Rowan Hick
Founder & Engineer at GlobalWorkshop
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Summary
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SeniorRowan Hick is a founder and hands-on engineer with 11 years of senior experience building cloud-native SaaS for complex manufacturing and bespoke vehicle restoration workflows. He bootstrapped GlobalWorkshop from an eight-year side project into a full-time platform that manages high-end builds—from Group C and F1 cars to warbird restorations—working directly with global clients like Eagle GB and Pioneer Aero. Previously he led product and engineering at Soft Tech, scaling software that drives automated window and door manufacturing across APAC and international markets and exiting via acquisition in 2020. Rowan combines deep full-stack development roots (dating back to 1996) with product leadership, often moving from customer discovery to shipping code himself. He thrives on solving niche, high-complexity domains where software must model physical production precisely, and brings a practical blend of entrepreneurial grit and technical craftsmanship.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (46)
notification-service10
pushy10
windows-phone10
wns10
webpush10
notification10
firebase-cloud-messaging10
push-notifications9
sign-in-with-apple9
video-player9
discourse9
html5-video9
player9
videojs8
rails8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RowanH/g-seat
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:1 release, 16 commits, 14 pushes in 23 days
SimFeedback/SimFeedback-AC-Servo
May 2019 - May 2019
SimFeedback AC Servo Version - Virtual Racing Motion Simulator
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
motion-simulatorsd-cardracingmotionsimulation
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