Experience

Norby

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO & Co-founder

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Norby is an interactive learning and video messaging robot. We transform the way kids learn, play and communicate with technology. Norby is an interactive learning and video messaging robot. We transform the way kids learn, play and communicate with technology.



ShopFrontPro, formerly eCommerce Websites

• Technical Lead

  • May 2014 - Jun 2016

  In May 2014, I transitioned from a role of a consultant to Technical Lead at eCommerce Websites. My time was split between developing custom functionality, and project managing the Harvey Norman Group, while at the same time building the next generation of our ecommerce platform, ShopFrontPro. The new generation would transition from an old, one installation per client model, to a cloud-based, scalable, central codebase with individual asset repository. This allowed for greater maintainability,… Show more In May 2014, I transitioned from a role of a consultant to Technical Lead at eCommerce Websites. My time was split between developing custom functionality, and project managing the Harvey Norman Group, while at the same time building the next generation of our ecommerce platform, ShopFrontPro. The new generation would transition from an old, one installation per client model, to a cloud-based, scalable, central codebase with individual asset repository. This allowed for greater maintainability, scalability, but more importantly, it kept developers sane and happy! The platform of choice for the new ShopFrontPro version was AWS. Over the course of a few months, my team and I have designed and built the new infrastructure and transitioned all of the existing clients. The Harvey Norman Group is split across multiple regions with tools in place to help us deploy changes, daily, if required. The speed of development delivered by the team, and how quickly we can roll out new changes, have allowed Harvey Norman to explore and experiment with different features rapidly. Having pushed our resources to the limit, the company decided to branch out internationally and build a dedicated team whose sole purpose is to look after the Harvey Norman Group. In July 2014, the CEO Adrian Mullan and I took a trip to South East Asia and established an office in Manila, Phillippines. Over the following months and numerous trips to Manila we have hired a team of developers, designers, copywriters, QA, DevOps and a Tech Lead. During our search for a Tech Lead for the Manila office, I conducted interviews, devised a technical evaluation test for candidates, ran technical training sessions and performance evaluations. Show less In May 2014, I transitioned from a role of a consultant to Technical Lead at eCommerce Websites. My time was split between developing custom functionality, and project managing the Harvey Norman Group, while at the same time building the next generation of our ecommerce platform, ShopFrontPro. The new generation would transition from an old, one installation per client model, to a cloud-based, scalable, central codebase with individual asset repository. This allowed for greater maintainability,… Show more In May 2014, I transitioned from a role of a consultant to Technical Lead at eCommerce Websites. My time was split between developing custom functionality, and project managing the Harvey Norman Group, while at the same time building the next generation of our ecommerce platform, ShopFrontPro. The new generation would transition from an old, one installation per client model, to a cloud-based, scalable, central codebase with individual asset repository. This allowed for greater maintainability, scalability, but more importantly, it kept developers sane and happy! The platform of choice for the new ShopFrontPro version was AWS. Over the course of a few months, my team and I have designed and built the new infrastructure and transitioned all of the existing clients. The Harvey Norman Group is split across multiple regions with tools in place to help us deploy changes, daily, if required. The speed of development delivered by the team, and how quickly we can roll out new changes, have allowed Harvey Norman to explore and experiment with different features rapidly. Having pushed our resources to the limit, the company decided to branch out internationally and build a dedicated team whose sole purpose is to look after the Harvey Norman Group. In July 2014, the CEO Adrian Mullan and I took a trip to South East Asia and established an office in Manila, Phillippines. Over the following months and numerous trips to Manila we have hired a team of developers, designers, copywriters, QA, DevOps and a Tech Lead. During our search for a Tech Lead for the Manila office, I conducted interviews, devised a technical evaluation test for candidates, ran technical training sessions and performance evaluations. Show less



