Paul Bowker

Paul bowker

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  • About me

    Head of Portfolio, Governance and Assurance at KiwiRail

  • Education

    • Mount albert grammar

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    • The university of auckland

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      Computer science

      I am 5 papers away from Bachelor of Computer Science.

  • Experience

    • Telecom nz

      Jan 1995 - Jan 2000
      Various roles

      Performing such roles as Telecom Web Master, SAS Programmer for data interrogation and mining, Sales, and Manager of Web Development Team.

    • Gen-i

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2006
      Emerging technologies

      Lead Specialist : tasked with researching up and coming technologies around the world, road mapping the development and productizing those technologies, then following through with that plan building of new sales channels. This process involved research, proof of conception, solution designing, testing, ‘potential customer’ interaction and testing, finally implementing the new sales channel supporting the ongoing BAU team.

    • Amakosi ltd

      Aug 2006 - Jun 2018
      Managing director
    • Auckland international airport limited

      Aug 2006 - May 2018
      Network engineer (contractor), wireless specialist

      12 years contracting to Auckland airport changing roles within the IT team tackling complex and diverse requests for solutions such as passenger tracking, wireless coverage of the tar mac for Boeing, maintenance and delivery of all things ICT on the new Pier B Project. Roles: Network Engineer, Wireless Specialist, RFID, PAX Tracking, Bluetooth, Project Management. Technical Consultant.

    • Tomizone ltd

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
      Project manager, infrastructure

      A short sabbatical away from the Airport during a transition period within the ICT team. During this time I took on a Project management role for Tomizone to roll out a Wireless hotspot for Auckland City Council relating to the Rugby World Cup – and against all odds, we did it.

    • I love wi-fi ltd

      Aug 2012 - Mar 2017
      Managing director

      Managing Director and builder of I Love Wi-Fi Ltd, a cloud based Wireless Hotspot Portal as a managed service.

    • Datacom

      Jun 2018 - Jun 2021
      Technical delivery consultant/agile delivery lead

      Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach in the Network Professional Services space. Agile methodology works very well with infrastructure/server/networking, using both Sprint and Kanban where fits. Professional Scrum with Kanban and ICP Agile qualified. Auckland International Airport, IAG, Foodstuffs and NZBlood being my clients on behalf of Datacom.

    • Lps new zealand

      Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
      Senior project manager (agile)

      As a Senior Project Manager for KiwiRail, I was responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of business wide projects that support the business operations and performance of KiwiRail’s network.

    • Kiwirail

      Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
      Ict programme manger

      As the ICT Programme Manager at KiwiRail, I am responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery a portfolio of ICT initiatives that support the business operations and performance of the rail network.

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