Experience

Nearmap

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Reading Eggs - Blake eLearning

• Australia
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • May 2017 - Oct 2022



Small Multiples

• Australia
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Feb 2016 - Oct 2016

  I dove in and taught myself Node and worked on 100% JavaScript projects for Transport NSW, The Australian, The Department of Education and Training among others. I learned a lot about Node, ES6, Express, Ava, Mocha, D3, Leaflet, Google Maps, Mapbox, React, Redux, PM2 and Keystone DMS. I wrote and managed Ansible based AWS deployments and some Git based Heroku ones too. I dove in and taught myself Node and worked on 100% JavaScript projects for Transport NSW, The Australian, The Department of Education and Training among others. I learned a lot about Node, ES6, Express, Ava, Mocha, D3, Leaflet, Google Maps, Mapbox, React, Redux, PM2 and Keystone DMS. I wrote and managed Ansible based AWS deployments and some Git based Heroku ones too.



General Assembly

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full Time Instructor for Web Development Immersive

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  Training a class of adults in topics such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Backbone & Node, updating the curriculum, planning lessons, supervising and assisting them build projects, advising them on program design, problem solving strategies and other concerns, assisting them in job hunting. Training a class of adults in topics such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Backbone & Node, updating the curriculum, planning lessons, supervising and assisting them build projects, advising them on program design, problem solving strategies and other concerns, assisting them in job hunting.



YourTutor

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  Stabilising and expanding the service written in a mix of Ruby on Rails and Node.js. Hiring and expanding the team. Assisting with copy editing, web site, marketing technology, customer service, and advising management. Stabilising and expanding the service written in a mix of Ruby on Rails and Node.js. Hiring and expanding the team. Assisting with copy editing, web site, marketing technology, customer service, and advising management.



Self Employed

• Sydney, Australia

• Freelance Web Developer

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

  3-6 month contracts building innovative interactive web sites in modern, best practices Ruby, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. 3-6 month contracts building innovative interactive web sites in modern, best practices Ruby, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3.



REA Group

• Australia
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

  Prototyped a mobile web app in Rails targeting iOS for mobile CRM and property management for real estate agents. Prototyped, architected and helped build and lead a team to develop a successful product named HubStudio that helps real estate agencies create and manage their own websites. Trained on agile methodologies by ThoughtWorks. Prototyped a mobile web app in Rails targeting iOS for mobile CRM and property management for real estate agents. Prototyped, architected and helped build and lead a team to develop a successful product named HubStudio that helps real estate agencies create and manage their own websites. Trained on agile methodologies by ThoughtWorks.



Snepo Research

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer

  • Sep 2009 - Oct 2009

  Finished an incomplete Ruby on Rails Facebook project for one of Snepo's clients. Finished an incomplete Ruby on Rails Facebook project for one of Snepo's clients.



TileFile

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • May 2005 - 2009

  Designed and developed multimedia web applications involving Ruby on Rails, Python and various web services. Worked with several teams comprising programmers, designers, managers, business development and marketing. Designed and developed multimedia web applications involving Ruby on Rails, Python and various web services. Worked with several teams comprising programmers, designers, managers, business development and marketing.



Symbio

• Australia
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2005

  Developed reporting and billing software for telephone switches. Performed contracted work to improve a telephone record transfer system. Worked in a team of 5-6 developers and 2 systems testers with PHP, Java, Ruby, C, WSDL, Bash and MySQL. Responsible for the source code management system and build procedure for all the company's projects. Developed reporting and billing software for telephone switches. Performed contracted work to improve a telephone record transfer system. Worked in a team of 5-6 developers and 2 systems testers with PHP, Java, Ruby, C, WSDL, Bash and MySQL. Responsible for the source code management system and build procedure for all the company's projects.



UNSW

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Supervisor and Assistant Lecturer

  • Feb 2003 - Jun 2003

  Co-supervised two lab classes of around 20 students each. Helped students understand the lab material and marked labs and assignments. Ran a consultation session popular with students having difficulties with C++ and Python. Gave a lecture on the Ruby programming language. Co-supervised two lab classes of around 20 students each. Helped students understand the lab material and marked labs and assignments. Ran a consultation session popular with students having difficulties with C++ and Python. Gave a lecture on the Ruby programming language.