New Faces at MUSAC

We have had a few new people join the MUSAC team over the last few months - some you have met already.

John Rotherham joins us as Service Delivery Manager, taking responsibility for the support and Development teams. John has extensive experience managing projects and software development teams having worked in banking, consulting and retail sectors. John also had some time working on Massey University's Moodle project prior to Christmas. John and his wife have two children – one intermediate and one primary level.

Milton Baxter started in early January, taking on the role of Agile Iteration Manager. Milton’s responsibility is to manage the workflow of the development team, ensuring impediments to progress are removed, priorities are understood and the software is completed in a timely manner. A lot of communication and negotiation. Milton’s background includes project and team management, development, testing and analysis largely in the retail sector of the petroleum industry. Milton and his partner have two pre-school children.

Peter Roberts joins MUSAC as our Product Manager and head of the product team. Peter's most recent roles have been that as a global service delivery manager, spanning multiple countries, cultures and time zones. Peter and his teams responsibility is to work with teachers, school managers, MUSAC Agents, practitioners, academics and other key stakeholders to shape MUSAC products and services. Peter's team includes those with hands-on teaching and school management experience as well as those with wider professional experience in design and business analysis. Peter and partner have one pre-school and two primary children.