Francis Mcgregor-macdonald
Head Of Information Technology And Data
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolFrancis Mcgregor-macdonald is a technology and data leader with over a decade of experience building analytics, data and AI capabilities across enterprise and consumer businesses. Currently Head of Information Technology and Data at ZURU after leading Data & AI for ANZ at AWS, he blends hands-on architecture with strategic leadership to deliver solutions close to the business. His background spans specialist analytics roles through to regional technology leadership, giving him a pragmatic lens on cloud-native data platforms and operationalising ML. Trained originally in psychology, he brings a human-centered approach to data-driven decision making and team design. Based in Auckland, he balances technical intensity with a grounded personal life—an avid runner, photographer and dedicated husband and dad. Colleagues know him for turning complex analytics challenges into fast, business-focused outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington
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Github Skills (37)
aws-cdk10
development-kit10
amazon-msk10
typescript10
cloud-infrastructure10
aws10
aws-fargate9
aws-cloud9
terraform9
amazon-s39
cloud-development-kit9
infrastructure-as-code9
logstash9
infrastructure9
elasticsearch8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
aws-samples/aws-cdk-managed-elkk
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Managed ELKK stack implemented with the AWS CDK
Contributions:6 reviews, 21 commits, 12 PRs in 2 years 11 months
kibanalogstashamazon-s3filebeatelasticsearch
fmcmac/elk-stack
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Filbeat > Kafka > Logstash > Elastic > Kibana
Contributions:12 PRs, 29 pushes, 10 branches in 12 days
sinkconfluent-cloudelasticdebeziumfluentd
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