Education

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) at Swinburne University

Skills Show more

• XML, HTML, CSS (and LESS)
  • Bootstrap 2
  • Responsive Bootstrap 3
• JavaScript
  • MochiKit
  • jQuery
  • underscore
  • Knockout
  • Web Sockets, Desktop Notifications, etc
• Python
  • Django
  • Twisted
  • Zope
• PHP
  • Code Igniter
• Lua
  • Love2D
• Databases
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • CouchDB
• REST
  • Django Rest Framework
  • Integration with third party REST APIs
• DevOps
  • AWS
  • RackSpace
  • Automated deployments
  • Continuous deployment
• Team Management
  • Kanban / Stand ups
  • Feature planning & prioritisation
  • Security auditing & planning
  • Implementing best practices, such as mandatory code reviews, branch based development, local development environments consistent with server setups, etc.

Experience Show more

• Lead Developer at HealthShare
  June 2013 - Present

  Notable aspects:
  • Led switch to Kanban driven development cycles, and transition to systems using Knockout.js, PostgreSQL and Django Rest Framework, based on successes at previous job.
  • Introduced fully scripted deployments, a new continuous deployment model. Updated testing and development model to better suit.
  • Produced online booking system, integrating health practitioner's profiles with third party software.
  • Led development of HTML/Javascript based widgets integrated in the leading medical software, allowing GPs to query fact sheets, and find specialists to refer patients to based upon specialties and geographic search criteria.
  • Began an initiative to decrease page load times, and increase speed of site.
  • Conducted a security audit of site, and staff policies, and introduced changes to combat identified problems.
  • Developed a new, secure, confidential text messaging platform to connect health practitioners and patients, across web and mobile apps.

• Web Developer at Interface IT
  April 2012 - June 2013

  Notable aspects:
  • Developed inhouse framework for delivering REST APIs based upon stored procedures, on top of Django & Django Rest Framework.
  • Ported REST APIs based on a customised alpha version of the PHP Code Igniter framework to the new system, and developed many new APIs.
  • Improved the admin interface provided to clients, building new dynamic pages based upon Bootstrap 2 and Knockout.js.
  • Introduced a new documentation system, replacing old PHP API docs, using Sphinx and reStructredText.
  Worked on a new scripted deployment system using AWS, boto and Amazon Cloud Formation to replace existing Jenkins deployments.
  • Worked on porting database technology in use from MySQL to PostgreSQL.

• Independent Game Development
  May 2010 - Present

  Notable aspects:
  • Prototyping several different game ideas and evaluating game development frameworks.
  • Managing outsourcing of various kinds of needed artwork, such as concept art, unit and spell animations, UI art and game level layouts.
  • Learning Lua, the Love2D framework, two dimensional graphics processing concepts and other needed non-web skills.
  • Profiling and optimising different aspects of game code, when performance problems cropped up.

• Software Developer at Fitness2Live
  November 2006 - May 2010

  Notable aspects:
  • Reporting system - placed in charge of development and maintenance of a new reporting system to aid client services.
  • Distributed content delivery platform - Aided in the redevelopment of the main website platform on Twisted, aimed to improve scalability, and ensure compliance with data hosting laws.
  • Original Zope system - Maintaining a large online health and wellbeing portal written in Zope. Included working with internationalisation support and creating a new automated mailing system to increase user engagement.

References

References are available upon request.