William Sanson

Experience

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  Countdown Supermarkets

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Assistant Liquor Manager / Storeman

  As assistant liquor manager I was in charge of running the liquor department at Countdown. I also worked as a Storeman, which resulted in me gaining my forklift license. Responsibilities:- Ordering, stock management, and pricing- Product placement and store displays- Working with liquor merchandisers to improve products sales- Managing incoming stock as well as undelivered stock or overstocks

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  Potae and van der Poel Ltd

  Dec 2013 - Feb 2015

  Farm Manager

  Managed a sole charge dairy farm, as well as provided relief management for other farms in the company. Responsibilities:- Profound time management to achieve daily/weekly goals- Working as a team to achieve company goals- Operating light and heavy machinery such as tractors, forklifts, front-end loaders, motorbikes, chainsaws, and milk plant machinery- Looking after livestock which included milking, administering medication to animals, and managing feed cycles

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  House of Hygiene

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

  Cleaner
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  University of Otago

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  Providing IT support for students throughout the Student IT computer areas. This includes assisting students to make effective use of software and equipment provided by the University, as well as assistance with installation and configuration of software on student-owned devices. A summer project looking at trying to more precisely identify old file formats for digital preservation purposes. This involved trying to distinguish between different versions of the creating program, as well as constructing test data sets, and then evaluating different feature extraction technologies.

  • Student IT Advisor

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Summer Research Scholarship

    Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
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  DXC Technology

  Feb 2018 - now

  Developer