Jayen Ashar

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As a CTO, Linux Engineer, and Web Developer with over 20 years of experience, I have a proven track record of success in delivering high-quality technical solutions for a variety of organizations. I have worked for industry leaders such as IBM and Transport for NSW, as well as several dynamic tech startups.In addition to my experience working for others, I am also the founder and CEO of a successful software development agency. This allows me to provide businesses with access to a talented and experienced team of developers who can help them with a wide range of technical projects.In my most recent role as CTO at a fast-growing startup, I was responsible for leading the development and implementation of our technical strategy. This involved overseeing a team of highly skilled engineers and collaborating with other departments to ensure that our technology aligned with business goals.In addition to my technical expertise, I am also a strategic thinker with a strong ability to identify opportunities for growth and innovation. I am passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and developments, and I am always looking for new ways to drive success for my clients and employers.With my skills and experience, I am well-positioned to help tech startup founders and CEOs achieve their goals. I am a versatile and adaptable leader who is able to bring value to any organization. I am excited about the opportunity to connect with new clients and explore potential collaboration opportunities.Whether you are a tech startup looking to build your first product or an established business seeking to improve your existing technology, my team and I are here to help. We have a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions on time and on budget, and we are committed to helping our clients succeed.If you are interested in learning more about how we can support your business with our software development expertise, I would love to connect and explore potential collaboration opportunities. I am always looking for new challenges and opportunities to make a positive impact.

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  • Sharetribe
    Sharetribe Expert
    Sharetribe
    Sydney, Nsw, Au
  • Scaleup Consulting
    Technical Director
    Scaleup Consulting Jul 2012 - Present
    New South Wales, Au
    At Scaleup Consulting, we help tech startups become scaleups. As technical director, I'm helping startups revamp their offering to make it more scalable.
  • Macquarie University Incubator
    Startup Mentor
    Macquarie University Incubator Jul 2023 - Present
    Macquarie University, New South Wales, Au
    - Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to early-stage startup founders across various industries.- Advise on product development, market fit, scaling strategies, and operational efficiency.- Offer insights on team building and leadership.- Help founders navigate common challenges and pivot effectively based on real-time feedback. - Foster growth through personalized coaching and actionable advice based on 20+ years of industry experience.
  • Blinkn
    Technical Cofounder
    Blinkn Jan 2024 - Present
    Sydney , Nsw, Au
    Responsible for all system architecture. Helped create and launch the MVP and overseeing future development.
  • Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre
    Contract Web Developer
    Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre Jun 2023 - Present
    Au
    Upgraded the connection between the iPrevent breast cancer risk tool and the IBIS Breast Cancer Risk Evaluation ToolMigrated hosting to AWSImproved system reliability to fallback to other suitable risk evaluation toolshttps://www.petermac.org/ipreventhttps://ems-trials.org/riskevaluator/
  • Notitia
    Developer Mentor
    Notitia Mar 2023 - Present
    Melbourne, Victoria, Au
    Mentored other developers through weekly sessions, as part of their professional development
  • Flatmate.Com
    Technical Cofounder
    Flatmate.Com Apr 2017 - Present
    Valentine, New South Wales, Au
    As the lone technical member of the company, taking care of all the IT matters (system administration + software development).As a shareholder, contributing to business development. Also the visionary of the future of the product.Technical skills developed: PHP, Zend Framework, Backbone.js
  • Macquarie University Engineering
    Computer Science Tutor
    Macquarie University Engineering Feb 2023 - Nov 2023
    Level 1 50 Waterloo Road Macquarie Park , New South Wales, Au
    2023 Session 1 - COMP2110/COMP6110 Web Technology - 2 Practical Classes2023 Session 2 - COMP3120/COMP6120 Advanced Web Development - 2 Practical Class
  • Demand Iq
    Technical Director
    Demand Iq Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Managed and led the growing technical team to deliver more of Demand IQ's products.
  • Demand Iq
    Technical Lead
    Demand Iq Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Designed the API and built the backend for Demand IQ's Stella app, which allows clean energy companies to acquire more customers while lowering costs.
  • Unsw Sydney Robocup
    Lead Architect
    Unsw Sydney Robocup Jul 2018 - Jul 2022
    Unsw, Nsw, Au
    Resumed my role as architect for our embedded AI. Optimized a deep neural network to run 3000% faster using my knowledge of embedded systems (assembly, microarchitecture, etc.) and AI (machine learning, deep neural networks, convolutional layers, etc.). Team achieved third place (globally) in 2019.
