Louis is an experienced software engineer who has been designing and building solutions for clients for more than 25 years. He has evolved with the industry, working in both waterfall managed projects, adopting agile software development in 2008 and also embraced the DevOps culture to accelerate the software delivery process even more, ensuring quality in the early stages of the SDLC. Before moving to New Zealand, Louis specialized in developing online trading platforms and portfolio management systems for both Fin Techs as well as major banking institutions in South Africa. He has also been in various leadership roles throughout his career. Since moving to New Zealand and joining Assurity, Louis has played a key role in the successful delivery of various projects, ranging from an innovation lab product development for LPC, DevOps consulting for the Tertiary Education Commission, contributing to the Woolworths eCommerce online shopping website, as well as coaching and mentoring junior engineers in the craft of software development. His two major achievements over the last 6 years since moving to New Zealand was Designing. leading and developing a bespoke / greenfields solution for Auckland Transport AT HOP testing team. This system is still in use today. The second major achievement was another greenfields project. Louis was the tech-lead of a new team formed by Woolworths, responsible for developing the new Everyday Rewards website which replaced the Woolworth's Onecard loyalty program (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ In Conclusion: Software engineering has always been my passion. Various aspects of my profession are key reasons for this: - It’s the continuous learning in this amazing field of technology which inspires me. - It’s working with others through mentoring and sharing of knowledge and seeing the positive impact I can have on them. - It’s the ability to apply my creative flair to the applications I build. - It’s the engagement with clients/business stakeholders and the journey we take together in defining and building a solution which will ultimately add value.…Louis is an experienced software engineer who has been designing and building solutions for clients for more than 25 years. He has evolved with the industry, working in both waterfall managed projects, adopting agile software development in 2008 and also embraced the DevOps culture to accelerate the software delivery process even more, ensuring quality in the early stages of the SDLC. Before moving to New Zealand, Louis specialized in developing online trading platforms and portfolio management systems for both Fin Techs as well as major banking institutions in South Africa. He has also been in various leadership roles throughout his career. Since moving to New Zealand and joining Assurity, Louis has played a key role in the successful delivery of various projects, ranging from an innovation lab product development for LPC, DevOps consulting for the Tertiary Education Commission, contributing to the Woolworths eCommerce online shopping website, as well as coaching and mentoring junior engineers in the craft of software development. His two major achievements over the last 6 years since moving to New Zealand was Designing. leading and developing a bespoke / greenfields solution for Auckland Transport AT HOP testing team. This system is still in use today. The second major achievement was another greenfields project. Louis was the tech-lead of a new team formed by Woolworths, responsible for developing the new Everyday Rewards website which replaced the Woolworth's Onecard loyalty program (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ In Conclusion: Software engineering has always been my passion. Various aspects of my profession are key reasons for this: - It’s the continuous learning in this amazing field of technology which inspires me. - It’s working with others through mentoring and sharing of knowledge and seeing the positive impact I can have on them. - It’s the ability to apply my creative flair to the applications I build. - It’s the engagement with clients/business stakeholders and the journey we take together in defining and building a solution which will ultimately add value.WWWW…