Dan Mckenzie
Group Product Manager - Developer Platform
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Mckenzie is a Group Product Manager and seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building developer platforms and mobile/web products across high-growth UK startups and scale-ups. Currently shaping API strategy and the developer ecosystem at Xero, he has a track record of lifting engineering practices, reducing technical debt, and formalizing career and performance processes that help teams become productive quickly. Comfortable stepping between hands-on technical work and people-first leadership, he deliberately shifts from making day-to-day technical choices to empowering engineers and QA with the mentorship, goals, and processes to thrive. Known for pragmatic improvements to hiring, deployment and testing workflows, he blends rapid iteration culture with strong customer-focused values. Colleagues credit him for calm leadership during pressure and for turning ambiguous product needs into clear, measurable team outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BCMS, Software Development, Internet Applications, BCMS, Software Development, Internet Applications at The University of WaikatoNZIM Certificate in Management, Supervisory Management, HR, NZIM Certificate in Management, Supervisory Management, HR at Whangarei Boys' High School
English
Github Skills (66)
material-ui10
typescript10
react10
react-components9
javascript9
raspberry-pi-pico9
material-design9
raspberry-pi-camera8
mui8
raspberry8
asciidoc8
circleci7
jekyll7
api-client6
react-component6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
djmc/SimpleOAuth.Net
Feb 2012 - Oct 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 8 months
dotnetnet-frameworkauthenticationoauth2oauth
TradeMe/bootup.js
Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:5 commits in 2 months
local-storagestatic-filescachestorage
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