  • Smart Cities Transport
    Technical Director
    Smart Cities Transport Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
    Sydney, Au
  • Nsw Department Of Finance, Services And Innovation
    It Contractor
    Nsw Department Of Finance, Services And Innovation Jun 2019 - Jul 2021
    Haymarket, Nsw, Au
    Synchronised data sets from other portals to https://data.nsw.gov.au/
  • Coviu
    It Contractor
    Coviu Jul 2019 - Apr 2021
    Surry Hills, New South Wales, Au
    Coviu is a health platform that allows software developers to add their own software on to the platform, making it accessible to Coviu's users (health professionals and their patients).https://coviu.com/addonsI created two addons:- One for speech pathologists to more easily evaluate a child's language fundamentals. This addon is now used for other assessments (children and adults) as well.- One for professional development of donation-specialist nursing coordinators. This addons is now used for general video recording and playback during a call.
  • Alliance Software Pty Ltd
    Robotics Tech Lead
    Alliance Software Pty Ltd Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
    Nunawading, Victoria, Au
    Liaised with the client and hardware suppliers to define the product and its capabilities.
  • Alliance Software Pty Ltd
    It Contractor
    Alliance Software Pty Ltd Oct 2018 - Apr 2021
    Nunawading, Victoria, Au
    Improved internal tools used by the project management team.Created a proof of concept for a progressive web app for a client. For the final deliverable, implemented backend functions, website security, and AWS integration.Developed a web app for a client, implementing the theme for the end users' interface, matching the client's style guide and current website.Technical Skills developed: reduxjs/reselect, service worker api
  • Gosupply.Com.Au
    Technical Mentor
    Gosupply.Com.Au Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
    North Strathfield, New South Wales, Au
    GoSupply is a B2B marketplace that connects suppliers with buyers, with unique features for both suppliers and buyers to be able to reduce time and costs on orders.My role was to advise the CEO on the technical aspects of the platform, so that GoSupply could design and implement a scalable platform.
  • Datascout International
    Research Director
    Datascout International Sep 2018 - Feb 2021
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Developed the architecture for the initial hackathon entry, wrote most of the application.Developed the backend platform, which has been in production use since our first client.Received Honourable Mention from NSW and Tasmania governments, and contracts with governments.
  • Unsw
    It Contractor
    Unsw Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Improved the School of Mathematics and Statistics exam environment management web portal for better use by invigilators, allowing users to update firewall rules to be set based on hostname, as well as UI/UX improvements.Technical skills developed: dnspython
  • Clearway Tech
    Lead Ai And Machine Learning Engineer
    Clearway Tech Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
    Sydney, Nsw, Au
    Improving how a transport management centre is notified of stationary vehicles in clearways, transit lanes or bus lanes.
  • Skedgo
    Sysadmin/Developer/Product Manager/Sales
    Skedgo Jul 2012 - Feb 2020
    Sydney, Au
    As a software developer working in the team, responsible for creative input into the trip planning algorithms, and developing them in an object-oriented, scalable, and maintainable way, but also spearheaded the distribution of these modules in such a way that they can be scaled and hosted on cloud or colo. The software that I design and develop provides the highly reliable, low cost transportation solutions to the TripGo applications. Hundreds of thousands of users utilize our software for planning their local trips.As DevOps specialist, moved from cloud to colo in 2013, saving the company about 55% of our hosting fees at the time. Saved another 40% in hosting fees in 2016 by moving colos. The systems architecture I designed and built has performed exceedingly well. There is no known single-point-of-failure and there have only been two severity 1 issues during my six years being responsible for site/app reliability.As product manager, accountable for the success and scale of the TripGo Android app. I own the overall product roadmap and vision of the Android apps, as well as ideating and launching new features to scale and grow the user base. I regularly reported on the progress of development to the executives so that they can make business decisions based on the allocations and what is possible when. When making decisions, I took into consideration the entire team's opinions, experiences, and knowledge.As a sales representative, led the submission on SkedGo's first two government contracts, and also acted as the engineering manager to get these delivered.Technical skills developed: Java, Maven, git submodules, git flow, Android, nginx, haproxy, Apache Tomcat, OpenStreetMaps, GTFS, GTFS-Realtime, Apple Push Notifications, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Sheets scripting, Intellij IDEA, Android Studio, CentOS, yum, Ansible, DKIM, postfix, gdnsd, rsync, SSL/TLS/SNI, Route53Business Skills developed: Product Management, Pitching, Business Development, Sales
  • Self-Employed Private Tutor
    Private Tutor
    Self-Employed Private Tutor Jul 2012 - Feb 2020
    Tutoring for undergraduates, postgraduates, and professional development, individuals and groups, introductory and final-year courses, one to three hours per session.
