David Anderson
Senior Software Engineer Professional Services at Fire and Emergency NZ
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Anderson is a Senior Software Engineer and Solutions Architect with 12+ years delivering ERP, BI and web application solutions across New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. He combines deep SAP BW/NetWeaver expertise with hands-on open source implementation experience—leading xTuple ERP development (including the Fixed Asset extension) and Pentaho BI/PDI projects—while currently driving professional services and retail POS rollouts. Comfortable from database design and back-end engineering to application architecture, he has a track record of refactoring core ERP schemas and integrating BI platforms to turn complex business requirements into operable systems. Beyond commercial work he runs a consulting practice focused on Linux, LAMP and enterprise open-source stacks, and volunteers as a senior firefighter, reflecting strong operational discipline and community commitment. Notably, he pairs certified SAP skills with pragmatic open-source engineering, making him effective at bridging legacy enterprise platforms and modern, extensible solutions.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons), Management & Psychology, Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons), Management & Psychology at University of Waikato
Github Skills (10)
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postgresql10
sql10
database-design10
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report-generator9
report-builder9
nodejs8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
shackbarth/xtuple
May 2014 - Jan 2015
xTuple Enterprise Resource Planning
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:25 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the back-end and database aspects of the xTuple ERP system. They refactored and enhanced database functions, including creating functions for adding comment types and bank account settings. Their work involved modifying SQL scripts, database schema, and report generation logic to accommodate new features and improve existing functionality, demonstrating expertise in database design and implementation. The user also addressed date picker and workflow issues.
planningresource-planningenterprise
andersdd/xtte
Jul 2015 - Jul 2019
Time and Expense Extension for Qt Client
Contributions:11 pushes, 11 branches in 3 years 11 months
expenseqt5
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