Career Timeline

27+ years in healthcare technology — from software engineer to product director, spanning New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Europe, and the United States. Click any role to explore the details.

Leadership & Product roles
Architecture & Engineering roles
Nov 2021 – Present
Orion Health
Associate Product Director
🏠 NZ base 🌐 Remote
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Driving cloud and AI infrastructure including Databricks in customer-managed VPCs via PrivateLink, EKS-based model serving, vector databases, and LLM deployments in regulated healthcare environments.

Led the development of a data anonymization platform, overseeing all stages from ideation to launch.

Defined product vision and strategic goals, managed the roadmap, and coordinated cross-functional teams across engineering, design, and business units.

2018 – Feb 2025
Orion Health – Precision Driven Health
Senior Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base 🌐 Remote
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Spearheaded two precision-driven health IT projects as a principal researcher with data scientists and engineers to automate anonymisation of healthcare data and apply Machine Learning to aid message mapping capability.

Introduced machine learning capability into existing and new products. Researched US healthcare insurance solutions to identify product gaps for market expansion.

2016 – 2018
Orion Health – Shared Technology Group
Senior Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base 🌐 Remote
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Built SaaS-based architecture for an EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index) solution packaged into Orion Health's standard Open Platform.

Deployed a 3rd party Terminology Service (HealthTerm) into AWS US regions as a multi-tenanted SaaS model, 24/7 monitored with near zero-downtime. Applied DevOps and SRE practices.

2012 – 2016
Orion Health – Global Professional Services
Senior Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base ✈️ Onsite US 🌐 Remote
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Established TOGAF Enterprise Architecture principles for large and complex solutions. Led technical and presales consultants for remote implementation of US projects:

  • DSM solution for Massachusetts Executive Office of Health, MA USA
  • HIE solution for Mississippi Division of Medicaid, MS USA
  • Integration framework between Orion HIE and Microsoft's Caradigm Intelligence Platform
2011 – 2012
Orion Health – APAC Client Support
Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base ✈️ Onsite AU/SG/KR 🌐 Remote
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Provided remote and on-site support for Asia Pacific clients across NZ, AU, Singapore, Japan, and Korea.

Built Chronic Disease Management systems for Hunter New England Health, NSW Australia, and Hospira's Clopine Connect CIS systems in Melbourne.

2008 – 2011
Orion Health – Product Dev & Global PS
Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base ✈️ Onsite AU 🌐 Remote ES/CA
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Developed a Rapid Deployment package of core Orion products for global solutions. Key projects:

  • IB Salut Regional EHR & Case Management — Illes Balears, Spain (partnered with Fujitsu & Oracle)
  • Australian Capital Territory Clinical Repository, Canberra, AU
  • Saskatchewan Provincial Interoperable EHR, Canada
2005 – 2008
Orion Health – Canada Office
Technical Manager / Solutions Architect
📍 Relocated to Canada
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Set up and trained technical resources for Orion's brand-new regional office in Edmonton, Canada. Key provincial EHR deliverables:

  • Quebec Interoperable EHR — entire province, partnered with Bell Xwave
  • New Brunswick EHR — jointly with Canada's federal 'Infoway' architecture committee
  • Alberta Health & Wellness Provincial Viewer — now known as Alberta netCARE Portal
2003 – 2005
Orion Health – Professional Services
Solutions Architect
🏠 NZ base ✈️ Onsite CA/GR/AU
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  • Chronic Disease Management — Calgary Health Region, Alberta, Canada (11 hospitals)
  • Athletes Medical History & Prescription Systems — 2004 Athens Olympics, Greece (partnered with OPTUS AU)
  • ER Whiteboard Systems — North Shore Hospital, Auckland NZ
  • Health Connect Diabetics — Tasmania, Australia
1998 – 2003
Orion Health
Development Team Leader / Software Engineer
🏠 NZ base
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Created award-winning NZ Hi-Tech health applications and led development teams. Key products:

  • Soprano Whiteboard, Medical Records, and Disease Management Systems (NZ, AU, UK)
  • KizNet Immunization Tracking, ED Patient Tracking, Electronic Discharge Systems
  • Diabetics Management, Referral Messaging, and Maternity Claiming Systems
1997 – 1998
Advanced Management Systems Ltd
Software Engineer
🏠 NZ base
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Development & maintenance of a proprietary ERP system (Leader) and ODBC driver for a proprietary Hierarchical database (AMPS).

1995 – 1996
University of Auckland
M.Sc Computer Science – First Class Honours
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Master of Computer Science with First Class Honours, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering — Hongik University, South Korea (1989–1994).

🏠 NZ base Home country throughout
📍 Relocated Physically moved for the role
✈️ Onsite Short-mid-term travel for projects
🌐 Remote Worked remotely from NZ