Nigel Sheridan-Smith Phd Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Green Shores Digital is a digital agency that specializes in three key areas:• Web and Mobile Software Applications ('apps')• Cloud Automation and Infrastructure Management• Information Security assurance and risk management services

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Information Security. Identity Management. Cloud migration of financial services applications including Azure, AWS.

Code the Future is a global website for placing developers into primary and secondary schools to assist with teaching students about Coding and technical Computing.I have worked alongside two junior developers to mentor them in building the website and have played an active role in developing new features and maintaining the website.

Cremorne, Victoria, Au

Building a new and flexible platform from scratch utilising:- Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, Rubocop- React / Redux- ElasticSearch- Automated server builds with AWS Cloudformation- BuildKite CI, Vagrant, DockerI have had a major hand in re-engineering of some of the internal systems and key integration points with a focus on scalability and performance. I have made sure that we have taken a modular approach to building the platform utilising multiple independent local Ruby gems ('libraries') so that the platform is future proof (multi-component, micro-services).I have been involved with all aspects of the product team including improving our Agile Methodology using JIRA. I have also been involved in mentoring the team on best practices for Rails and software engineering in general.

Spring Hill, Queensland, Au

SoupMail.com is a group email application that synchronizes the contents of email folders between employees within your organization, and also to partners, clients and customers outside of your organization. It includes an Outlook plugin for filing emails into relevant folders, and is highly searchable via the web or mobile. It uses Apache Solr and Amazon S3 for search and storage.I am the Ruby on Rails developer and Amazon AWS infrastructure specialist. Managing the synchronization of hundreds and thousands of email accounts is a huge logistical challenge and I have been working to improve the scalability, performance and Quality of Experience (QoE) for end users. I provide the following services:• Operate, support, maintain and optimize the SoupMail.com application and the back-end synchronization services for high performance, scalability and availability• Develop new back-end features• Rollout production releases with zero downtime• On-call response to all incidents

TheCollectingBug.com is a website for collectors of all things - allowing you to display, share and manage your collection. It is a feature-rich photo database with the ability to add custom fields of 7 different types (text, numbers, dates, links, maps, etc). Your data can be either public or private, and everything is highly searchable through filters.I am the lead Java developer using Apache Wicket 5.x and 6.x, the Jackrabbit / CRX Java Content Repository (JCR) for data storage and Solr for search. I took the original front-end design and built the entire application, as well as instructed and managed a small team of front-end and back-end developers over the life of the project.The website was heavily optimized for load-time performance, and I spent a considerable amount of time diagnosing and resolving issues and improving on the front-end to meet the customer's unique requirements.I built unit tests and integration tests with JUnit, Mockito and Selenium, and used tools such as Sonar to manage and improve quality over time. Maven and Gradle were the primary build tools.

Kasify.com was a startup for Real Estate Property Managers and Strata (Body Corporate) Managers. It was a SaaS customer service tool with case management, task prioritisation and workflow management, with in-built automatic reminders. I built a Ruby on Rails 4.x application consisting of two components:• 'Online Concierge' Portal - for the submission of new customer issues• 'Case Management' Tool - for managing cases, tasks, workflows and communications with all stakeholdersThe team interviewed and worked closely with over 15 Property Managers and Strata Managers in the Melbourne region to follow the 'lean startup' methodology and validate the business.Notable features included:• Responsive HTML5 web design - using SASS, CoffeeScript• Multi-tenanted design - using 'acts_as_tenant' gem for securing and isolating individual customers• Angular.js for two-way data binding and asynchronous data loading• Automated testing with Cucumber, R-Spec, and Capybara• Full email infrastructure for managing communications between Property Managers and their peers, with responses to emails tracked and appended to cases automatically. Each company had its own email domain, utilizating wildcard DNS and email mail server rules.

