About
15 years on the software that keeps utilities and mines maintained. In my spare time I build my own.
I’m Nick. I live on the Sunshine Coast with my wife and two daughters, and I build things, mostly with AI and usually late at night.
The day job
I’m a Senior Solutions Consultant at Hexagon, which is becoming Octave. I work on HxGN EAM, the system big asset owners use to plan, schedule and record maintenance work. The work is demos, RFP responses and working out whether the software fits what a customer needs.
I came up through the hands-on side. At Moreton Bay Water and then Unitywater I ran databases, implementations, integrations and testing. I’ve written the SQL and sat through the acceptance testing, so I know what’s behind the demo as well as what’s in it.
Career
Where I’ve worked
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2022 – now
Senior Solutions Consultant · Hexagon (now Octave)
Presales for HxGN EAM, the maintenance system behind utilities, mines, hospitals and transport networks. I build the demos, answer the RFPs, and more and more often build the AI tools my team uses to do both.
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2014 – 2022
Business Solutions Consultant · Infor
Eight years of EAM presales across Australia and New Zealand. I wrote SQL, built reports and ran implementations as well as demos. I also learned how to explain complicated software to people who just want to know if it’ll fix their problem.
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2009 – 2014
Asset Systems Technologist, SME & DBA · Moreton Bay Water & Unitywater
The hands-on years: database admin, implementations, integrations and testing. I built the kind of systems I later sold.
Bachelor of ICT (Information Systems), University of the Sunshine Coast.
Outside the day job
The thing I enjoy most is building tools with AI. EAM Buddy started as a weekend hack to save myself hours of demo setup, and colleagues around the world use it now. Since then I’ve built a health dashboard, a personal CRM and a workout tracker, at various stages of done. They’re all on the projects page.
I also run a small business, Chote Works. That’s where I build websites for trades and local businesses and take on AI and systems work. It has its own site at choteworks.com.au. This one is just me.
Off the clock
Gym and pool most mornings, sauna and ice bath when I can. I track everything, from sleep and bloodwork to lifts, and inevitably end up building an app to make sense of it. Weekends are four-wheel driving and camping with the family, and F1 on Sunday nights (go McLaren).
I also run a homelab that is frankly more infrastructure than one household needs. See what I use if you’re curious.