eCommerce Websites

• Consultant

  • Jan 2011 - May 2014

  Did a couple of short consulting jobs, before engaging eCommerce Websites on a more continuous basis. Started out by automating a huge chunk of the store provisioning process and cut down manual tasks by about 85%, which helped eliminate a large number of human-error related issue. I then moved on to building custom add-ons for larger clients. From Sep 2011, my focus shifted to working on a large number of custom add-ons for the Harvey Norman Group, which included the following… Show more Did a couple of short consulting jobs, before engaging eCommerce Websites on a more continuous basis. Started out by automating a huge chunk of the store provisioning process and cut down manual tasks by about 85%, which helped eliminate a large number of human-error related issue. I then moved on to building custom add-ons for larger clients. From Sep 2011, my focus shifted to working on a large number of custom add-ons for the Harvey Norman Group, which included the following sites: * Harvey Norman New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia * Harvey Norman Business & Education * Domayne Online * Poliform * Space Furniture Australia, Singapore, Malaysia * Joyce Mayne Show less Did a couple of short consulting jobs, before engaging eCommerce Websites on a more continuous basis. Started out by automating a huge chunk of the store provisioning process and cut down manual tasks by about 85%, which helped eliminate a large number of human-error related issue. I then moved on to building custom add-ons for larger clients. From Sep 2011, my focus shifted to working on a large number of custom add-ons for the Harvey Norman Group, which included the following… Show more Did a couple of short consulting jobs, before engaging eCommerce Websites on a more continuous basis. Started out by automating a huge chunk of the store provisioning process and cut down manual tasks by about 85%, which helped eliminate a large number of human-error related issue. I then moved on to building custom add-ons for larger clients. From Sep 2011, my focus shifted to working on a large number of custom add-ons for the Harvey Norman Group, which included the following sites: * Harvey Norman New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia * Harvey Norman Business & Education * Domayne Online * Poliform * Space Furniture Australia, Singapore, Malaysia * Joyce Mayne Show less



AFA Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect (Consultant)

  • Nov 2009 - Jan 2011

  My invovlement with AFA Insurance's online quoting and binding started out as a custom module built for Komodo CMS. It was going to be a basic online insurance quote calculator. Once I helped AFA discover what was possible to build from a technical point of view and the impact this could have on their business, what started out as a mere calculator, morphed into a sophisticated tool, which to this day is being expanded and refined. I designed, developed and deployed the first… Show more My invovlement with AFA Insurance's online quoting and binding started out as a custom module built for Komodo CMS. It was going to be a basic online insurance quote calculator. Once I helped AFA discover what was possible to build from a technical point of view and the impact this could have on their business, what started out as a mere calculator, morphed into a sophisticated tool, which to this day is being expanded and refined. I designed, developed and deployed the first generation of the product and subsequent iterations, built as a custom module for Komodo CMS. A little over a year after I departed from Komomod, I was approached by AFA Insurance and hired as a consulant to help them architect the next generation of the tool. Show less My invovlement with AFA Insurance's online quoting and binding started out as a custom module built for Komodo CMS. It was going to be a basic online insurance quote calculator. Once I helped AFA discover what was possible to build from a technical point of view and the impact this could have on their business, what started out as a mere calculator, morphed into a sophisticated tool, which to this day is being expanded and refined. I designed, developed and deployed the first… Show more My invovlement with AFA Insurance's online quoting and binding started out as a custom module built for Komodo CMS. It was going to be a basic online insurance quote calculator. Once I helped AFA discover what was possible to build from a technical point of view and the impact this could have on their business, what started out as a mere calculator, morphed into a sophisticated tool, which to this day is being expanded and refined. I designed, developed and deployed the first generation of the product and subsequent iterations, built as a custom module for Komodo CMS. A little over a year after I departed from Komomod, I was approached by AFA Insurance and hired as a consulant to help them architect the next generation of the tool. Show less



