Ben Starr Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

I worked as a charter pilot for MAF International in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. MAF International serves the indigenous people of East Arnhem Land by providing air transport between the indigenous communities and homelands. I flew the Gips GA8 Airvan into tarmac and gravel airstrips on the mainland and islands of East Arnhem Land.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

As a Senior Consultant at ThoughtWorks I worked in developer, technical lead, team lead, and client lead roles with brand-name clients across retail, finance, mining, and government sectors.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I worked as the Team Lead for the website stream of the DWS Managed Service at Virgin Australia. The Website Team was made up of seven people responsible for the support and maintenance of the Virgin Australia website. My role included working closely with the business, leading a blended onshore / offshore team and providing technical leadership to the team.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I worked as technical lead in a Scrum team of eight people that implemented a new Virgin Australia website home page. I guided the team on the technical aspects of the implementation including setting the architectural direction and introducing a number of technical improvements to the system. I introduced an approach that allowed the software to be regularly released to production and ensured a low-risk cutover.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I worked as a developer in the Websites BAU Team responsible for the support and maintenance of the Virgin Australia website, Velocity Rewards website and intranet systems. I introduced Kanban into the team and coached the team on its adoption. I also provided technical leadership and mentored team members on practices such as Domain-Driven Design and Test-Driven Development.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I worked as a lead developer on a project with fifteen other people to consolidate a number of Virgin Australia websites into a single website as part of a brand consolidation. This involved developing a new website platform using Oracle Universal Content Management, Spring Framework, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. As well as developing various parts of the system I was responsible for setting up the continuous integration environment and automated build and deployment process.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I worked as a developer and subject matter expert on loyalty program integration for codeshares with Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Malaysia Airlines. I worked closely with the Virgin Australia and partner airline loyalty program teams. I designed and developed a new Spring Batch job for automatic processing of accruals, retro claims and billing, to replace a legacy batch job.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

During my time at DWS I worked in developer, technical lead, and team lead roles. I was an advocate for software craftsmanship and Agile and Lean approaches. I mentored other developers, founded and lead a developer special interest group (SIG) and presented at SIG meetings and company meetings. I also played a key role in establishing an onshore / offshore managed service at Virgin Australia including helping to define the managed service approach and assisting with recruitment and training of offshore team members.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I was a member of the Web Solutions team that provided web design and development services on a cost-recovery basis to the university faculties and divisions. I was responsible for the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of web systems including providing quotations for work. The role required me to work closely with staff across the university. One of the many projects that I worked on was the design and development of an innovative print-on-demand system using Java Enterprise Edition. I also developed a Java web service client for integrating news and course information into the university's websites.

London, England, United Kingdom

I worked as a member of a team developing a bespoke Java-based web content management system. I was responsible for the design and development of the core page model, website search function, and web-based email system.

Bachelor Of Information Technology, Computing Science And Software Engineering

Diploma Of Aviation, Instrument Rating

Diploma Of Aviation, Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane