Mike Hadrup BCom

Telephone: +64 21 623 133

Email: Mike@hadrup.com

June 2009

Product Development Manager, Project Manager, Project Lead, Agile Coach

Product development, software implementations and new business opportunities where both vision and a variety of skills are required to deliver.

Bachelor of Commerce, Management Science & Information Systems

Incomplete Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (major complete - 3 papers still required)

Since late 2008, I have been working on various iPhone / iPod Touch applications, Google Apps deployments, website optimisation and email marketing projects.

In late 2006, I joined Lovejuice to assist the founders in technology development and systems for their start up business delivering raw vegetable juice health products on subscription to homes and businesses in Auckland, New Zealand and Boulder, Colorado. In April 2008, the company was rebranded by a new investor and the original founders are no longer associated with the company. [an interesting lesson in choosing the right investor]

In early 2005, I joined the Simpl Group to implement a product development approach and manage the release of WebCCA 2.3, a contact centre operational reporting product. From August 2005, I project managed Java development for the Which? OneSite web applications. Which? is the largest consumer body in the UK.

In 2004, I joined SymComm Limited to manage technology projects in support of SymComm's MiniMBA and Business Value Academy. Projects included Criterion strategy & business planning, SimsBuilder (a platform for building business simulations), deployment of the Mike's Bikes Advanced business simulation software and back room facilitation of MiniMBA courses.

In 2001, I joined Mathias Client Management Software (MCMS) to create a New Zealand based product development group. Initially I worked in London with the UK organisation on existing Deutsche Bank CRM implementations and returned in September 2001 to establish the Mathias Technologies Auckland office. During the remainder of 2001, I managed the creation of a product development team founded on Agile methodologies which productised the existing bespoke 2-tier Java implementations into ClientFirst 1.0, a web based CRM system. During 2002, I managed the transition to an n-tier J2EE / EJB architecture including new product functionality for the 1.5, 2.0 and 2.1.x product releases, used by implementers and customers in UK, Spain and USA. The ClientFirst 2.1.1 release is deployed at one of the largest banks in the world with project revenues in excess of 5 million pounds.

In 1999, I joined the Intel Dialogic Division to manage a $US20m+ project to deliver a Software PBX CT Server based on Windows 2000 and CT Media Server. The initial phases of the project involved working closely with the Networking and Telephony groups at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond. In 2000, I managed the transition of the project back to Intel, creating system integration / test teams and delivering key areas of the web based Administration GUI for the Intel Converged Communication Platform.

Prior to Intel, I co-founded in 1993 a software development company, Strategic Business Innovations Limited (SBI), which focused on implementing innovative business solutions based upon emerging mobile computing and wireless communications technologies. As part of SBI, I worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, including Apple, Nokia, Vodafone and BellSouth.

Listed in reverse chronological order

Projects

iPhone / iPod Touch Applications

·     George FM radio streaming application

·     Auckland Traffic application (in collaboration with NZTA)

·     V Radio prototype

Other Projects

·     Google Apps deployments

·     Websites, search engine optimisation, email marketing (AMP, Spikemail, etc)

Project Consultant (Startup Business)

Responsibilities:

·     Internal systems for management of client subscriptions, client activity, billing, credit card processing, ordering, production, pick / pack, delivery, containers, bar coding, timesheets and management reporting

·     Website development and artwork production

·     Technology support

Key Achievements:

·     Conversion of manual historical systems and data to an integrated database

·     Supported numerous aspects of the business ranging from customer care to production

Product Development Consultant and Project Lead

Responsibilities:

·     Product development approach for WebCCA

·     WebCCA 2.3 releases

·     Which? OneSite java web application projects

·     Which? OneSite requirements documentation

·     Project management / agile coach

Key Achievements:

·     Introduced a product development approach based on Agile methodologies

·     Introduced new tools to support Agile product development

·     Delivered the Which? OneSite Standard Product Picker and Good Food Guide applications

Development Consultant

·     Short term contracts to assess the development capability and associated risks of government departments and their suppliers

·     Evaluation of Microsoft Team Foundation Server implementation

Development & Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

·     Project management and project review

·     Software development process / agile coach and acceptance testing

·     Course delivery

Key Achievements:

·     Introduced new tools and process improvements based on Agile methodologies

·     Delivered alpha releases of the SimsBuilder product

·     Delivered MiniMBA courses and the Microsoft +HP Business Value Academy

·     Introduced product life cycle & product line planning concepts to the Criterion strategy & business planning process

Product Development Manager (May 2001 – June 2003)

Operations Manager (May 2002 – September 2002) – Dual role due to departure of CEO

Responsibilities:

·     Product & project management

·     Budgeting & operations

·     Staff recruitment & staff development

·     Software development

·     System integration & system test

·     Performance and scalability testing

·     Technical publications

·     Agile coach

Key Achievements:

·     Established and managed a 15+ person product development team founded on Agile methodologies