Komosion

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

• Senior Product Developer

  • Mar 2006 - Sep 2008

  Initially, having started as a Product Developer and later Senior Product Developer, I designed and developed a number of client facing features, such as Komodo CMS's first Rich Text Editor and Form Builder, Media Manager and AJAX Driven Site Map to name a few. Pioneered AJAX development and implementations throughout client site installations and Komodo CMS product itself, by building the first few iterations of the CMS's AJAX library. Given multiple talks at client events to showcase… Show more Initially, having started as a Product Developer and later Senior Product Developer, I designed and developed a number of client facing features, such as Komodo CMS's first Rich Text Editor and Form Builder, Media Manager and AJAX Driven Site Map to name a few. Pioneered AJAX development and implementations throughout client site installations and Komodo CMS product itself, by building the first few iterations of the CMS's AJAX library. Given multiple talks at client events to showcase new functionality, which I have built. In my spare time, started working on a debugger library, which was later adopted by the rest of the team. Eventually progressed to becoming the Technical Project Manager focusing on large scale custom development jobs for clients such as: * The Royal Women's Hospital * Grow Me The Money * eHound * NuFarm * Invest Victoria * AFA Insurance Show less Initially, having started as a Product Developer and later Senior Product Developer, I designed and developed a number of client facing features, such as Komodo CMS's first Rich Text Editor and Form Builder, Media Manager and AJAX Driven Site Map to name a few. Pioneered AJAX development and implementations throughout client site installations and Komodo CMS product itself, by building the first few iterations of the CMS's AJAX library. Given multiple talks at client events to showcase… Show more Initially, having started as a Product Developer and later Senior Product Developer, I designed and developed a number of client facing features, such as Komodo CMS's first Rich Text Editor and Form Builder, Media Manager and AJAX Driven Site Map to name a few. Pioneered AJAX development and implementations throughout client site installations and Komodo CMS product itself, by building the first few iterations of the CMS's AJAX library. Given multiple talks at client events to showcase new functionality, which I have built. In my spare time, started working on a debugger library, which was later adopted by the rest of the team. Eventually progressed to becoming the Technical Project Manager focusing on large scale custom development jobs for clients such as: * The Royal Women's Hospital * Grow Me The Money * eHound * NuFarm * Invest Victoria * AFA Insurance Show less



Opal Technology

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

• Web Developer/Server Administrator

  • 2004 - 2006

  Key role centered around the development of an innovative browser-based website builder, placing a significant emphasis on educational functionality. This involved streamlining operations by integrating the product with server administration panels, billing systems, domain name registrars, online payment gateways, and other pertinent components. Additionally, undertook responsibilities for provisioning server environments, conducting CMS installation and configuration, and creating… Show more Key role centered around the development of an innovative browser-based website builder, placing a significant emphasis on educational functionality. This involved streamlining operations by integrating the product with server administration panels, billing systems, domain name registrars, online payment gateways, and other pertinent components. Additionally, undertook responsibilities for provisioning server environments, conducting CMS installation and configuration, and creating custom modules. As an added endeavor, conducted comprehensive training sessions for the staff of Freemasons Hospital, ensuring smooth adoption and utilization of the implemented systems. Show less Key role centered around the development of an innovative browser-based website builder, placing a significant emphasis on educational functionality. This involved streamlining operations by integrating the product with server administration panels, billing systems, domain name registrars, online payment gateways, and other pertinent components. Additionally, undertook responsibilities for provisioning server environments, conducting CMS installation and configuration, and creating… Show more Key role centered around the development of an innovative browser-based website builder, placing a significant emphasis on educational functionality. This involved streamlining operations by integrating the product with server administration panels, billing systems, domain name registrars, online payment gateways, and other pertinent components. Additionally, undertook responsibilities for provisioning server environments, conducting CMS installation and configuration, and creating custom modules. As an added endeavor, conducted comprehensive training sessions for the staff of Freemasons Hospital, ensuring smooth adoption and utilization of the implemented systems. Show less



Everyday Interactive Networks (EIN)

• Web Developer

  • 2004 - 2005

  Experienced in developing and enhancing modules for open-source platforms, including eGroupWare and Mambo. Proficient in creating custom solutions and integrating third-party systems for efficient automation. Strong focus on building billing systems with seamless 3rd party integrations. Experienced in developing and enhancing modules for open-source platforms, including eGroupWare and Mambo. Proficient in creating custom solutions and integrating third-party systems for efficient automation. Strong focus on building billing systems with seamless 3rd party integrations.