Bruce Parker
About Bruce Parker
Bruce Parker serves as the Dev Ops Team Lead at Newfold Digital in New Plymouth, New Zealand, where he manages a clustered shared email platform and supports various customer portals. With a background in systems engineering and a degree in Applied Information Systems, he has over two decades of experience in the IT and cloud hosting sectors.
Current Role at Newfold Digital
Bruce Parker serves as the DevOps Team Lead at Newfold Digital, a position he has held since 2020. He operates from New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. In this role, he oversees the maintenance of a clustered shared email platform known as VExim, which supports a significant user base. Additionally, he manages the provisioning of VMWare and XEN servers, ensuring the installation of necessary software for both virtual and physical environments.
Previous Experience at Umbrellar
Before joining Newfold Digital, Bruce Parker worked at Umbrellar - Cloud Hosting as the DevOps Team Lead from 2015 to 2020. During his five years there, he implemented automation solutions that improved the performance and efficiency of domain and hosting systems. His role involved overseeing various cloud hosting operations and enhancing service delivery.
Career at Iconz-Webvisions
Bruce Parker was employed at Iconz-Webvisions as the Systems Engineering Team Leader from 2002 to 2015. Over the course of 13 years, he managed systems engineering projects and contributed to the development of hosting solutions. His responsibilities included maintaining and supporting over 200 shared hosting servers across Linux and Windows platforms.
Educational Background
Bruce Parker studied at the Western Institute of Technology - Taranaki, where he earned a Bachelor of Applied Information Systems (BAppIS) from 2001 to 2003. Prior to this, he completed a National Certificate in Business Computing at the same institution from 2000 to 2001. His education provided a foundation in information technology and computing principles.
Technical Skills and Responsibilities
In his current and previous roles, Bruce Parker has developed a range of technical skills. He manages local computer support and maintenance, including Active Directory, XEN, Windows, and networking infrastructure. He is also responsible for supporting and maintaining customer portals such as CloduBlue and WAM for Freeparking and WebFarm.