Sam Daish
Chief Technology Officer at Blackpearl Group
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Daish is a seasoned technology executive and CTO based in Wellington with nine years focused on building data and AI-driven products that scale for SMEs and enterprise customers. He has led teams at Blackpearl Group and Xero to deploy production ML, data platforms on AWS, and analytics that create new products and improve core business outcomes. Sam combines strategic leadership—having held interim CEO duties at Bebop and advising government data programmes—with hands-on engineering sensibilities evidenced by open-source contributions to FreeCAD emphasizing code documentation and maintainability. He is passionate about growing New Zealand’s AI economy, seeding export-ready data products, and translating complex data capability into measurable commercial and social impact. An unexpected detail: his academic background in Classical and Ancient Studies underscores a long-standing strength in rigorous analysis and clear communication that he brings to technical strategy and team-building.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Classical and Ancient Studies, 1st Class Honours, Bachelor's Degree, Classical and Ancient Studies, 1st Class Honours at Victoria University of WellingtonBursary, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, Bursary, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES at Onslow College
Github Skills (5)
freecad10
python10
documentation10
cad8
3d8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
FreeCAD/FreeCAD
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 1 PR, 12 comments in 20 days
Contributions summary:Sam's commits primarily focused on adding and improving docstrings within the FreeCAD project. These improvements included detailed explanations for methods, functions, and classes within the Arch module, specifically for the ArchComponent, ArchFloor, ArchSite, and ArchWall files. This indicates a focus on code documentation and maintainability. The user's work also included refactoring and spellchecking of documentation, demonstrating an attention to detail.
engineeringmodelerfemedacoin
catalyst-cloud/catalystcloud-price-comparison
Sep 2017 - Nov 2018
How do cloud providers stack up?
Contributions:103 commits, 8 PRs, 65 pushes in 1 year 1 month
gcpproviderscloudcloud-providersterraform
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