I built and managed multiple applications including:• JoinSomeone.com - a social network for activities• WhosSingle.net - a marketing application for seeing your friend's Facebook relationship status• DetectorDeSolteiras.com.br - a marketing promotion for Flores Online, a major online florist in Brazil in partnership with a Brazilian digital agencyI was heavily involved in all aspects of building a startup, including:• Software development in Ruby-on-Rails 3.x, including all front-end and back-end components and device-specific templates for mobile phones and tablets• Web site design and development• A/B testing ('split testing') and funnel conversion optimization (CRO)• iOS (iPhone, iPad) application development• Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO, SEM)• Business plans - writing, evaluation, validation and execution• Following the 'Lean startup' and 'customer development' methodologies espoused by Eric Ries and Steve BlankDuring this time I additional worked with other languages and frameworks such as Groovy / Grails, Node.js, PHP, Java, Scala, and C/C++. I also built content in CMS systems such as Wordpress and Joomla!

I developed a consulting practice around having your employees 'working from home' or working remotely. This entailed:• Building a Wordpress-enabled website, and customizing the Wordpress theme• Print and Online (SEO) Marketing• Creating services for managing Lync and SharePoint for clients• Writing blog articles and other content• Market testing and validation of the business

• Ported the Android Operating System to native desktops (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows through Cygwin) - targeting Android application developers• Included porting C, C++ and Java code to new environments, building a new front-end UI, and creating a custom build environment• Built a PHP marketing website including integration with Amazon S3 and PayPal

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• Led and directed the PCI:DSS working group within Banking and Finance • Participated in multiple steering committees, including RFP assessment process for redevelopment of the DEFT payment system and website• Worked independently to deliver 80+ risk assessment and due diligence projects simultaneously across banking, finance, investment and corporate affairs• Provided advice and direction to software developers in secure web application development (primarily JavaEE, Spring Framework and Struts MVC) and security of thick-client applications• Manage professional relationships with multiple business groups and global “iRisk” InfoSec team (NY, HK, UK)

Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za

• Individually recognised by customers for high-quality deliverables, professionalism, technical skills and thoroughness• Branch Manager’s Excellence Award (consulting at Tier 1 Bank) and Security Practice Award• Virtual Security Officer at NSW Dept Env and Heritage for 6 months – implementing and improving security procedures, practices and patchingTechnical Skills============- Expert in Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment and Forensics- Developed Application Security standards and guidelines for a large retail organisation- Information Security risk assessments – including applications, virtualisation and other emerging technology (e.g. Cisco UCS, VMware, EMC Symmetrix)- ISO27001/27002 ISMS, policies and gap assessments; AS 4360 risk mgmt - Assist organisations with gaining and maintaining PCI:DSS compliance- Delivered ‘Ultimate Hacking Defence’ professional training courses and individualised product training courses- Project management of $250k vulnerability management implementationBusiness Skills============- Management of five consultants, including mentoring, training and KPI reviews - Customer focus: clear articulation of the business impact and risks of security issues- Maintaining professional relationships across multiple industries- Confident interview, presentation and live demonstration skills (90+ audiences)- Developed new Australia-wide professional services (vulnerability management, data loss prevention, etc) and expertise (Certificate Authorities)- Developed Proposals, Statements of Work and Tender Reponses- SPIN sales methodology, sales plans and marketing brochures

Ultimo, Nsw, Au

• Spearheaded the use of application packaging and ghosting for 100’s of software applications throughout the Faculty of Engineering, across both student labs and staff workstations• System Administration using Novell Netware 5 and eDirectory, ZENworks 3.2 and Windows NT 4.0• Software development of utilities using C++ and an ASP website• Training fellow staff members in hardware engineering and embedded systems - including Intel / PIC Microcontrollers

Munich, De

• Developed installer packages for custom software using InstallShield 5.1• System Administration using Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95• TCP/IP networking

Phd, Telecommunications Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering Dip Engineering Practice, Computer Systems

Hsc, 4U Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, General English