Ben Iffland

Led the initial and ongoing development of a greenfield Azure-hosted enterprise reporting platform using Blazor, C#, SQL Server and Azure DevOps, delivering scalable reporting and analytics capabilities for enterprise clients through both bespoke functionality and third-party reporting integrations
Designed and delivered a secure, scalable REST API platform using C#, .NET Web API and Microsoft Azure, replacing a third-party DreamFactory solution with an enterprise API platform providing secure access to SQL Server and Azure Blob Storage. The project reduced annual licensing costs by approximately NZ$50,000, while improving flexibility, security and long-term maintainability.

I played a key role in a highly successful project to migrate all Harcourts data to the PropTech Vault CRM platform. This involved developing a suite of C# .NET Windows Forms and Console applications that enabled migration teams to manage, monitor, and schedule the migration process efficiently.
I also contributed to the design and development of a modern real estate reporting platform, utilizing Blazor, .NET Core Web APIs, and SQL Server. The solution delivered accurate reporting, interactive dashboards, and data warehousing capabilities to support business decision-making.
In addition, I was involved in designing and implementing an AWS-hosted CI/CD pipeline for the reporting platform. This included leveraging AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and Docker containers to automate build, deployment, and hosting processes for the development and release environments.

Worked the following projects:
Harcourts One - Core property listing system written in ASP.Net Web Forms, MVC, SQL Server, and Angular JS.
Contacts Management System - React JS based CRM with Azure SQL backend, Web API written in .Net Core and Azure Functions. 
• Event Sync - System for synching data between core Harcourts CRM system to other Microservice systems, incorporating an Azure based pub/sub mechanism using Azure Event Grid, Queues and Functions.
• Enquiries System - Used Azure Logic Apps, Queues and Functions to read enquiry emails, process them and create enquiry data in the core Harcourts One system.
• Outlook Add-in - An opt-in, web-based add-in built in React JS. The Office JS library allowed users to create contacts in the CRM from received emails and also track email conversations using Graph API subscriptions.

Developing and supporting C# .Net 2008 (3.5 framework) and .Net 2005, AJAX, VB.Net 2003, Delphi 6, Embedded VB 3.0, Compact Framework 2.0, Windows Workflow, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and Classic ASP applications for a diverse range of business areas from parking enforcement, to customer services, to human resources. The applications have ranged from predominantly web-based systems to Windows-based console and Windows forms applications as well as Windows Mobile applications for pocket PCs.