01
Hands-on & hardware
Careful, practical work with tools and components, from surface-mount parts to full PC builds.
- Hand-placed and soldered SMD LEDs across an arcade chess PCB, using a hot plate and microscope
- Built a PC for a friend, from motherboard, CPU and RAM to case and cabling
- Guided students through RC car builds and computer teardowns at QRL
Soldering
SMD components
PC assembly
Hardware teardown
Hand tools
02
Fault finding & repair
Working out what’s actually wrong, then opening it up and fixing it.
- Diagnosed and fixed hardware and software faults for 50+ customers a day at Ricoh NZ, on printers and AV setups
- Traced a laptop’s POST error to its onboard clock battery and took it apart to get at it
- Read crash stop codes and mod-loader warnings to track down storage and server problems
Fault diagnosis
Disassembly
Stop codes
Printers & AV
03
Field & network
Working on site with electricity network assets, and keeping the records that track them accurate.
- Carried out power line assessments on site at Northpower
- Confirmed 6,000+ disconnections were safe through on-site and digital inspections
- Updated 1,000+ assets in ArcGIS, estimated asset lifespans and replacement costs, and helped run the annual stock take
Site inspections
Power line assessments
ArcGIS
Asset planning
Stock take
04
Design & modelling
CAD and design fundamentals from a first year of engineering study, put to use in my own projects.
- Modelling the Resident Evil Requiem axe in Fusion, which I’m going to 3D print
- Studied engineering design, engineering mechanics, mathematical modelling and 3D modelling at the University of Auckland
- Designed the Signal Quo dashboard in Figma at Kiwi Jam
Fusion
3D modelling
3D printing
Engineering design
Figma
05
Systems & software
Setting up and running machines, networks and servers, and building for the web.
- Host and maintain a modded Minecraft server, including port forwarding and managing a large Forge modpack
- Installed and configured Windows and Linux, and set up static IPs, in my IT certificate
- Built this website in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Windows & Linux
Networking
Server hosting
HTML & CSS
JavaScript
06
People & teamwork
Explaining technical things clearly, working well in a team, and keeping good records.
- Talked hundreds of customers through disconnections by phone, email and in person, escalating when needed
- Taught hands-on STEM to primary and intermediate students for three years
- Designed and presented technical solutions against the clock at GovHack, Terrible Ideas and Kiwi Jam
Customer contact
Teaching
Teamwork
Documentation
Data management