·     Established strong relationships with partners and suppliers

·     Successfully productised existing bespoke implementations

·     Transitioned the architecture from 2-tier to n-tier J2EE / EJB

·     Delivered demos & proposal content for PwC, RBS, BofA, BONY, Lehmann Brothers, HSBC

·     Created key product and project documentation including requirements, budgets, schedules, project plans, product documentation, presentations, web sites, etc

·     Managed change in a fluid environment

·     Introduced new tools and process improvements based on Agile methodologies

·     Implemented source control, defect tracking, automated build and automated testing

·     Established development, integration, test and technical publication teams

·     Delivered alpha, beta and production quality releases of ClientFirst 1.x and 2.x

Product Development Manager, Intel Converged Communication Platform

Responsibilities:

·     Project management

·     Budgeting

·     Staff recruitment & staff development

·     Software development

·     System integration & system test

Key Achievements:

·     Established strong relationships with Microsoft Corporation

·     Created key project documentation including budgets, schedules, implementation plans, requirements, presentations, web sites, etc

·     Managed change in a fluid environment

·     Introduced new tools and sponsored process improvements

·     Established Development, System Integration and Test teams

·     Delivered alpha, early adopter and beta releases

Director, Business Development and
Director, Development

Responsibilities:

·     Business development

·     Sales & marketing

·     Account management

·     Contract management

·     Project management

·     Business analysis

·     Financial management

·     Software development

·     Software quality assurance

Key Achievements:

·     Co-founding of a new organisation growing to 10 staff

·     Establishment and maintenance of key industry partnerships

·     Presentation of seminars at industry conferences

·     Marketing of SBI products and services at industry exhibitions

·     Adoption and modification of appropriate software development methodologies to manage and control SBI’s projects

·     Management of software projects from the construction of the business case through to deployment and ongoing support

·     Implementation of industry reference projects in New Zealand and overseas

1998/1999 Projects

Handheld Communications (HHC) Server

Architected and developed a Windows NT based C++ client-server-service middleware product for low bandwidth high latency wireline and wireless communications providing a Visual Basic custom service framework based on ActiveX and TCP/IP communications.

Total Mobility Offline Payment System, Keycorp (NZ) Limited

Developed and implemented an upgrade to the Visual Basic smart card Offline Payment System, Upload Server and Batch Collector.

Defence Industrial Site Programme (DISP) Survey System
Australian Department of Defence

Designed and implemented a survey system comprising Newton and Windows CE based applications and a Visual Basic desktop communications application (using the HHC server) connecting to corporate databases.

Placemakers Handheld Order Application, Fletcher Building

Analysed, designed and implemented a Windows CE based fax order system for account holders and direct sales team.

Bin Tracking System, Astron Plastics

Designed, implemented and deployed a bin tracking and management system comprising handheld clients with wireless communications via GSM Short Message Service connecting to a central server, database and Visual Basic desktop applications.

Milk Vendors Sales Force Automation System

Analysed, designed, implemented and deployed a Newton and Windows CE based sale force automation application with a Visual Basic desktop communications application integrated with EasyVend.

Community Healthcare Pilot, Health Information Initiative

Analysed, designed and implemented a Newton based point of care pilot application for community nursing with desktop and wireless GSM communications (using the HHC server) connecting to a central SQL Server database and Visual Basic applications.

Project Lead

NSW Parliament Video Titling System

Analysed, architected, implemented and deployed a system to interactively control video editing equipment and LED signs using Newton handheld clients in the Legislative Assembly chamber communicating via wireless ethernet to Visual Basic applications, SQL Server and Lotus Notes databases.

Project Consultant

South Australia Police

Assisted the SA Police special projects team on integrating handheld computers with the police private data communications network.

Project Lead

Channel 7 Television

Designed and implemented a Newton based timesheet application with a Visual Basic desktop communications application.

From July 1995 to January 1997, in my role as Director of Development, I worked with SBI’s strategic partner ceMis (Centre of Excellence in Mobile Computing), a subsidiary of Apple Computer Inc.

Project Lead / Program Manager

RadioMail Client for Newton 2.0 – see below

Wayfarer Enterprise Server – Windows NT based middleware server for handhelds

Food and Beverage System (FABS) – handheld restaurant system with electronic till integration using wireless ethernet

Volume Plus – handheld fuel pump inspection system

Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) – handheld community health care system

NSW TAB - handheld personal betting system

GSM Utilities for Newton 2.0 – handheld mobile phone integration

Project Lead

Based at Apple Computer Inc. and RadioMail Corporation.

RadioMail Client for Newton 2.0

Architected, developed and productised a handheld client providing wireless email, fax, paging, search and text based web access using DataTAC, Mobitex, GSM and dialup communications.

Based at RadioMail Corporation.

Project Lead

RPM Native Tool

Completed debugging and testing of C++ Radio Packet Modem Native Communications and PM100D PCMCIA device drivers by consulting with Apple software engineers.

Consulting Trainer

Designed and delivered a 5-day training course on Newton development, wireless communications and enterprise connectivity.

