2degrees
Francis Payapaya's work experience is as follows:
- Currently working as a Principal E2E Architect at 2degrees since October 2022.
- Previously worked at Vocus New Zealand as an Enterprise Application Architect from December 2020 to October 2022, and as an Agile Architect from June 2015 to December 2020.
- Prior to that, worked at CallPlus Group as a Senior Software Developer from April 2013 to June 2015, and as a Software Developer from August 2010 to April 2013.
- Started career at Winscribe as a Software Developer from November 2005 to August 2010. Responsibilities included maintenance of legacy applications and development of a new workflow system using various programming languages and technologies.
Francis Payapaya attended Massey University from 2003 to 2005, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree with a double major in Computer Science and Information Systems. In 2013, they also received a certification as a Professional Scrum Master I from Scrum.org.
2degrees
2degrees is a full service telecommunications provider. We launched in 2009, significantly lowering the cost of mobile for Kiwis, but we've actually been around a little while longer. Back in the 90s a visionary group of Maori challenged the crown through the Treaty of Waitangi and won the rights to 3G spectrum. Despite financial and regulatory adversity a Maori Trust (Hautaki) was established with the challenge of launching New Zealand’s third mobile network. Since then, we’ve been busy. We have built a brand new mobile network, helping us to cover 98.5% of the places Kiwis live and work. In March 2015 we also acquired NZ's fourth largest ISP (Snap), and now offer internet services as well as mobile to Kiwis across the country. We all really believe in what we are trying to accomplish for our customers and New Zealand. We’ve even been lucky enough to be recognised for it along the way, with a number of awards for our customer service over the years.