// Auckland, New Zealand

Dave
Anderson

Solutions Architect. Developer. ERP, data and AI integration.

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01. About

I design, build and run business systems from the database up: ERP platforms, data warehouses, REST APIs, integrations and the cloud they run on.

I started in quality management and business analysis, which is why I begin with the business problem before I pick a technology. Since then I've spent more than two decades leading ERP, data warehouse and planning implementations, and I still write production code every week.

Lately my focus is AI. I've designed and built a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server stack that puts large language models directly inside an ERP client, and I use AI throughout my own development pipeline so a small team can ship like a much larger one.

  • AI / LLM integration
  • ERP architecture
  • Data warehousing & BI
  • Cloud & CI/CD
  • Linux & open source
  • Technical leadership

02. Skills

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Languages

  • C++
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • PL/pgSQL
  • SQL
  • HTML / CSS
  • XML / JSON
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AI & Integration

  • MCP servers
  • LLM integration
  • AI-assisted development
  • REST APIs
  • EDI
  • eCommerce integration
  • Shipping & logistics
db

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • Data warehousing
  • ETL / EAI
  • Pentaho BI & Data Integration
  • KPI dashboards
ERP

Enterprise Systems

  • Open source ERP
  • SAP BW & Integrated Planning
  • SAP SEM-BPS
  • SAP SD / MM / WM
  • SAP CRM & PM
  • POS systems
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Platform & Ops

  • Linux server & desktop
  • AWS
  • CI/CD
  • Automated testing
  • Cloud operations
  • Change control
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Delivery

  • Solution architecture
  • Project management
  • Business analysis
  • Blueprinting & specs
  • Testing
  • Distributed teams

03. What I've built

  1. Now

    AI inside the ERP

    Designed and built an MCP server stack that connects LLMs directly to a desktop ERP client, so users can query and act on live business data in plain language.

  2. 2014 →

    Full-stack ERP architecture

    Architecture, development and support across a complete ERP product stack: browser, mobile and desktop clients, database design, REST API and EDI, and integrations with web shops and shipping systems. Also run AWS hosting, CI/CD and automated testing.

  3. 2010 →

    Retail systems & enterprise data warehouse

    Built a data warehouse that pulls structured and unstructured sources into one place, with balanced scorecards and KPI dashboards delivered securely to web, mobile and tablet. Also architected a retail POS and client management platform, eCommerce (B2B and B2C), and ETL pipelines between multiple ERP, banking and POS systems.

  4. 2001 →

    SAP business intelligence leadership

    Led and rebuilt SAP Business Warehouse consulting teams, delivered large enterprise data warehouse and corporate planning projects across Australasia, and mentored consultants moving into BI.

  5. 1998 →

    From business analyst to ERP

    Mapped business processes, designed the interfaces between SAP and legacy AS/400 systems, and led the sales and distribution and data warehouse workstreams on a major SAP rollout.

  6. 1991 →

    Quality & operations roots

    Ran quality systems and ISO 9002 certification, then managed logistics for 12 warehouses, 50 staff and $450M of inventory a year. That's where the process thinking I still use comes from.

04. Pentuple Ltd

Director · since 2013

Commercial open source, delivered globally.

Pentuple is my consulting company. It designs, builds, implements and supports commercial open source business applications, including ERP, business intelligence, data integration and the Linux platforms they run on.

  • United States
  • Canada
  • China
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Visit pentuple.co.nz

05. Beyond the keyboard

Volunteer Firefighter

Station Officer rank. I lead crews in the situations where calm decisions matter most.

National Quality Awards

Evaluator for two years, including one as team leader, assessing NZ organisations against world-class business excellence standards.

Education

Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons), University of Waikato. Certified in SAP NetWeaver BI, SAP BPS, CRM and SD, project management (George Washington University), and ISO 9000 lead auditing.