What do you consider to be your main area of expertise?
I have been a developer of financial and supply chain applications for more years than I care to remember (OK, 14) so that would be where I have most experience. Having said that I've been lucky enough to spend the last six months on a PeopleSoft HRMS upgrade for Ernst & Young which I've thoroughly enjoyed, as the work was challenging, the rest of the team were great fun and my desk looked out onto Big Ben and the Millennium Wheel.

What project have you most enjoyed working on and why?
My first project as an IT contractor was in San Francisco. Enough said! I also loved working for Oxfam on a PeopleSoft financials upgrade to version 8. The team was small and friendly and the work was good.

What would you most like added to the PeopleSoft product?
A debugger that allows you to trace just one field through an entire process. Due to the way PeopleCode is associated with ‘events’ it can take a disproportionate amount of development time to find and correct what is essentially a straightforward error.

What is the most frustrating thing about the PeopleSoft product?
As a developer, trying to figure out what went wrong before you completely lose it and throw the PC through the window (see above), before realising that it's not a bug but a feature of the PeopleSoft product.

What originally drew you to consulting or the computing field?
I enjoy solving problems and delivering shiny new processes. And after graduating in archaeology the alternative was digging up fields with people wearing socks and sandals.

Why did you join Congruent?
I’d reached a stage in my career as an independent IT contractor where I wasn’t learning anything new and the product that I’d specialised in was becoming less popular. Congruent was recommended to me as a small, friendly company without a management hierarchy and where consultants don’t have to move into management to progress. They generously offered me the chance to retrain (in Sydney!) and I haven’t looked back since.

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