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San Mateo, California, Us

North Sydney, New South Wales, Au

North Sydney, New South Wales, Au

* 9Now member of the Free TV Audio Description Working Group.* 9Now member of the OzTAM Technology Working Group.

North Sydney, New South Wales, Au

* Manage teams responsible for the development of 9Now APIs and apps on iOS, Android, Web and connected devices.* Principal architect for video management and delivery of VOD content and live streams across Nine Digital properties which includes 9Now and Network sites such as 9News and Honey.* Collaborate with the product team to shape and define the roadmap for 9Now.* Work with Ad Tech and Campaign Ops teams to provide technical guidance on video ad insertion and integration with ad servers.* Work with Ad Tech and Data teams to provide technical guidance on meta data and data flows across systems.* Manage vendor engagements for video workflows, content distribution and app development.

North Sydney, New South Wales, Au

* Principal architect for video management and delivery of VOD content and live streams across Nine Digital properties which includes 9Now and Network sites such as 9News and Honey.* Collaborate with the product team to shape and define the roadmap for 9Now.* Work with Ad Tech and Campaign Ops teams to provide technical guidance on video ad insertion and integration with ad servers.* Work with Ad Tech and Data teams to provide technical guidance on meta data and data flows across systems.* Manage vendor engagements for video workflows, content distribution and app development.

* Define and execute technical product vision and strategy with the executive management team.* Manage the technical product design life-cycle.* Manage UX designers, engineers and testers to create Covata products.* Contributions include developing a highly capable team that has embraced techniques such as: one-click deployments into AWS environments for continuous delivery and speed to market; test automation and continuous integration for improved software quality; adoption of tools such as Confluence and JIRA with a workflow that supports complete requirements traceability.* Successfully delivered and launched the Covata platform and Safe Share product to market. Resulted in contracts signed with Macquarie Telecom and T-Systems (Germany).

Sydney, Nsw, Au

* Led the adoption of Agile practices within Telstra Media through delivery of strategic projects in mobile apps and video advertising.* Contributed towards the connected home IPTV strategy.* Technical lead for the Video and Advertising team.* Designed and implemented a video advertising solution that enables incremental ad revenue through new VAST and VPAID ad creatives and improved metadata targeting.* Project lead for the Android mobile apps team. Delivered apps and widgets that focused on making BigPond media and content more accessible from Android devices.* Experience working directly with senior management in an advisory role.

The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Industry guest lecturer for ELEC3610 E-Business Analysis and Design and ELEC5619 Object Oriented Application Frameworks units of study for the Software Engineering Program at the University of Sydney. Presentation topics include Introduction to Agile Software Development and Quality Software Development Practices and Tools.

The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au

I helped the Learning & Affect Technologies group adopt Agile practices to improve software quality and delivery. This was achieved with the introduction of TDD, continuous integration and continuous delivery techniques.Technologies used include Spring, GWT, Mockito, JUnit, Bamboo, and Maven.

Chicago, Il, Us

* Delivered large scale enterprise applications in the banking and insurance industries.• Suncorp: Developed a front-end web application for the Vero Insurance Broker network for managing the lifecyle of insurance policies and premiums.• IOOF: Developed a portfolio management system for financial advisers to manage their clientsʼ superannuation and managed investments.• Macquarie Bank (Equities): Developed a system for reconciling and reporting trading data on a daily basis for the accounts management team.• Macquarie Bank (Banking): Developed the bankʼs credit card website for cardholders and new applicants.• Suncorp: Developed an application to consolidate a single view of customer for the bankʼs call centres and administration teams.• BT Financial: Implemented new taxation requirements into an existing WRAP reporting system.• Evangelised Agile Software Development and TDD at special interest groups and as a guest lecturer at the University of Sydney.• Developed the Agile Australia 2009 conference app for the iPhone.

* Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney: Implemented an e-portfolio web application for managing and improving quality assurance of course outlines for industry accreditation.• Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney: Developed a web-based lab report writing tool for the School of Physiology.• Pharmaceutical International Network: Delivered an online solution to facilitate collaboration and strengthen communication between their global members.• E-Learning Network of Australasia: Delivered a web application where members discuss the latest e-learning trends, coordinate events, and collaborate online.• Capital Markets CRC - Developed a web application to demonstrate to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) the use of intelligent language technologies such as a text classifier and key element summariser in financial information systems.

Provided a solution for their build process and management of softwarechange requests. Also developed a licence key system for their web-based distribution platform.

* Developed a graphics and charting component for a project governance system.* Responsibilities included Java programming, scoping and documenting design briefs, system administration, research and development.* Developed skills in good software engineering practices, such as code reviews, continuous integration, test driven development, automated testing, and Agile software development.

Be(Hons)/Bcom, Telecommunications And Finance

Phd, Software Engineering