  • University Of Sydney
    Research Assistant
    University Of Sydney Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
    The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Assisting with the environment for MetroScan-TI.
  • Finderful.Com (Was Suburbchooser.Com)
    Founder & Cio/Cto
    Finderful.Com (Was Suburbchooser.Com) Nov 2013 - Dec 2018
    Sydney, Nsw, Au
    Utilising my technical skills in artificial intelligence, data science, data engineering, and machine learning, created an MVP to assist migrants in choosing a neighbourhood. After that, focused on business development & marketing, learning a lot about tech startups.Working towards a vision of making it easy to make informed decisions, even for buying a home.Business Skills developed: Marketing, Accounting, Strategy, Project Management, Pitching, Networking, Business analysisDesign skills developed: GIMP, Inkscape, UI, UXTechnical skills developed: Java, Maven, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JTS, Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, MapQuest, Java EE (WAR), Raphaël (js), Apache POI, Apache Tomcat, Jersey, HK2, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, jQuery UI, Firebug, Chrome Inspector, Intellij IDEA, WebStorm, Google Analytics, CloudFlare, Bootstrap, SASS, LESS, Handlebars, LMDB, Redis, JDBC, docker, React, ES6
  • Humanitix
    Volunteer
    Humanitix Dec 2017 - Apr 2018
    The Rocks, New South Wales, Au
    Odds and ends on the console & ticketing platforms.Technical skills developed: node.js, mocha, chai.js, azure, serverless
  • Transport For Nsw
    Teacher
    Transport For Nsw Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
    Multiple Locations Across The State, Nsw, Au
    Taught web development to the Open Data team, covering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also covered the Google Maps JavaScript API.
  • Transport For Nsw
    It Contractor
    Transport For Nsw Feb 2016 - Dec 2017
    Multiple Locations Across The State, Nsw, Au
    Assisted with documentation and testing of the new open data portal and new data sets http://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/Wrote scripts to convert large datasets to a usable format.
  • Badgerme
    Bug Squasher
    Badgerme May 2017 - May 2017
    Fixed a number of issues including timezone issues which caused BadgerMe to call users in the middle of the night.
  • Hd Tutor
    It Contractor
    Hd Tutor Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
    Developed an MVP for a student-tutor matching platform.Technical skills developed: Python3, Django, django-rest-framework, React, ES6
  • My Trip Insurance
    Project Manager
    My Trip Insurance Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
    Sydney, Nsw, Au
    Liaised between outsourced developers, the insurance underwriter, and the company directors to refine requirements and prioritise tasks. Performed testing and quality assurance, and even wrote some code.Technical skills developed: PHP, Yii framework
  • Unsw Australia
    It Contractor
    Unsw Australia Jun 2016 - Dec 2016
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Improved the School of Mathematics and Statistics exam environment management web portal for better use by invigilators. Expanded its functionality for general lab management as well as improving its UI/UX and speed.Technical skills developed: flask
  • Marathon Targets
    Embedded Systems Administrator
    Marathon Targets Sep 2012 - Jun 2016
    Outstanding Senior IT Engineer part of Marathon Targets' support team. Responsible for global OS deployment of robots and other custom embedded AI devices, as well as rack-mounts, desktop, and laptops: installing, upgrading, secure access. As the systems administrator, responsible for designing, updating, and optimising systems' deployment internally and to customers, in a scalable manner. The Linux distribution that I design provides the highly reliable, low cost solutions to the Marathon Targets systems. Users utilize our systems for military training. Dealing with software and kernel module patching and packaging.Technical skills developed: Bash, Python, udpcast, rsync, buildroot, Linux, ntp, debian, SYSLINUX, initrd/initramfs, sfdisk, compat-wireless, 802.11, Ubiquiti Zero-handoff, MikroTik, Wireshark, XFCE, dnsmasq, gitolite
  • Soundninja
    Interim Cto
    Soundninja Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
    Turned a prototype MVP into a product. Required the ability to understand a variety of web technologies and string matching algorithms to optimise performance.
  • Unsw Sydney Robocup
    Architect
    Unsw Sydney Robocup Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
    Unsw, Nsw, Au
    Our embedded AI team was world champions in 2014.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    COMP3331/COMP9331 - Computer Networks and ApplicationsThe focus of this course is on the internet protocol suite.
