Richard Holland
Senior Software Architect at MacBay Consulting
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Holland is a senior software architect and founder with 20 years of experience designing cloud-native, data-driven platforms for life sciences and research organisations. He combines hands-on engineering (Python, Django, React, AWS) with leadership in regulated environments—building scalable ETL, data warehousing, and analytics systems for clinical diagnostics and biotech. Richard has repeatedly led successful startups and consultancies, achieving ISO27001 and driving AWS re-architectures and validated GxP procedures that bridge research and production. Comfortable joining distributed teams across timezones, he pairs pragmatic DevSecOps and CI/CD expertise with deep domain empathy for scientists’ workflows. An early adopter of cloud scaling patterns, he also brings atypical strengths in business development and operations from founding and selling services to major pharma and agriculture clients.
20 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of OtagoMMus Composition, MMus Composition at University of Southampton
Github Skills (101)
biojava10
integrate9
java9
genome9
graphene9
django8
pipeline8
gridengine8
python8
slurm8
common-workflow-language8
wdl8
django-project8
adfs7
django-authentication7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dicknetherlands/django-auth-adfs
Dec 2023 - Dec 2023
A Django authentication backend for Microsoft ADFS and AzureAD
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
biojava/biojava.github.io
Feb 2006 - Jan 2010
The code for the new BioJava homepage.
Contributions:171 commits in 3 years 11 months
javabiojava
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