Summary
Rod Garland is a seasoned Field Services Engineer and IT specialist with over 10 years of experience supporting large-scale infrastructure across healthcare and government sectors in Adelaide. He has led service desk teams supporting 36,000+ users, managed major transitions such as the Royal Adelaide Hospital relocation, and overseen Australia Post’s statewide IT operations and mass technology deployments. Comfortable hands-on with installations, upgrades and POS/iPad rollouts, Rod blends project management, business analysis and ITIL-based service management to deliver low-risk, operational solutions. He also tutors computing skills privately and maintains full-stack development interests on GitHub, pairing practical field experience with software curiosity. A background in electrical and communications engineering gives him a pragmatic troubleshooting edge often missing in pure IT managers.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Underdale High
Associate’s Degree, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Associate’s Degree, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician at TAFE SA
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Management Information Systems, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Management Information Systems at University of South Australia
Certificate IV - Training and Assessment, Certificate IV - Training and Assessment at Harrison consulting group