  • Unsw Sydney Robocup
    Architect
    Unsw Sydney Robocup Jun 2008 - Jun 2012
    Unsw, Nsw, Au
    Team achieved second place (globally) in 2010.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Jul 2011 - Nov 2011
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for COMP2911, a course on object-oriented programming.Held tutorials, labs, consultations, and marked assignments.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Feb 2011 - Jun 2011
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for two courses:COMP9414/COMP9814 - [Extended] Artificial IntelligenceThe basic theory and programming techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI).COMP4411 - Experimental RoboticsThe focus of this course is on developing research and development skills in autonomous systems.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Jul 2010 - Nov 2010
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for two courses:COMP1927 - Higher Data Structures and AlgorithmsA course for second semester computer science students.COMP3431/COMP9431 - Robotic Software ArchitecturesThis course gives both a theoretical and a practical introduction to the control of robotic systems.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Feb 2010 - Jun 2010
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for two courses:COMP9414/COMP9814 - [Extended] Artificial IntelligenceThe basic theory and programming techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI).COMP4411 - Experimental RoboticsThe focus of this course is on developing research and development skills in autonomous systems.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Jul 2009 - Nov 2009
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for two courses:COMP1927 - Higher Data Structures and AlgorithmsA course for second semester computer science students.COMP3431/COMP9431 - Robotic Software ArchitecturesThis course gives both a theoretical and a practical introduction to the control of robotic systems.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Linux Sysadmin
    University Of New South Wales Mar 2008 - Jun 2009
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Technical Skills Developed: Linux, Debian, KDE, Puppet, LDAP, Foswiki, MediaWiki, Kerberos, OpenAFS, NFS, SYSLINUX, PXE, linux-kvm, VirtualBox, Active Directory
  • University Of New South Wales
    Tutor
    University Of New South Wales Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Tutor for COMP2911, a course on object-oriented programming.Held tutorials, labs, consultations, and marked assignments.
  • University Of New South Wales
    Researcher
    University Of New South Wales Sep 2007 - Mar 2008
    Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au
    Working under the supervision of Dr. Will Uther to create a lab version of an autonomous vehicle, so that further research can be performed in the field of autonomous urban driving. Activities include simulating GPS with external lab equipment, maintaining code, and writing laser drivers. Also wrote components to localise given "GPS" and odometry information, and to automatically calibrate a laser's position in the attached robot's coordinate frame. Research included investigation of vehicle path planning techniques, and automatic sensor registration.
  • International Business Machines Corporation
    Verification Engineer
    International Business Machines Corporation May 2002 - Jul 2007
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Technical skills developed: Testing, Hardware Verification, C++, CVS, SCCS, AIX
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Teaching Assistant
    Carnegie Mellon University Aug 2001 - May 2002
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
  • International Business Machines Corporation
    Verification Engineer Intern
    International Business Machines Corporation Jun 2001 - Aug 2001
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
  • Ispheres
    Software Engineer Intern
    Ispheres Jun 2000 - Aug 2000
    Paris, Fr
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Teaching Assistant
    Carnegie Mellon University Jun 1999 - Aug 1999
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    Solely responsible for grading homeworkResponsible for lab supervision and quizzesResponsible for grading exams21-127 Concepts of Mathematics18-100 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jayen Ashar Skills

Linux Programming C++ Algorithms Java C Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Perl Robotics Oop Bash Shell Scripting Distributed Systems Debugging Postgresql Subversion Apache Computer Vision Prolog Unix Shell Scripting Debian Problem Solving Json Iptables Grep Reinforcement Learning Cron Autotools Circuit Design E Commerce Verilog Nosql Javascript Cascading Style Sheets Jquery Gprof Samba Netcat Kde Stl X86 Assembly Gdb Vnc Rsync Openvpn Paas Rdbms Dnsmasq Delegation Responsive Web Design Front End Development Performance Testing Big Data Aws Lambda Graphql Redux.js Interpersonal Communication Microservices Site Build Site Development Cloud Services Gitlab Typescript Cloud Migration Progressive Web Applications Pandas Full Stack Development Data Analytics Cgi Kdevelop

Jayen Ashar Education Details

  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Foreign Languages
  • Unsw
    Unsw
    Chatbots On Robots
  • Unsw
    Unsw
    Artificial Intelligence
  • Fortress Learning
    Fortress Learning
    Training And Assessment
  • Bhs
    Bhs

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