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Rory Mearns

Rory Mearns

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Engineer at Xero

  • Education

    • Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo'

      2009 - 2009
      Advanced course in Jurassic - Cretaceous - Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts Paleontology

      Hosted at the Università di Urbino in Italy this course was run by an international panel of experts and offered a focused and unique learning experience unable to be had at any other institute. The course focused on morphology, paleoecology & stratigraphy of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts.

    • Massey University

      2003 - 2004
      Certificate Design

      The concepts and technical skills learnt on this course help me to more effectively communicate ideas and data through graphic design and illustration in both my academic and working career.

    • University of Otago

      2015 - 2016
      Diploma for Graduates Computer Science

      Studies tailored to focus on software development and general problem solving. Papers covered algorithms, data structures, software engineering, web development, artificial intelligence and database theory/applications.

    • Victoria University of Wellington

      2004 - 2010
      Msc Geology

      Studied Antarctic marine micro-fossils, my Masters thesis being part of the multi-national climate focused Antarctic Drilling Project (ANDRILL). Required strong research, analysis and collaboration skills, and the ability to both engage in highly technical content and communicate it simply to others.

  • Experience

    • Victoria University of Wellington

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2010
      Teaching Assistant

      In 2009 & 2010 I was a tutor for a sedimentology field course in Whanganui, New Zealand. I was responsible for teaching students basic skills required for mapping geological outcrops and making thoughtful interpretations from field observations.In 2007 & 2008 I was a teaching assistant for a summer course in climate change. I was responsible for assisting with daily tutorials on key concepts from scientific understanding to the social and political implications.

    • MWH New Zealand

      Nov 2010 - Oct 2013
      Engineering Geologist

      Worked as part of a national team on large government projects with fixed schedules. Independently managed small projects, overseeing all aspects from project budget and contractor liaison to technical recommendations and reporting. Often required critical decisions and solving unique problems encountered in remote and isolated field work.

    • Xero

      Feb 2016 - Apr 2018
      Software Engineer

      Delivered .NET backend code in a product team, while making contributions to the entire stack from the SQL Server & DynamoDB databases through to the React frontend. Worked as part of a small team in an agile environment, carrying out solo projects, pair and mob programming sessions.

    • Timely

      Apr 2018 - Oct 2021
      Software Engineer

      Worked at Timely as a full-stack developer, from building SQL tables and repository and service layers in .NET framework, to creating the client interface using modern JavaScript, React and Typescript. Microsoft Azure cloud services are frequently used for application deployments and monitoring. Acted as an agile team facilitator for a distributed team.

    • Xero

      Oct 2021 - now
      Software Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ICAgile Certified Professional

      ICAgile
      Aug 2016

    • AWS Certified Developer Associate

      Amazon Web Services
      Oct 2017