Experience

Open Food Chain

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

• Developer / Scrum Master

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Developer / Scrum Master

  • Mar 2021 - Apr 2023

  Global

• Liaison Engineer/Developer

  • Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Global Open food supply chain integration using blockchains & web services to provide sustainable & transparent truth for the public good.



Kava Labs Inc

• United States
• Blockchain Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Blockchain System Engineer - Validator Node

  • Nov 2019 - Apr 2022

  Blockchain project focusing on collateralized debt positions (CDPs) for cryptocurrencies and liquidity between blockchain networks. The validator node network is approximately 75+ nodes globally distributed. A validator node comprises several servers acting as sentry nodes to maintain uptime & security as per Cosmos Network best practices.



Komodo

• Malta
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Blockchain System Engineer - Komodo Pioneers Notary Node

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2020

  System engineer for komodo blockchain security service, anchoring 50+ blockchain projects security to the bitcoin network. 99.99% uptime, global network - responsible for the Komodo Pioneers Organization nodes in the EU & Southern Hemisphere regions. The notary network comprises of 64 nodes that coordinates multi-signature transactions on a permissioned decentralized network.

• Engineering Liaison

  • Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  Worldwide Komodo Platform's pioneering open source blockchain technology includes scaling solutions, decentralised exchange products and interoperable smart contracts. This technology at this time in adoption requires someone to switch between an engineer to code and test, and to roadmap it out with a marketing team. This is what I do at Komodo - lower the barriers to blockchain adoption through technological solutions and inclusionary goal setting.

• Consulting Engineer & Workspace Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  Taking a holistic approach to sustainable, economic and rewarding models for participants of communities with Komodo Platform blockchain technology. World's first decentralised ICO for social venture capital (crowd funding), decentralised governance models, incentive models and participation rewards.



Product Platformers

• Principal Consultant

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2020

  Sydney, Australia Let's Collaborate! Product Platformers build scalable, high availability systems in any business sector. We focus on applications that are innovative and aim for partnerships with long term success by following sound software development principles or where necessary, managing existing technical debt. I partner with agencies, designers, business owners, investors and other IT professionals from PoC, MVP through to implementation and product launches.



Various Research Groups, IT & Telecommunications

• Developer+Operations

  • Nov 1999 - Dec 2015

  Sydney Consulting 8 years of design, implementation and operation of Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Media Technology (Voice & Network) Software 5+ years Real Time Communications 2 years Enterprise Java 5+ years PHP 5+ years Web technologies Sales Support & Training 5+ years VoIP/Network Solutions Operations 5+ years linux system administration, intrusion detection, system hardening, load testing. Grant submissions & research outcomes on bleeding edge methodologies



Alertee Pty Ltd

• Technical Director

  • Jan 2009 - 2015

  I co-founded Alertee with my business partner Richard Matthews (CEO of Leda Security Products). Alertee takes automated alerts and intiates a human response with a conference call. Alerts can originate from security alarms, fire alarms, SCADA machinery, BACnet equipment and so on. The business model is pre-paid and you only pay for use which in the case of security alarms was an enormous industry change. Our technology is robust so suitable for telecommunications companies to use on… Show more I co-founded Alertee with my business partner Richard Matthews (CEO of Leda Security Products). Alertee takes automated alerts and intiates a human response with a conference call. Alerts can originate from security alarms, fire alarms, SCADA machinery, BACnet equipment and so on. The business model is pre-paid and you only pay for use which in the case of security alarms was an enormous industry change. Our technology is robust so suitable for telecommunications companies to use on their back end for the introduction of a number of new services to bundle for customers. The Alertee billing system is able to pass information through to pre-existing telecommunications billing systems. While 2010 was focused on development, Alertee is seeking telecommunications and industry partners in 2011 to roll our solutions to new and existing markets. Show less



Omnium Research Group

• Web Systems Administrator

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2011

  UNSW Omnium is a group of artists, designers, programmers, writers and academics from different countries who are working together to explore and research online collaborative communities. Profits from the Omnium Software and Omnium Design Studio are used to fund further research and a variety of outreach projects. The Omnium Outreach Projects aim to assist and aid developing communities through sustainable art and design projects. They encourage students, educators and professionals from all… Show more Omnium is a group of artists, designers, programmers, writers and academics from different countries who are working together to explore and research online collaborative communities. Profits from the Omnium Software and Omnium Design Studio are used to fund further research and a variety of outreach projects. The Omnium Outreach Projects aim to assist and aid developing communities through sustainable art and design projects. They encourage students, educators and professionals from all over the world to collaborate using socially aware and ethically responsive approaches. Formed in 1998, the Omnium Research Group began exploring what they term online collaborative creativity (OCC). They developed new online environments aimed at enhancing the learning and teaching experience for art & design schools. Omnium has since expanded to create interactive software that would not only meet e-learning needs but social and business groups as well. They now specialise in providing an instant web presence for sports clubs, alumni communities, families, friends and many others. Show less