Charter Board Member

Project Consultant

Liaised with Apple Computer Inc. and DSP Inc. during development of a True Speech C++ driver for Newton to be used in handheld based tours for the Smithsonian.

Provided training in the Macintosh Programmers Workshop C/C++ environment and Newton Device Driver Kit to Visible Interactive software engineers.

Developed initial framework and port of the DSP True Speech algorithm.

Project Lead

Architected, developed and productised ‘BulletIN trio’ (data, fax, sms) comprising a GSM mobile phone application suite and GSM Short Message Service Communications C++ device driver for Newton.

Based at Apple Computer Inc.

Consultant

Investigated feasibility of desktop and server based faxing of Newton objects.

Based at Apple Australia.

Project Lead

Developed the Names-Dates application for Newton.

Director

See MJH Consulting below.

Technical Support, MSIS Department & Commerce Faculty

Supported the following:

·     Multimedia Laboratory & Masters multimedia projects

·     Executive MBA Remote Access initiative & Systems Analysis paper (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

·     DipBus Project Management paper (MacProject & MS Project)

·     Faculty Staff using MacOS

Sole Trader

Macintosh computer consultant, support & training:

·     Certified 4^th Dimension Database Developer

·     Macintosh support and productivity training in MacOS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, graphic design etc for:
Keenan Consulting Group, BSW Advertising, MH Design and MH Reproductions, Kirby Advertising, Diamond Design, etc

Contract Z80 Programming

Publisher of Sega Magazine

Microsoft Project

Project Program Manager, Project Central [Intel]

Project Central [Intel]

Microsoft Sharepoint [Simpl]

Gemini Tracker [Simpl]

Mantis Tracker [Simpl, SymComm, MCMS]

Doors & DoorsNet [Intel]

Subversion

CVS, WinCVS, ViewCVS, CVS Mailers

ANT, CruiseControl

Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Visual Source Safe

Source Off Site [Simpl, Intel]

Continuus [Intel]

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage)

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Visio

Enterprise Architect [Loveuice, Simpl]

Rational Rose [MCMS, Intel]

Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes [MCMS]

MoneyWorks, QuickBooks Professional and MYOB

Adobe CS4 / CS3 (Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign)

Xcode

Eclipse / MyEclipse [Simpl, MCMS]

Microsoft Visual Studio [Simpl, MCMS, Intel, SBI]

Apache / Tomcat [Simpl, MCMS, Intel]

IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic [MCMS]

Microsoft SQL Server, Access

MySQL

FileMaker Pro Advanced / FileMaker Server

IBM DB2 / Oracle [MCMS]

[I am no longer a full time developer but can read and debug code]

Objective C

XHTML / CSS / Javascript

Java [Simpl, MCMS]

J2EE / EJB [MCMS]

Visual Basic, Visual Basic Scripting [Simpl, MCMS, Intel]

JavaScript, HTML, ASP, Java, TransactSQL, C++, C

NewtonScript (SmallTalk/Self), Pascal, Assembler (ARM, Z80, VAX), Basic [Pre-2000]

MacOS

Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000 / 2003

AIX 5.1, FreeBSD [MCMS]

Windows NT 4, Windows Server Appliance [Intel]

Windows ME / 98 SE / 98 / 95

MacOS Classic, Windows CE, Nokia 9000 (GEOS), PalmOS, EPOC, UNIX [Pre-2000]

Listed in reverse chronological order

iPhone / iPod Touch development

Java based web internet applications [Simpl, MCMS]

Institutional Customer Relationship Management (CRM) [MCMS]

Web based systems and web based administration.

Computer Telephony: Software PBX [Intel Pre-2001]

Mobile computing and handheld computing [Pre-2000]

Wireless data [Pre-2000]

Sense of mission

Vision and execution

Emphasis on learning

Value participation and diversity

Dynamic teams organised around packages of work

Managers as coaches and leaders

Influence by participation

Agile Alliance (founding member)

IEEE

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Understanding and experience with marketing, sales, software development, implementation and deployment functions:

·     Proposal / contract content and review

·     Project management

·     Product development, product life cycles

·     Multi-site development

·     Business analysis and business process re-engineering

·     User requirements, use cases, user stories and features

·     Software and system requirements

·     Architecture / design

·     N-tier application development

·     Software development

·     Quality assurance, software inspections and test driven development

·     Test strategy, test plan & test case creation

·     System integration & system testing

·     Software transfer and deployment

·     Training and support

·     User and developer documentation

·     Project audit and review

Leader

Project oriented, customer driven and self motivated

Strong research skills and ability to rapidly absorb information

Continuously learn, develop and improve

Embrace change and challenge the status quo

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Pay attention to detail and take pride in my work

Open and direct

Assume responsibility

Agile Software Development Methodologies

·     Release, iteration and continuous planning

·     Test first, test driven development and continuous testing

·     Adapt the process and retrospectives

·     Discipline and processes to patterns

·     Initiate, plan, manage

Biking, skiing, rollerblading, squash

Health & fitness, mudra yoga, reiki

Photography, technology, music, current affairs

Available upon request