Russ Michell
Founder CTO at Dcentrica Solutions Ltd
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolRuss Michell is a founder-CTO and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building and leading web application teams across New Zealand and beyond. Currently bootstrapping Metaport, he blends hands-on engineering in Python, PHP and cloud ops with customer discovery, market-driven decision making and go-to-market execution. He has a strong background in CMS platforms (SilverStripe, Drupal), high-traffic site architecture, CI/CD and developer coaching from roles as Principal Developer and Tech Lead. Known for practical craftsmanship—testing, performance tuning and clear developer processes—he also advises on Bitcoin and Lightning Network topics and brings curiosity from a cognitive science background. An expat Brit based in Wellington, he pairs technical depth with a personable, people-first approach to shipping resilient products. Notably, he treats product leadership as a full-stack discipline: code, docs, ops and sales.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC First Manufacturing Technology, BTeC First/National Engineering Technology, BTEC First Manufacturing Technology, BTeC First/National Engineering Technology at Cambridge Regional CollegeBSc, Cognitive Science, BSc, Cognitive Science at University of HertfordshireGCSE, GCSE's, GCSE, GCSE's at Impington Village CollegeA level, GSCE, English, Psychology, Film, A level, GSCE, English, Psychology, Film at Long Road Sixth Form College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
error-handler10
grav-plugin10
json10
identifier10
querying10
php10
exception-handling10
crash-reports10
cms10
silverstripe10
conventional-commits10
mvc-framework10
monolog10
guid10
multivalue10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
phptek/silverstripe-exodus
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Automated content migration from any legacy site or CMS into Silverstripe.
Contributions:78 commits, 2 PRs, 50 pushes in 2 months
cmssilverstripemigration
phptek/twilio-crypto-sms
Dec 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:34 commits, 36 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
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