Paul Kinzett
Chief Technology Officer at OrbitRemit
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Kinzett is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 13+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling fintech platforms from inception to a 50+ person company. Based in Wellington, he has overseen OrbitRemit's entire technical evolution—shaping architecture, driving product and engineering hiring, and embedding development best practices that support millions in transfers for thousands of customers. Equally comfortable in solution design and day-to-day development, he partners closely with business leaders to turn customer problems into high-value, production-grade solutions. His background includes agency- and client-facing roles and freelance work for names like Microsoft and Cathay Pacific, giving him a pragmatic blend of startup grit and delivery discipline. Known for fostering ownership and mentoring junior developers, he balances strategic vision with a bias for practical execution.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Newlands CollegeBachelor of Commerce and Administration Information Systems Electronic Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce and Administration Information Systems Electronic Commerce at Victoria University of Wellington
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
jquery-plugin10
jquery10
tooltip10
javascript9
spatial6
gis6
sql6
geospatial6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rikitanone/drunken-parrot-flat-ui
Aug 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:26 commits in 6 months
paulkinzett/toolbar
Dec 2012 - Apr 2016
Contributions:64 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 4 months
toolbarjqueryjavascripttooltipjquery-plugin
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