Trevor Loader is a solutions architect and senior IT leader based in Auckland with 12 years of experience designing and delivering digital and data-driven solutions across utilities and energy sectors. He blends hands-on software engineering (including full-stack open-source contributions to the Merchello e-commerce package) with strategic architecture and product delivery, having led teams as a director, managing director and technology manager. Trevor’s background spans enterprise consulting at Microsoft, founding and scaling software firms, and recent roles focusing on generation technology and data insights, giving him a rare mix of commercial, technical and domain expertise. He’s known for improving customer outcomes through pragmatic architecture, refactoring legacy systems, and shipping reliable features under tight constraints. An honors graduate in computer science, he brings both academic rigour and entrepreneurial instincts to complex technical challenges.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 1st Class, BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 1st Class at Massey University
Merchello is an open source e-commerce package for the Umbraco CMS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 7 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Trevor contributed to the Merchello e-commerce package for the Umbraco CMS by implementing various features and addressing bug fixes. Their work included refactoring UI components and adding new features to the FastTrack UI, such as enabling unobtrusive validation. They also updated and refactored the back-end core, like the SmtpNotificationGatewayMethod, and fixed critical bugs with the shipping checkout form. Further, the user enhanced the membership features of the fast track and invoice search.
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