40+
Years in software
Designing and delivering business systems through many generations of technology—without losing sight of the people and processes they support.
About QicSoluciens
Experience that starts with listening.
I’m Lucien Dol, a software designer and developer with more than four decades of experience turning complex business needs into practical, dependable systems.
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The person behind the work
Hands-on from first conversation to final detail.
I have spent my career learning how organisations really work: the decisions people make, the information they rely on and the workarounds they invent when their software falls short.
My roles have ranged from developer and technical lead to solution architect and consultant. I still prefer to stay close to the work—asking questions, shaping the design, writing the software and refining it with the people who will use it.
That continuity matters. It keeps the original business problem visible throughout the project and helps turn complicated requirements into software that feels clear and natural in daily use.
What experience brings
A broad perspective, applied to your particular problem.
End to end
One connected view
Experience spanning discovery, requirements, architecture, databases, development, integration, migration, testing, delivery and support.
Many sectors
Patterns—and differences
Work across government, insurance, financial services, energy, transport, loyalty and tourism has built a strong instinct for what can be reused and what must be tailored.
How I work
Practical principles, not a prescribed package.
The technology should serve the solution. The solution should serve the business.
Understand before designing
The first task is to understand the real workflow, including the exceptions and informal knowledge that rarely appear in a specification.
Simplify the complicated
Good design removes unnecessary steps and makes important information easier to find, trust and act on.
Choose what fits
I favour proven, maintainable tools that suit the problem—not technology chosen for novelty or fashion.
Stay accountable
Careful analysis only matters when it leads to reliable delivery. Detail, testing and clear communication are part of the work.
A career built around useful systems
Technology has changed. The purpose has not.
I began developing commercial software in the 1980s and have worked in New Zealand since 1990. Since then I have led development teams, designed enterprise solutions and built custom applications for organisations large and small.
The work has included replacing mainframe processes, designing complex database and workflow systems, recovering difficult data migrations, integrating enterprise platforms and, more recently, building on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dataverse and the Power Platform.
Across that variety, the most satisfying projects share one trait: a difficult operational problem becomes a system that people can understand and rely on. QicSoluciens brings that experience directly to businesses that need software shaped around the way they work.
Breadth of experience
Organisations, projects and technologies.
My work ranges from focused custom applications to large enterprise programmes, delivered directly for businesses and alongside established technology teams.
Companies and organisations
Abel Tasman Guides, DXC Technology, OA Systems, Datacom New Zealand, Fujitsu New Zealand, Dimension Data (formerly Datacraft), FNZ, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, DataTorque New Zealand, Ministry of Education, New Zealand Post, Electricity Commission, Statistics New Zealand, Gen-i (formerly Wang), Datamail, Insight Data.
Projects and programmes
Abel Tasman Guides business management system, Te Au Reka, Methodist Mission Engage / Pataka, Long Burroughs, EnerPro, Kawei, OA Internal, MBIE, ACC, Red Cross, Fidelity Life, Voyce, Fujitsu Grants Management System, PRT Grants, Enhanced Prequalification, NAB Wrapper Software, ProgrammeTracker, SPARC website redevelopment, Telecom BBA-ODR and eSPM, NZ Aid AidAMS replacement, Tonga Ministry of Transport and Customs systems, EdInfo replacement, Business Mail Lodgement Programme, Business Mails Systems International, Market Governance Database upgrade, Business Model Technical Strategy, Household and Economic Survey 2006, Integrated Offender Management System, Risk of Conviction Engine, Fly Buys migration, National Roading Programme System, DataExpert, Toyota Customer Contact Programme, Toyota Prospecting Programme, Toyota Company System, Toyota Campaign System, Toyota Private Conquest System, Electorate Management System, Account Management System, Insight Data Traffic System, Eftpos Loyalty Marketing System.
Programming languages
C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, JADE, Clipper, dBase III, COBOL.
Start with the business
Have a process that has outgrown its tools?
Tell me how the work happens today, where it becomes difficult and what a better day would look like.