engagement – Creation of data correction workshops including approach, materials, presentation and feedback/improvement process for further DHBs Business Objective Documentation – Capturing high level business objectives for Data access and reporting solution (now called Regional Application Data Access) and initiating sign-off process with CIO’s (through the Programme Managers) Requirements documentation – Elicitation and Documentation of data/integration requirements for enterprise messaging(HL7). Show less

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  Snap Information Technologies Ltd

  Jan 2019 - now

  Chief Technology Officer

  - Lead small software development team delivering web based electronic monitoring application, web interface for embedded software and related technology solutions.- Improved the delivery of web application requirements through implementation of Agile Principles and some DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines using GitHub actions.- Established security strategy and risk management processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and mitigating risks within the business.

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  Teem Fish Monitoring Inc.

  Jan 2024 - now

  Chief Technology Officer

  As the technical leader at Teem Fish, I work closely with the CEO and executive team to apply our technology to opportunities in electronic monitoring of fisheries, sustainable fisheries management and mitigation of marine environmental challenges. My Key Focuses: - Overseeing the improvement and management of durable hardware systems for harsh marine environments. - Leading our team of engineers and developers in creating a practical, scalable implementation of monitoring and compliance tools with user-friendly interfaces. - Collaborating with cross-functional teams on global EM program rollouts to align our products with industry and regulatory needs and timelines. - Conducting initiatives to reduce costs by improving the efficiency and accuracy of fisheries monitoring. - Integrating our EM products with decision systems, AI/ML, and other automation to streamline data capture and analysis processes including the Scalable AI in Fisheries Project. Show less