Business Analysis

As the world’s largest distributor of numismatic products for the Royal Australian Mint and Perth Mint, Downies are able to bring the cutting edge of the Australian numismatic industry to their collectors. Downies recognised the opportunity to modernise and improve their online presence for both Downies Coins and Macquarie Mint. After an extensive review process, Downies selected the Magento Commerce Cloud solution and enterprise partner Balance Internet to architect, design and develop a new high-performance platform to meet their requirements. The project focused on improving overall user experience and conversion while streamlining back of house operations through full integration with SAP.

I was the Solutions Architect and was running the project from the requirements gathering and documentation process up until launch as a BA and Product Owner.

A presentation on the agile approach of a Magento 1 to Magento 2 website rebuild. When considering the migrations and upgrades from Magento 1 to Magento 2, it is important to focus on a minimum viable product (MVP) rather than a complete rebuild of the original site. An agile project structure supports this approach and creates a relationship based on trust between the agency and client, as the process is so collaborative. A waterfall contract, on the other hand, is about protection of the parties involved and places a large emphasis on a fixed scope. It’s important to bear in mind that requirements for projects always change, so a fixed scope rarely happens for larger projects. Once the scope changes, all sides of the iron triangle are affected. Using a fixed budget and a number of story points with a focus on delivering an MVP, allows the project to evolve and can accommodate changing requirements and needs without ongoing budget discussions.

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A new fashion accessories site with 8000 loaded products, (not all enabled) based on Magento 2. This site complements the popular brick retail store. I've implemented some synchronization with POS, using custom PHP/MySQL and have integrated 3d party extensions.

Magento full build with Drupal CMS and blog integration. Integration allowed client to feature product links in recipes, videos and blog posts.

The Pelizzatti family founded Chakana in May 2002 reviving an old family legacy. At the turn of the XIX century, the Pelizzatti ancestors made wine from the terraced vineyards of Valtellina, Italy.

Chakana is a winery dedicated to the study and understanding of some of the best terroirs of Mendoza, Argentina. Its goal is to produce authentic wines to express the character and identity of the Andean soils.

The winery is located in Agrelo in the province of Mendoza amongst 80 ha of vineyards. It also manages its own vineyards located in other areas of Mendoza, such as Mayor Drummond (Lujan de Cuyo), Altamira and Gualtallari (Uco Valley).

In 2012 Chakana started a conversion process to recover and maintain the harmony of its soils by transforming its agricultural methods to organic/biodynamic.

Chakana’s viticultural management is now oriented towards developing balanced vines through the structuring of its soils and the preservation of their organisms with methods compatible with their texture, organic matter and susceptibility to frost.

Chakana’s Nuna Estate located in Agrelo has been certified organic from vintage 2014 onwards and is certified Demeter (biodynamic) since 2016. The Los Cedros vineyard in Altamira is organic certified. All the other vineyards are in conversion to organic and biodynamic preparations are being used consistently.

Chakana is the only Argentinian winery GMO-free certified by the Non-GMO Project.

Site completed and launched in 2017.

AAR is an independent provider of aviation services to commercial and government customers in more than 100 countries, offering aftermarket expertise and award-winning solutions to help customers increase efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining high levels of quality, service and safety.

I was responsible for delivering a B2B solutions built with Magento 2 Enterprise, by leading a team of 7 people, including 4 developers, 1 designer and 2 testers. The solutions included lots of customization work, including development of custom extensions, to support AAR business' needs.

Performance was a main challenge, because the catalog consist of 100.000+ products and prices per customer groups was as high as 1M. We designed the flow to import product data on a daily basis, with information coming from a centralized and customized app that serves as a bridge with ERP.