Phil Tanner
Manager Functional Consulting at New Zealand Cadet Forces
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolPhil Tanner is a seasoned technology leader and manager with 12 years of experience delivering pragmatic, business-focused IT solutions across public and private sectors in New Zealand. Currently Manager Functional Consulting at MBIE, he has led software engineering, support and systems teams to build scalable, secure web platforms—often hands-on from PHP/LAMP backends to front-end UX and database optimisation. His career highlights include architecting CadetNet (a 45,000+ line WordPress plugin handling 2,700 personnel), launching data-driven operational visualisations that saved hundreds of thousands in field costs, and instituting engineering practices like GitHub-based workflows and peer code review. Known for translating complex requirements into auditable, privacy-aware systems, he blends strategic governance (Change Advisory Boards, PIAs) with practical delivery and mentoring.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ardingly CollegeB.Sc, B.Sc at University College London
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Github Skills (4)
php2
mysql1
database1
database-management1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hfitton/twitterbot2
Jan 2017 - Mar 2023
Second attempt using codebird api
Contributions:6 PRs in 6 years 2 months
apicodebirdsecond
PhilTanner/ATC_system
Dec 2013 - Jun 2017
Contributions:263 commits, 101 PRs, 159 pushes in 3 years 6 months
squadronairsoftware-managementtraining
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