Chris Smith
Hospitality Technology Consultant at HOSPOTECH SI LTD
Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Smith is a Hospitality Technology Consultant with decades of hands-on hospitality and retail operations experience combined with technical expertise in POS and EFTPOS solutions. After rising from storeman and restaurant operations to managing multi-site restaurant launches, he transitioned into tech roles building and leading South Island commercial teams for Wizbang and NZ POS Systems. He now focuses on helping hospitality clients select, install and optimise technology stacks that improve service and revenue, drawing on practical frontline experience. Known for strong client relationships and a pragmatic approach, he blends operational empathy with technical delivery to drive adoption. Based in Canterbury, New Zealand, he balances consultancy work with a lifelong interest in AV and IT, and brings a competitive team spirit shaped by past national-level surf lifesaving success.
4 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
St Bede's College
Github Skills (25)
twitter10
nav10
discord10
adsbexchange10
telegram-bot10
ads10
data-exchange9
plane9
telegram9
exchange9
strava8
uat8
e-ink8
sd-card8
balena7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cws82us313/plane-notify
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Notify If a selected plane has taken off or landed using OpenSky or ADS-B Exchange data. Compares older data to newer data to determine if a landing or takeoff has occurred. As well as nav modes, emergency squawk and resolution advisory notifications. Can output to Twitter, Discord, and Pushbullet
Contributions:4 pushes in 6 months
exchangeemergencydiscordbotdiscord-bot
cws82us313/balena-ads-b-morefeeds
May 2023 - May 2023
ADS-B Flight Tracker running on balena with support for FlightAware, Flightradar24, PlaneFinder, OpenSky Network, RadarBox, ADSB Exchange, and UAT.
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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