Experience

Style Sourcebook

• Australia
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • Sep 2022 - Present



ChangeGPS

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Software Engineering

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2022

  Initiatives/Projects • Introduce SCRUM to the development team • Introduce the Git Feature Branch Workflow • Build an application to create and manage an Engagement Letter Lifecycle, handle eSignatures and Direct Debit Payments to fill a competition gap • Increase engineering department transparency and reduce waste work • Provide a solid documentation foundation for development practices and procedures • Provision and manage cloud-based infrastructure, optimising existing systems Achievements • Xero Practice App of the Year (2021) • Successfully introduced SCRUM with modified ceremonies to the development team o This saw a developer output increase of ~60% o Severely reduced missed/forgotten work that was originally communicated via Teams or Email exclusively o Increased transparency inside and outside of the department o Increased estimation accuracy and short-term release optimisation • Built and released ‘Engage’, the Engagement Letter Lifecycle management application, an end-to-end solution to create, send, sign and manage engagements, with online payment options included o Launched with 50+ users from a user-base of roughly 250 users o Included a custom-built eSignature system (free of use) and Direct Debit management system (GoCardless) integration o Actively built to occupy the space for smaller firms that Practice Ignition couldn’t provide decent use-cases for • Spearheaded scaling of hardware and software resources to account for growth o Company growth hit roughly 300% over the last 2 years, putting a lot of strain on the AWS server setup o Reduced costs while scaling hardware effectively to account for growth without large-scale blackouts across the system • Increased adoption rates of new technologies in the department o Introduced Vue.JS to the front-end lead developer and provided extensive insight and mentoring o Introduced the back-end lead developer to Laravel & custom MVC patterns for more effective code reusability Show less



Raybird Designs

• Melbourne, Australia

• Business Owner

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2021

  Notable Projects • Australian Lamb Co. Employee Covid 19 questionnaire system. An online questionnaire system to check for Covid in employees o Built and managed a team of 6 people for 8 months, including 1 designer, 4 engineers, and 1 QA o Handled daily imports and removals of employees o Sent automated questionnaires each day to relevant employees • Took over development of BuildLabour.com.au. Laravel system with Vue.js o Managed a team of 7 people, all developers, to complete the work. o Introduced a semi-live in-app messaging service with black-listed words and up-to-date notification streams. o Rebuilt the job system to offer a better experience. Connect fields that existed in the UI with the back-end and database o Completely rebuilt the profile view and back-end controllers for a more seamless and easy experience o Fixed upwards of 80 bugs that were left from the previous development team • Go Ride A Wave Middleman system implementation. A Laravel system used to pull data from their Fareharbour Account using webhooks and manual update processes, with their Tanda Schedule system. • Central Coast Council’s 2020 Christmas AR photo sharing system. I worked directly with Misfit Media to create an interactive AR Experience via 8th Wall for Central Coast residents o Geo-locking was set for 3 different areas, with generic assets for everyone outside of these areas o Managed the Asset requirements, implementation, script builds, and launch/pull-down Achievements • Worked with over 300 clients on various projects, from small website fixes and updates, up to complete website builds, project management, security patches & disaster recovery procedures, and custom application development. • Held a 4.9 star rating across various external profile systems • Was open for 7 years, only closing to pursue new opportunities with ChangeGPS • Worked with a range of amazing engineers, stakeholders and teams to deliver projects as an IC, Manager and consultant Show less



Compare and Invest .com.au

• Australia
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead Developer

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2019



Pressure Systems

• Seaford, Melbourne, Australia

• Engineer/Valve Technician

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

  Main Valve Technician, Store Room Sorting, Inwards and Outwards Goods Control Main Valve Technician, Store Room Sorting, Inwards and Outwards Goods Control