Experience

The Code Company

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

• Director of Technology

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Tech Lead / Senior Full Stack Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Jan 2023

  Working as senior full-stack engineer and tech lead on a range of WordPress re-platforming projects requiring complex architecture and feature sets with audiences ranging from several thousand to several million visitors per month. Additional responsibilities including planning and executing "Discovery" projects, collecting and adding structure to client business requirements, estimation, induction and support for junior/mid-level developers.



mycause.com.au

• Australia
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract CTO / Consultant

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  Contract role to offer consultancy services and execution assistance for the implementation of white labelling to MyCause, one of Australia's largest fundraising platforms with nearly half a million members and over $150 million raised for Australian charities. This role entailed stakeholder planning, hands-on development to extend/modify the existing Laravel/React/NextJS stack, production of a working POC, management of the development team and a successful product launch. Contract role to offer consultancy services and execution assistance for the implementation of white labelling to MyCause, one of Australia's largest fundraising platforms with nearly half a million members and over $150 million raised for Australian charities. This role entailed stakeholder planning, hands-on development to extend/modify the existing Laravel/React/NextJS stack, production of a working POC, management of the development team and a successful product launch.



HTA Group

• Australia
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2021

  Development and management of all internal web-based systems including a custom suite of applications written in Laravel (ERP, CRM, asset management, risk assessment and incident reporting etc). Management of AWS infrastructure (EC2, Elasticache, RDS, S3 etc) over multiple regions and servers, complex front-end development with React, Vue, ES6 functional programming, establishment of tooling, testing and task automation company wide. While I've been CTO for 7 years the company has gone through a couple of transitions/expansions in other areas (overseas facilities, aerospace facilities) where I've taken on other roles to keep myself busy in the interim. Show less



Empire Jerky

• Australia
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Director, IT & Manufacturing Automation

  • Mar 2018 - May 2021

  Responsible for all online, IT and automated systems company-wide including company website and e-commerce, development of custom web-based systems for managing ERP-related tasks and automation/monitoring using a range of technologies including Laravel, React, Vue, AWS, Python etc. Integration of networked hardware with online systems including camera, humidity and temperature monitoring, custom Python/Raspberry Pi development for controlling electronic valves etc. Responsible for all online, IT and automated systems company-wide including company website and e-commerce, development of custom web-based systems for managing ERP-related tasks and automation/monitoring using a range of technologies including Laravel, React, Vue, AWS, Python etc. Integration of networked hardware with online systems including camera, humidity and temperature monitoring, custom Python/Raspberry Pi development for controlling electronic valves etc.



Spatial Media - Technology for Consultation

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

• Technical Lead

  • Dec 2016 - Jun 2019

  Building the Community Analytics platform, a Laravel-based multi-faceted application supporting government infrastructure projects with in-depth analytics, content and media management, stakeholder management, content publishing and auditing. Integrations with realtime-VR, augmented reality and touch-screen, Unity driven applications. The most feature-packed tool of its kind in development today. Building the Community Analytics platform, a Laravel-based multi-faceted application supporting government infrastructure projects with in-depth analytics, content and media management, stakeholder management, content publishing and auditing. Integrations with realtime-VR, augmented reality and touch-screen, Unity driven applications. The most feature-packed tool of its kind in development today.



Tectonic Digital

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

• Senior Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  My next remote position with an Australian company, responsible for a range of activities including complex WordPress development (high traffic, custom plugin development, RewriteAPI etc) for government clients and maintenance/migration of award-winning SaaS platform for awards organisers "AwardForce" from early versions of Laravel and Angular. AwardForce is currently in use by the likes of Eurovision, NASA, CSIRO, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Ericsson and the Australian Government. My next remote position with an Australian company, responsible for a range of activities including complex WordPress development (high traffic, custom plugin development, RewriteAPI etc) for government clients and maintenance/migration of award-winning SaaS platform for awards organisers "AwardForce" from early versions of Laravel and Angular. AwardForce is currently in use by the likes of Eurovision, NASA, CSIRO, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Ericsson and the Australian Government.



AtreNet

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineering Specialist (WordPress)

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2013

  Specialist position working for AtreNet, the largest B2B WordPress agency in Silicon Valley. Responsible for projects with a difficulty level exceeding in-house staff, I worked closely with the team in the USA to deliver completely custom WordPress websites for companies such as Couchbase, Coverity and Datastax, including custom plugins, 3rd party integrations, SSO/LDAP, mobile optimisation and complex usage of WordPress Rewrite API. Custom theme development, complex front-end development, SASS with tooling and automation etc. Show less



Limelight Digital

• Brisbane, Australia

• Technical Director

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2012

  Technical Director of Limelight Digital, one of Brisbanes largest independent digital agencies bought and absorbed by AdCorp in 2012/2013. Having been brought on during the companies inception I worked with the directorship to establish our range of products/solutions, build and grow a team of developers with company growing to nearly 70 staff, worked personally on the most complicated projects on offer and helped pitch and win well over 50 projects over my 3 years including several million dollars worth of long term projects for clients such as News Limited, HBO, Ubisoft and UQ. Technologies used including WordPress, Symfony, Sencha Touch, Angular JS, all of which were pushed to their limits. Show less



Argonyx Marketing

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • Nov 2008 - Mar 2009

  Short tenure as Technical Director of Argonyx, responsible for leading development team of 10 through the development of multiple types of projects ranging from CMS-driven websites to customised CRM solutions (SugarCRM) and compiled software solutions for government entities. Left to take opportunity to join Limelight Digital and build a team from the ground level with the proper practices and culture. Short tenure as Technical Director of Argonyx, responsible for leading development team of 10 through the development of multiple types of projects ranging from CMS-driven websites to customised CRM solutions (SugarCRM) and compiled software solutions for government entities. Left to take opportunity to join Limelight Digital and build a team from the ground level with the proper practices and culture.



Principa

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Web Developer

  • May 2008 - Nov 2008

  Responsible for developing and maintaining all online infrastructure for financial company Principa including tools for establishing and maintaining financial KPI's with multiple tiers of membership and functionality. Role came to an end during the financial crisis. Responsible for developing and maintaining all online infrastructure for financial company Principa including tools for establishing and maintaining financial KPI's with multiple tiers of membership and functionality. Role came to an end during the financial crisis.



Easemail.net

• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Web Developer

  • Dec 2007 - May 2008

  First senior role under 6 month contract, variety of tasks including maintenance of existing website and development of new websites and products primarily in the online education and course/accreditation spaces. First senior role under 6 month contract, variety of tasks including maintenance of existing website and development of new websites and products primarily in the online education and course/accreditation spaces.



Brisbane City Council - ourbrisbane.com

• Brisbane, Australia

• Middleware Technician

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2007

  Part of a large team brought in internationally for the multi-million dollar rebuild of ourbrisbane.com (has since shut down). The role was a 6-month contract in which I was responsible for writing code to migrate many of the legacy systems data across to the new Drupal website including articles, comments, photo galleries containing hundreds of thousands of items of data. Part of a large team brought in internationally for the multi-million dollar rebuild of ourbrisbane.com (has since shut down). The role was a 6-month contract in which I was responsible for writing code to migrate many of the legacy systems data across to the new Drupal website including articles, comments, photo galleries containing hundreds of thousands of items of data.



Brisbane City Council

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Developer

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007