Dan Mckenzie
Group Product Manager - Developer Platform
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Mckenzie is a Group Product Manager and seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building developer platforms and mobile/web products across high-growth UK startups and scale-ups. Currently shaping API strategy and the developer ecosystem at Xero, he has a track record of lifting engineering practices, reducing technical debt, and formalizing career and performance processes that help teams become productive quickly. Comfortable stepping between hands-on technical work and people-first leadership, he deliberately shifts from making day-to-day technical choices to empowering engineers and QA with the mentorship, goals, and processes to thrive. Known for pragmatic improvements to hiring, deployment and testing workflows, he blends rapid iteration culture with strong customer-focused values. Colleagues credit him for calm leadership during pressure and for turning ambiguous product needs into clear, measurable team outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BCMS, Software Development, Internet Applications, BCMS, Software Development, Internet Applications at The University of WaikatoNZIM Certificate in Management, Supervisory Management, HR, NZIM Certificate in Management, Supervisory Management, HR at Whangarei Boys' High School
English
Github Skills (51)
react-components10
material-ui10
react10
typescript9
material-design9
static-files9
raspberry-pi-camera8
raspberry-pi-pico8
react-component-library8
localstorage8
asciidoc7
session-store7
raspberry-pi6
dts6
express-session6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
djmc/SimpleOAuth.Net
Feb 2012 - Oct 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 8 months
dotnetnet-frameworkauthenticationoauth2oauth
TradeMe/bootup.js
Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
Cache and load static files from local storage.
Contributions:5 commits in 2 months
localstoragestatic-files
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