Paul Anderson

CTO

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia26 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

20+ years of experience in technology leadership.
Expert in AWS and high-availability payment systems.
Proven track record in incident management and team leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Cloud Computing expert with a focus on high-availability systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

AwsDevopsPaymentsInfrastructure

Other Skills

Software Engineering LeadershipAWS Cloud Architecture & OperationsPayment SystemsIncident ManagementCloud MigrationInfrastructure as CodeIT Financial ManagementPoint of Sale (POS) SystemsDelivery PerformanceProduct Lifecycle ManagementPlatform IntegrationSoftware DevelopmentTechnology Solution DeliveryPayment GatewaysE-Commerce

About

I’m a senior technology leader with deep experience delivering high-availability platforms in regulated environments, with a strong focus on AWS, DevOps, and large-scale systems. Over the past 20+ years, I’ve led engineering and cloud teams across payments, SaaS, and enterprise platforms, working directly on delivery, platform reliability, and operational outcomes. My experience includes modernising on-premise systems into multi-region AWS environments and operating platforms processing 30M+ transactions per month. While I’ve worked at Director level, my focus has always been on hands-on delivery — working closely with engineers, leading technical decisions, resolving production incidents, and ensuring systems perform under real-world conditions. I’m particularly strong in environments where reliability, scale, and governance all matter, and where delivery outcomes are critical. Core areas of focus: • AWS cloud platforms (multi-region, high availability, resilience) • DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering • Payment systems and PCI-regulated environments • Incident leadership and production systems • Leading distributed engineering teams I’m currently looking for opportunities where I can contribute directly to delivery — leading teams, improving platforms, and solving complex technical problems.

Experience

26 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Transaction network services

2 roles

Senior Technology Leader – Software Engineering & Cloud Platforms (Director-level role)

Promoted

Mar 2020 – Jan 2026 · 5 yrs 10 mos

Led engineering, cloud, and DevOps teams delivering globally distributed, high-availability payment platforms processing 30M+ transactions per month.
Led delivery and operation of payment gateway platforms across APAC and Europe, supporting 30M+ transactions per month across API and terminal channels
Drove migration of on-premise platforms into AWS multi-region environments, improving resilience, scalability, and availability
Led DevOps and cloud engineering across a large AWS estate (30+ accounts, multi-region), implementing CI/CD, automation, and cost optimisation practices
Acted as technical lead during major production incidents, coordinating teams and driving resolution under pressure
Worked closely with engineering, security, and risk teams to meet PCI-DSS and regulatory requirements
Led and mentored distributed engineering teams (AU, Asia, Europe), spanning software, QA, embedded systems, and DevOps
Delivered major platform deployments including Petron (Malaysia) and UK rail payment systems

Software Engineering LeadershipAWS Cloud Architecture & OperationsAWSDevOps

DevOps Manager

Jul 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Led cloud engineering and DevOps teams responsible for the reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of globally distributed payment platforms.
Built and led a DevOps function supporting high-availability payment systems across AWS multi-region environments
Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automation to improve release velocity, deployment consistency, and system reliability
Established infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform/CloudFormation) to enable repeatable, scalable platform provisioning
Designed and implemented high-availability and resilience patterns across cloud platforms
Worked closely with engineering teams to embed DevOps practices and improve delivery outcomes
Managed AWS environments supporting production payment systems, with a focus on stability, performance, and cost efficiency
Contributed to incident response and production support, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal service disruption

Padhc

2 roles

President

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs

President

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr

Hills limited

2 roles

Senior Analyst Programmer

Jul 2012 – Jul 2017 · 5 yrs

AWS & Magento devops specialist.
Develop and administer the Hills Ltd AWS eCommerce Infrastructure & Product Information Management Systems.
Manage team of developers.
Drive best practice development using the available toolsets and departmental procedures.
Undertake information gathering and analysis as required by business users in order to develop appropriate solutions using the most appropriate toolset(s).
Undertake the preparation of robust functional and technical specifications for self-use or for use by other team members.
Perform solution development / programming and testing tasks as necessary using Hills selected toolsets.
Ensure that development projects meet the stated business requirements and goals, fulfil end-user requirements.
Ensures that requests for amendments and enhancements to production applications are properly authorised, change managed, and implemented in accordance with installation, release, and change control standards.
Responsible for solution quality and data integrity.
Responsible for ensuring that source code is appropriately managed and secured.

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Jul 2012 – Jul 2017 · 5 yrs

Technical leader responsible for AWS-hosted eCommerce and Product Information Management platforms.

Stratco nsw pty ltd

2 roles

Systems Engineer

Jun 2005 – Jul 2012 · 7 yrs 1 mo

Systems Analyst, .Net Developer, Electrical Maintenance
Experienced team leader in an IT Infrastructure Environment.
I have planned, costed, implemented and maintain a nationwide array of Microsoft SQL servers.
Responsible for the entire Project Life Cycle management and Systems Development Life Cycle Management
Developed web based reporting systems used by senior management to report on production operations at factory, state and national level.
Developed end user applications and background software services.
Developed our nationwide training website Java based, implemented on a Glassfish server ( www.stratcoinduction.com.au )
Strong service management experience and strong client facing skills.
Co-ordinating the activities of contractors and internal teams.
First line contact for clients, end users and IT and maintenance teams Able to manage multiple projects concurrently using a shared resource base.
Well developed leadership and interpersonal communication skills. I have undertaken leadership training and have led teams operationally and non-operationally across Australia.

System Engineer

Jun 2005 – Jul 2012 · 7 yrs 1 mo

Broad technical and delivery role spanning infrastructure, software development, and project delivery.

Royal australian air force

2 roles

Trade Supervisor

Aug 1995 – Aug 2001 · 6 yrs

Aircraft Maintenance Trade Supervisor
Responsible planning and coordination of maintenance activities.
Responsible for professional development, control and direction of subordinates.
Team leader of small to medium sized teams (engineering and other).
Responsible for the enforcement organisational standards
Deployed for various operations within Australia.
Assisted in re-design of P3 routine maintenance activities reducing aircraft turnaround time from 31 days to 19
Maintenance and repair of P3-Orion Avionics systems
Preparation and delivery of Aircraft Systems and Safety lectures.
Non trade specific military roles