Zach Bimson

Engaged to support the later stages of a migration from a legacy platform to Drupal, focusing on platform stability, performance, and architectural conformity. Reviewed and optimised the Drupal platform for scalability and resilience, addressing performance bottlenecks and ensuring alignment with agreed architectural standards and best practices. Provided technical guidance to stabilise the platform ahead of further functional change. Subsequently led the migration away from a legacy payment provider, working within the constraints of a shared checkout experience implemented in React. Designed and implemented a Node.js API layer to expose product data in a clean, decoupled manner, enabling the Drupal platform and React checkout to evolve independently while reducing coupling to legacy systems.

Provided technical direction for Laravel platforms at Propel, focusing on stability, scalability, and retention through third-party integrations. Improved unit test coverage, development processes, and environment consistency to increase release confidence and platform resilience.

Engaged by CTI to lead the migration of a complex legacy platform inherited from a third party. Worked directly with the end client to define and deliver a phased transition away from Drupal 7, reducing platform risk while maintaining business continuity. Designed and delivered a greenfield Drupal solution for a large luxury hotel group with deep integrations into Opera Property Management Systems (PMS). Architected a bespoke booking and payment flow, supporting complex reservation logic and third-party payment gateways. Led a full-scale data migration of 250,000+ customer records and re-architected legacy PMS integrations behind a RESTful API layer, enabling phased delivery ahead of a scheduled Opera upgrade and ensuring long-term integration flexibility.