Mark Churcher

Mark Churcher is a highly experienced professional with expertise in full stack engineering, software development, and technical leadership. Their most recent position is as a Senior Full Stack Engineer at RateMyAgent, where they collaborate with engineers, designers, and salespeople to deliver features to the RMA platform. Mark is proficient in technologies such as .NET, Angular, Azure DevOps, and AWS.

Prior to their current role, Mark worked as a Technical Lead and software instructor at Developers Institute, where they designed and built internal platforms to support the growth of the institute. Mark also contributed to curriculum design and delivery, particularly in machine learning, application security, and full stack development courses. Mark's technical skills include MERN stack, PostgreSQL, Docker, and AWS.

Before that, Mark served as a Technical Lead at PARASOL LIMITED and as a Web Application Developer at Montage Interactive Ltd, where they handled BAU for web applications and led development and cloud architecture for new products. Mark is proficient in technologies such as .NET Core, Vue, React, NodeJs, SQL, CosmosDb, Azure Functions, and Azure DevOps.

Mark also has experience as a Design Engineer at Tait Communications, a Software Engineer and ScrumMaster at Wynyard Group, and a Private Security personnel at Armourguard Security. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Joomla CMS site maintenance staff at the Biological Husbandry unit (Lincoln University) and as an Administration/Timetabling staff at the University of Canterbury.

Additionally, Mark has a background in music education, having worked as a Music Teacher, providing private and itinerant tuition in drum set, music theory, and music software to students of various age groups.

Overall, Mark Churcher has a diverse range of experience, spanning various industries and technical roles. Mark possesses strong skills in full stack engineering, software development, technical leadership, and music education.

Mark Churcher's education history is as follows:

Mark Churcher attended Lincoln University in New Zealand from 2011 to 2013. During this time, they obtained a Graduate Certificate of Software and Information Technology in the field of Information Technology. Mark also received a Research Scholarship in Computer Vision.

In 2009, Mark Churcher briefly attended the University of Canterbury, where they pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Music.

From 2007 to 2008, Mark Churcher studied at CPIT (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music.

In 2021, Mark Churcher enrolled at "people potential" and completed the Assessment Practice Level 4 program in the field of Education.

Additionally, Mark Churcher has obtained various certifications. Mark received certifications such as Secure Developer: Level 1, Secure Developer: Level 2, Security Architect: Level 2, and Security Tester: Level 1 from SafeStack Academy in April 2022. Mark also obtained certifications in Mapping & diagramming from Miro in March 2022, and in Confluence Fundamentals from Atlassian in February 2022.

Mark Churcher's certifications also include an AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2021, an AWS Academy Accredited Educator certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in December 2020, an AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in December 2020, and an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in December 2020. Mark has obtained other certifications as well, such as How to Manage a Remote Team and Remote Work Foundations Certification from GitLab Inc. in October 2020.

Moreover, Mark Churcher received Microsoft certifications in 2016 and 2014, namely the Microsoft 70-483 Programming in C# and Microsoft 70-480 Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, respectively.

Most recently, Mark Churcher has acquired certifications from Sumo Logic, including Search Mastery Self-Paced in May 2023, and certifications in Basics and Account Configuration, Data Collection, Data Ingestion, and Data Monitoring in April 2023.