2025 – AWS Milestone – New Zealand DC Cluster Launch

After a long year of hard work, in conjunction  the AWS team, we completed the New Zealand Data Center region. Providing infrastructure to support New Zealand’s continuous innovation. The AWS Asia Pacific NZ Region will enable customers across industries to benefit from AWS’s secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure to drive performance, whilst continuing to support New Zealand as a global sustainability leader.

 

 

2025 – AWS – Data Center Engineering Operations

As the DCEO overseeing our data center operations, my primary responsibility is to ensure that all electrical and mechanical infrastructure supports our customers with the highest level of uptime. With expertise in both electrical and mechanical engineering, I work closely with Colo providers to establish mutually beneficial relationships, manage day-to-day operations, conduct site assessments, and drive innovation to reduce operational costs while maintaining high reliability.

2024 – AWS – DC Infrastructure Deployment

Along with a great team of professionals, my role is to support deployment of the upcoming AWS Data Centers in new region. Working together to deliver the infrastructure to the Networks Teams, proactively providing solutions and tangible results. My role involves coordinating with my team’s workload, which consists of a range of tasks related to deploying new systems on next generation, state-of-the-art Data Centers.

2024 – Datacom – Data Center Facilities Manager

My primary responsibility still is to ensure the smooth operation of our data center. This involves coordinating and managing my team’s workload, and also maintenance of the physical infrastructure that supports the data center’s IT systems.

2023 – Datacom – Data Center Site Lead

My primary responsibility is to ensure the smooth operation of our data center. This involves coordinating and managing my team’s workload, which consists of a range of tasks related to maintaining and upgrading our Data Center infrastructure.

2022 – Microsoft Data Center

Some of the tasks I was involved in were Fiber Optics management and interconnection between different communication rooms in the Data Center.

2022 – Martin Brower

Multilevel office area with all the infrastructure to manage all north island operations for McDonalds. 111 cameras, 36 Wireless Access Points, and more than 440 data outlets, all managed between 4 data cabinets and a main Communications Cabinet.

2022 – Woolworths

A massive 200m by 100m warehouse with the latest on food storage technology. More than 150 Wireless Access Points. 6 Remote Communication Cabinets connected via Fiber Optics and 2 Main Commsrooms.

2021 – Massey University

This 9800 square metre complex is part of the University’s $120 million development plan to meet the growth in student numbers at Auckland.

2021 – Franklin Hospital

After working on several residential and commercial buildings around the city I had the opportunity to work with Honeywell on the development of Franklin’s new private Hospital.

2020 – The Pacifica Building

A Residential Skyscraper in the heart of Auckland City. A Project managed by Icon Construction. I was part of a team of 2 technicians. Between the two of us we managed to install all the network, intercom, and tv for the entire building in no more than nine months.

2019 – Commercial Bay

The variations of scenarios made this job a huge undertaking and a learning ground for all the IT professionals that were involved in it. Every day presented different challenges on this dynamic project.

2019 – Mercury Electric

The project consisted on a total of 6 Sub Units. Each unit with their own Communication Room with more than 300 data outlets each. All interconnected to each other via Fiber Optics.

2018 – Hilton Hotel – Papua New Guinea

Installed and configured digital interactive light controls for In-room use by guests. System responsive to user input, time of the day, weather and season.

2018 – Queen Square Apartments

An Apartment complex located on Queen Street, Auckland’s Queens Square comprises 231 superior freehold strata title residences and 9 boutique retail shops, which wrap around a private landscaped urban sanctuary in the heart of Auckland City.

2017 – Datacom Building

In 2017 working on my first project with Data Pacific I was given the opportunity to do the Structured Cabling, Cat6A termination and Commissioning of the Network running on this building.

2017 – Unitec Hub

A major transformation, creating contemporary applied teaching and learning approaches that better prepare students for the future of work.

2016 – Auckland Robotics Lab

As the field has evolved, so has the lab. Back in 2016 I had the opportunity to work along Callender Electric for the lab’s major renovation. The lab was expanded to include a larger workspace and updated equipment, such as more advanced robotics hardware.