Daniel Dixon

Experience

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  Telecom New Zealand

  Jun 2007 - Nov 2008

  Mobile Phone Content Tester

  Testing and management of downloadable mobile phone content eg. Ringtones, Wallpapers, games etc.

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  L.V. Martin & Son

  Apr 2009 - Dec 2013

  Retail Assistant/Salesman
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  Tru-Test Group

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

  Electronic and Embedded systems support (Temp)

  Assisting a team comprising of Electrical, Mechanical and Software engineers with research and development of dairy automation systems. My primary responsibility was the construction of herd tracking/identification system prototypes. This prototype utilized RFID technology to read electronic ear tags during milking. Also aided in the design and construction of an assembly jig which utilized pneumatics. The aim of this jig was to assist production line staff with the assembly of the finalized design. Show less

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  Adapt IT Education

  Mar 2014 - Aug 2021

  Software Developer

  Provides software solutions, and technical support for polytechnics and tertiary education providers throughout New Zealand and overseas.Full stack web application development. - Javascript – Webix-Jet/Webix-ui framework - Actionscript – Apache Flex (legacy) - PHP – Custom framework - Microsoft Sql Server - T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS - SSRS reports - Subversion and Git source control - Windows and Linux command-line utillitiesServer management, maintenance and configuration - Windows Server 2008 R2 – 2019 - AD, IIS, SSRS, Sql Server Agent, Task-scheduler Documentation and technical writing - Atlassian – Jira and Confluence - Google Docs - Microsoft Office suiteProduct deployments/upgrades in both hosted cloud environments, and on-premises servers managed externally by clients.Technical support - First point of escalation for issues that the helpdesk is unable to resolve. - Root-cause investigation and resolution for issues raised both externally and internally.Projects of note: Replacement and makeover of entire front end of our primary product. Migrating from Apache Flex framework to Webix framework (typescript and json transpiled to javascript and html5). This project was completed by a small team consisting of 3 developers and 2 testers, and invloved translating and refactoring approximately 250,000 lines of code.User Portal refactor. This project involved rewriting the client and server code for an old, but business critical portal application. This functioned as a platform to manage client profiles, licenses, and individual application access. This work was performed while integrating with a larger team. Due to the product being very old this work by essentially reverse-engineering the old code. The teams knowledge and experience with the webix-jet framework aforementioned was leveraged to speed up development of the front-end.Various data migration projects as part of new client onboarding. Show less

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  PartsTrader Markets Limited

  Sept 2021 - now

  Software Developer