Elite Punter provides independent handicapping, trading automation, education and strategies to traders for more than 170 races across Australia and New Zealand daily.Key responsibilities• Architect/design and development of the data feeds, transformations, membership web site, machine learning engines, Web API’s, interfaces, strategies, guides, multi-threaded simulation console apps, reports, databases and all other custom software used by the business.• Data analysis, strategy development, market research, external provider management, on and off page search engine optimisation and link building.• Tech Stack: C# .Net MVC, HTML5/CSS, Razor, Bootstrap, Javascript/JQuery, EF6, SQL Server, ML Studio, Azure SQL and Azure Infrastructure (mixture of hosted and on-prem solutions).

Online Travel Agent trading under the BYOjet, Aunt Betty, and Quickbeds brands. Jetmax operates in the Australian, New Zealand, UK, UAE, Singapore, and S.A. markets. Starting as BYOjet, was bought out by Flight Centre and quickly became one of the top performing divisions in the group globally.Key responsibilities• Operational management of a mixed team of over 20 Developers, BA’s and QA’s. Scrum ceremonies, project management, recruitment, reviews, one-on-ones, processes and policies etc.• Architectural design and responsibility for all software, databases and interfaces.• In depth experience with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliance, the IATA NDC interface along with the Amadeus GDS and some Sabre.• Data analysis and research to identify issues and opportunities.• Comprehensive software and database performance tuning and re-development.• Infrastructure and network design, implementation and maintenance in Azure including the migration of a 4TB database to managed instances, 30+ virtual machines, App Services, Load balancers and other components.• Tech Stack: Azure (IaaS and PaaS), C# .Net MVC, Razor, Bootstrap, EF6, WebApi (RESTful API’s) and SQL Server (Azure Managed Instances and Azure SQL).Achievements• Optimised the flight search, extending its capabilities from 800 searches per minute and $200K turnover per day to over 3000 searches per minute and $2m turnover per day.• Redesigned the Azure infrastructure to vastly improve the systems efficiency, speed, security and scalability (removing the limits stated above) and reduced the Azure spend by 65%.• Developed a number of key software applications that enabled the company to gain a significant edge over the competition.

Managed the development and delivery of an Employee Services/HR/Payroll portal used by more than 400 companies nationally with over 200,000 users.Key responsibilities• Day to day management of on-shore and off-shore mixed team of 14 Developers, BA’s and QA’s. Stand-ups, planning, recruitment, reviews, processes and policies etc.• Strategic planning and Architectural design of the product.• Back end and Front end software design, development and performance tuning.• Tech Stack: C# & VB .Net, MVC, Ajax, SQL Server, WCF, NUnit, MyGeneration, Telerik, N-Tiered Web Apps, Responsive Websites, Windows Services, Windows Forms Apps.Achievements• Implemented Agile methodologies, Source Control, Release and Branching models.• Significantly improved product robustness and effectiveness.

Financial Trading systems and supporting software development for the private trading fund.Key responsibilities• Data Analysis and Research for trading opportunities. Working with large amounts of data and developing specific systems for cleaning, processing, back and forward testing.• Design and development of Forex Trading Robots.• Tech Stack: C#, SQL Server, MySQL, C++, MQL4 and MetaTrader 4, TA_Lib (Technical Analysis library) and Encog_lib (Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning library).Achievements• Developed several Trading Robots that ran for some years after development.

I worked for the Infrastructure Group at Transtoll and Lead the development team developing the Accounts Management System for the Lane Cove Tunnel toll road which serviced more than 200,000 passages per day.Key responsibilities• Lead and mentored a team of 17 developers in an Agile environment.• Software design and development.• Liaising with key internal and external stakeholders.• Tech Stack: C# .Net, Oracle 10g, N-Tiered web applications, XML Web Services, NUnit, Nant, Cruise Control.Achievements• Implemented Agile processes, Unit testing, a structured release/promotion path and continuous build environment (CI/CD)• Delivered the software within extremely tight deadlines despite the project being many months behind schedule when I joined.

Headed up the I.T. department for Access Television Services, a subsidiary of Hills Industries that installed Digital Pay TV systems for Austar, Australia wide.Key responsibilities• Day to day leadership of a mixed team of 12 I.T. professionals. Mentorship, reviews, recruitment and staff development.• Establishment of all I.T. department policies and procedures, budgeting, contract negotiation, monthly director reports, strategic planning.• System architecture design, development and testing.• Tech Stack: C# ASP .Net, HTML, SQL Server, VB, COM+, XML Web Services, Windows Services, Serial Comms, Embedded C.Achievements• Improved the systems to be able to route more than 2000 work orders per day to Technicians around the country.• Developed and Implemented effective inventory tracking systems saving the company hundreds of thousands in lost inventory.

Web based Project Management solution used by a number of local Qld councils.Key responsibilities• Lead a small team of 2 Software Engineers.• Software Design and Development of the product.• Tech Stack: C# ASP .Net, SQL Server.

Contracted to develop an outbound calls management solution for a company in Byron Bay.Key responsibilities• Design and development of the Inbound Calls Management solution.• Requirements gathering from key stakeholders and training of end users upon deployment.• Tech Stack: VB and Microsoft Access.

Softworks were developing a sophisticated web based ERP solution.Key responsibilities• Development of back end components used by the solution.• Tech Stack: Microsoft Visual C++, COM+, Oracle.

Worked with the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Marine Platforms Division (MPD) working on an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) for reconnaissance and mine hunting/disposal.Key responsibilities• Architected and developed the software to remote pilot the vehicle, interfacing with on-board technology for station keeping, positioning, motors, robotic arms, etc.Achievements• Received an award for my contribution from the research leader.

Stromlo Entertainment was a game development house funded by Electronic Arts (EA) and was developing 3D first person shooter games such as Splinter and Hydra.Key responsibilities• Responsible for the Agent (Character) navigation Library, Mathematics Library and Special Effects Library.• Tech Stack: Microsoft Visual C++, DirectX and OpenGL

Olympic Video Gaming supplied a large number of Gaming Machines to pubs and clubs throughout NSW and the ACT.Key responsibilities• Developed software to track Gaming Machine statistics/counters, events, bonus point accrual, membership management, Gaming Machine linked lotteries and promotional signage displays.• Tech Stack: Microsoft Visual C++, SQL Server.