Andrew 🤖 Van Dam Email & Phone Number

Northbridge, Wa, Au

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Leading a team of brilliant engineers and tradespeople to deliver world leading robotics platforms that operate in some of the harshest environments on earth.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Driving the technology stack and processes behind Perth's most exciting new tech company. Overseeing aspects of day to day operation through to long term vision and strategy. I am really proud of the team I built and the work we achieved. Throughout my tenure at Tape Ark I scaled the system from migrating ~400GB/day to 250,000 GB/dayRevolutionising the concept of communicating and controlling tape drives as a global network of IoT based appliances monitored and controlled by a cloud… Show more Driving the technology stack and processes behind Perth's most exciting new tech company. Overseeing aspects of day to day operation through to long term vision and strategy. I am really proud of the team I built and the work we achieved. Throughout my tenure at Tape Ark I scaled the system from migrating ~400GB/day to 250,000 GB/dayRevolutionising the concept of communicating and controlling tape drives as a global network of IoT based appliances monitored and controlled by a cloud based serverless architecture. Show less

Perth, Australia

Driving the research and development operations at Tape Ark. With a small and dedicated team we are building the fastest and most robust ingest system for the cloud. To help our customers unlock archived data for the 'data revolution'. Whilst reducing their risk and storage costs for legacy media.My team and I have streamlined the process of recovering any data format off tape. Deploying not just bespoke software and cloud tools but by merging custom electronics hardware and… Show more Driving the research and development operations at Tape Ark. With a small and dedicated team we are building the fastest and most robust ingest system for the cloud. To help our customers unlock archived data for the 'data revolution'. Whilst reducing their risk and storage costs for legacy media.My team and I have streamlined the process of recovering any data format off tape. Deploying not just bespoke software and cloud tools but by merging custom electronics hardware and industrial automation we are on track to becoming the worlds largest data ingest platform. Show less

Perth, Australia

Designing and building the tools for the worlds largest data ingest platform.* Applying Agile development mindset* Writing applications in C# & Python* Designing, specifying and documenting applications developed by contractors

Perth, Australia

Building bespoke robotics systems and electronics for research in sustained high G (100+).The robotic actuators, power amplifiers, data acquisition and control software our small team built were responsible for generating the data in 1000's of academic papers in civil engineering in the leading offshore research facility in the world.

Perth, Australia

Build and test process systems and robotics for the centrifuge team.Role migrated to Electronics Engineer when the NGCF was formed

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Did you know that Uranus has a number of dark rings around it?I do, and I made sure every high school student that visited the planetarium learnt at least that one fact when they visited the planetarium. Each show was an 'off the cuff' exploration of the night sky, launching into the wonders of the solar system and beyond. The background knowledge, size and interests of every audience were different and keeping them engaged without feeling bored or overwhelmed was my favourite challenge in… Show more Did you know that Uranus has a number of dark rings around it?I do, and I made sure every high school student that visited the planetarium learnt at least that one fact when they visited the planetarium. Each show was an 'off the cuff' exploration of the night sky, launching into the wonders of the solar system and beyond. The background knowledge, size and interests of every audience were different and keeping them engaged without feeling bored or overwhelmed was my favourite challenge in this role. Show less

Teaching over 200 engineering students on the fine points of accurate mechanical drawings. A key communication skill that translates design intent into reality. Starting at first principles with 2D sketches, AutoCAD 2D drawings, through to 3D modelling.