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Drew Kennelly

Senior Developer at WiTH Collective
drewkennelly@gmail.com
Experienced Software Engineer and Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in PHP, Linux System Administration, Mobile Applications and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in Computer Science from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Work Experience

WiTH Collective

Senior Developer
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Aug 2017 - Current

Clemenger BBDO Wellington

Senior Backend Developer
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May 2017 - Aug 2017

WiTH Collective

Senior Backend Developer
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Jan 2012 - Oct 2016
  • Designing and building serverless architectures using AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway - Building bots for Facebook Messenger backed with AWS Machine Learning and Google Natural Language Processing tools - Designing and building Microservices - Designing and developing multi-tier, complex ecommerce solutions using Drupal and Acquia - Building scalable RESTful API's using Laravel for high traffic websites and applications - Architecting and building cloud based systems on AWS for scalability, elasticity, security, and high availability to run high traffic websites and web applications - Setting up development workflow to streamline deployments and migrations through the various stages of production - Building and configuring linux servers for development, staging and production. Implementing backup and disaster recovery processes and systems - Reviewing infrastructure providers and settling on AWS for website and application hosting and DNS services - Establishing website development methodology and process. Selecting tools, software and frameworks - Establishing version control using Git on private Atlassian Bitbucket instance, integrating with JIRA, Confluence and Bamboo - Implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment system using Atlassian Bamboo and AWS CodeDeploy - Drupal and Wordpress website, theme and module development - Mobile web application development - Facebook application development - Facebook, Twitter, Google API implementations - Javascript application and plugin development - A/B and multivariate testing setup and build - Advanced Google Analytics consulting, setup and customisation, including Enhanced Ecommerce - Reporting dashboards and big data analysis using R and Python

Whiteclick

Web Developer
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Oct 2011 - Jan 2012

Wireframing, architecting and building a range of Drupal sites including ecommerce sites using Drupal Commerce and Ubercart. Building custom themes and modules.

Morgan, Sydney

Web Developer
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Sep 2011 - Oct 2011

Contract role to build the reporting/inforgraphic section of Amplify Festival website (amplifyeffect.com.au) I used the Facebook, Twitter and Google API's to aggregate: - Website visits from Google Analytics - Facebook visits (insights) and 'likes' - Twitter mentions and hash tag usage I then used this data within the website to show the total "Amplify Effect".

IRD

Web Developer
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Jan 2010 - Sep 2011
  • Web Development - Drupal theme and module development - Wireframing - Project scoping - Training staff on use of CMS and also assisted other developers with Drupal development Architected and built new IRD Intranet using Drupal, using LDAP for authentication and automatic user role creation. It also included workflow, versioning and private team spaces for business units with features such as forums and document management. Developed web applications for the IRD Intranet including a tool to aggregate all incoming feedback from various e-channels such as email and website forms. Built an application to allow business units to submit work requests via the intranet that integrated directly with JIRA, the application used to track bugs, projects, issues and work requests. Built various microsites on the Intranet using different frameworks, including CodeIgniter, Drupal and also custom PHP, MySQL and Javascript. Worked on a project to deliver a new phone directory for the IRD using Drupal, using LDAP as data source and indexed by Apache Solr. Installed and configured Apache Solr for use as enterprise search platform for IRD intranet.

AIM Proximity

Web Developer
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Sep 2009 - Nov 2009

Contract role to build websites, HTML forms, email campaigns and Facebook applications for various clients including ACC, Mitsubishi, Fly Buys and the NZI Sevens.

FRESCO

Web Developer
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Mar 2008 - Aug 2009

Built and worked on websites for the business and clients, predominantly using PHP, MySQL and Mootools. Integrated a multi-blog install of Wordpress into the Wotzon.com site. Helped build the custom CMS used for Issues.co.nz that later became FlightDec (flightdec.com)

Education

Victoria University of Wellington

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science
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Jan 2002 - Oct 2004