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Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

On Facebook's Partnerships CSDT team I lead a team of engineers to solve core business needs such as the development of internal CRM tools and integration with Facebook's broader graph.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

On the Facebook Gaming team I supported early partners developing on the newly launched Facebook Instant Games platform. As the product grew, I built core infrastructure to enable app review and liaised with operational teams to facilitate the launch of our open platform at GDC in 2018. During my time on Instant Games I travelled globally to meet with partners and build the developer ecosystem. I also led relationships with key strategic partners, such as Game Engines, such as Unity, and the W3C.In addition to my work on Instant Games, I worked closely with Bioware on the launch of the Mass Effect AR Effect at F8 in 2017.At times I also supported other partnerships teams, supporting relationships with large Financial Services companies such as American Express and PayPal, and supporting Facebook's nascent Commerce efforts.

Los Angeles, Us

Tiny Machine Collective is an interactive experience laboratory exploring new and interesting ways of combining technology, interactivity, and playfulness. As a trio of artists and developers who work in writing, software development, and creativity for a living, we are bringing together our skills to help users experience new and wonderful... experiences.

Dublin 2, Ie

At Accenture Technology Labs I specialised in customer analytics with a particular focus on how retailers can build big data architectures and use cases that support next generation customer experiences.In addition to leading the day-to-day research and development of the Accenture Customer Genome Personalisation Platform I was also engaged with clients via our regular workshops, conducted both within Tech Labs and on site.

Dublin 2, Ie

As a Consultant for Accenture Digital I worked on a digital platform for a large retail client in Melbourne, Australia and touched on work in BI, data integration (especially ETL and Data Quality) and marketing web applications.

Towards the end of university some friends and I spun off our final year project into a game development studio, focussing on educational games. Our Educational Role Playing game Praxis was the subject of a talk at Games for Change Melbourne in 2012.

I began my time at Left Right as a Research Fellow in the Policy Fellowships Program. During the course of the program, my team and I produced a document outlining recommendations for the future directions for the Victorian Governments youth involvement strategies.I then joined the organisation as a volunteer in the role of Online Materials Officer, leveraging my technical skills to pull together the launch of a new website in 2010.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

I worked as a web developer under the trading name Ambition Design. I worked with clients from a number of locations in Victoria (regional and metropolitan), assessing their needs and delivering solutions built on Wordpress Ruby on Rails, custom CMS and ASP.Net (Web Forms and later MVC) technology.

Ararat, Vic, Au

Immediately after high school I began work at AME Systems, where I was responsible for evaluating the use of a SharePoint intranet for the organisation. I was required to analyse business requirements, develop a sample application and present my findings to management. This was my first experience with tools such as source control and SQL Server.Between my first and second years of university, I returned to work on the redevelopment of a key in-house engineering package. I designed and built a database structure to replace an ageing and denormalised one and built a new UI using Windows Forms.AME Systems took me on for another month and a half after my exchange to the UK, during which I filled in maintaining servers and responding to support requests as well as working with WPF and SQL Server to bring components of their in-house ERP up to date.I was also contracted to work for AME in July 2011. I worked remotely, via VPN, from my home in Melbourne.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

As an IT Officer in the Division of Residential Services at La Trobe University I was required to provide appointment times and services relating to internet connectivity to residents staying at Menzies College.

I was hired for a six month term from July 2007 to January 2008, but was then kept on for a further term. I wrote a large number of youth-oriented articles for youthcentral during my time with them.

Computer Science, Games Technology

Study Abroad, Computer Science

High School

High School