Phil Armstrong

Specialist, Iteration Management at IAG

Canterbury, New Zealand

About

I'm an IT professional with a number of years experience in Quality Assurance, Version Control and Release Management. Dedicated to delivering high quality products within a diverse and fast paced environment. Effective at building and fostering cross departmental and external relationships through clear process strategies and communication. Focused on continual improvement initiatives with a proven track record of delivering to deadlines and meeting expected milestones. Continually focused on making positive contributions to company objectives and celebrating individual performance and results whilst meeting or exceeding desired outcomes. Results driven and able to work collaboratively with wide range of people.

Experience

  • IAG (Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand)
    • Specialist Iteration Management at IAG
      Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

    • Specialist, Release
      Aug 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

      Focal point for releases including design and implementation of efficient procedures for the distribution and installation of changes to IAG NZ Championing IAG's emerging DevOPs culture and agile practices across technology teams. Providing leadership and guidance to staff and partners around modern release practices, supporting move to continuous delivery and reducing friction during the delivery process Identification of group risks and proactive risk management including the implementation of policies to mitigate known risks

    • Release Manager
      May 2013 - Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Managing the delivery of releases for multiple software applications to production environment including planning and and oversight of phased rollouts of software versions and related hardware. Managing risk and implementing risk mitigation strategies for governed software environments

  • AMI Insurance Company (Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand)
    • Version Control Analyst/Release Coordinator
      Dec 2006 - May 2013 · 6 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for implementing Version Control concepts and tools into Software Development team for Programmers, training development staff and provide application support for development team. Formulating and implementing strategies for maintaining multiple code environments and development streams. Manage the integration of multiple programming languages and address code contention and merging within environments

    • Quality Assurance Analyst
      Jan 2005 - Dec 2006 · 2 yrs

      Establish release control procedures to streamline and increase efficiency within the Software Development team at AMI as well as Qualification of software including development processes and procedures, coding standards and audit