Development Manager, Python PHP projects
FanTab Inc. (Ipswich MA USA)

Design and implementation of the complex rating/charting algorithms and large-scale systems to support a high-traffic sports-based site.
MySQL database architecture, design, build, management. Admin tools, database middleware, queued email systems.
Refactor and recoding initial concept designs through testing to full public launch.
Implement Facebook & Twitter registration streams in parallel with site membership.
Integrate site with RSS feeds, WordPress blogs, news and sport statistics services.
Develop and implement system-level Python daemon services to deliver 90% efficiency savings on high-traffic database resources.
HTML/CSS designs and advanced jQuery javascript code for third-party widgets.
Technical scoping, prototyping, deadline and project management.
Oversee subcontractors involved in widget and API development, maintain SVN version control for development, staging, and production servers on Amazon Cloud.

B2B Systems Developer
searson.com (Sydney NSW)

HTML/CSS designs for a variety of small business web sites, using custom CMS and file-system databases, installed on Centos, RedHat Linux, and Microsoft servers.
Gazette implementation Partner to Thirdfloor, for clients in NY USA and QLD AU.
Set up and maintain email marketing services, integrated with Pixlr photo editor.
Launched Is Your Site Running? for Google Apps™ using Python (Google App Engine) and big-table NoSQL database.
DryTreat International - built a complete sales distribution and customer warranty system which handles 10000+ customer transactions per year - supporting 3700 sales staff & tradesmen, 5530 companies, in 34 countries. This system includes sales planning and management tools, shared calendars, internal reporting systems, automated licensing and warranty approvals, monitors marketing and training programs, newsletters, and global where-to-buy. It supports user interfaces in several languages. Installed ezPublish for their main site, plus a custom CMS to handle 14 language microsites in their major regions of operation.
Various consulting work and advisory roles under NDA for a financial planner, a brand-awareness group in USA, a Singapore-based car sales network and others.
Beijing Gig Guide - site development and database/backend management. Calendar and integrated venue maps. WordPress installation, captcha and security patching.
Video applications on Facebook - promotional tools for a Baltimore Hotel Chain and concepts for SEO4GOOD.
Generic Medicines Association of Australia - CMS and site security consultation.
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP - sysadmin, setup & hosting services.

Chief Technology Officer
ChatterPOP (social media startup in Los Angeles CA USA)

Collaborative design and development of the chatterpop platform with This2That.com
Initial proof of concept for web-cam recording and playback. Membership based site for sharing video profiles, and discussing topic-based RSS news feeds. Point scoring and badges, tagging & flagging, leaderboard systems.
Facebook canvas and FBML applications for marketing. FB/Twitter, Gowalla, 4square and other API and OAuth integrations.
Third party widgets for cross-domain javascript integration into partner publications.
Streaming Video - setup red5 RTMP server, modify HDVFR flash video recorder, test haXe media server, install Wowza on dedicated virtual machine.
Translate all code from web-based to iPhone-based interface.
Build the API for iPhone App - coordinate with outsourced software team in Mumbai.
SQLite, MySQL, PHP, Flash, HTML5, jQuery

Software Engineer, Site Designer
Thirdfloor Software Works (Sydney NSW)

Helped create and launch a completely new CMS, targeted for a niche publishing market. Python programming of custom CMS components. HTML/CSS designs for customer web sites. Developed an internet-delivered Remote Captioning system, used by universities for hearing-impaired students, and by major corporations for closed-caption meetings involving ESL staff through Asia-Pacific. Technical and financial scoping, prototyping, project management.

Chief Technologist, Fast Company and Inc Magazines
Gruner + Jahr (Boston Massachusetts USA)

Bertelsmann, through their NY subsidiary G+J, merged FC with Inc magazine. My job was to create a single content management platform and to merge the two different technology teams with two completely different systems. We succeeded in cutting overheads by $50k per month.

Web Architect
Fast Company Magazine (Boston MA USA)

Fast Company was one of the beacons of business change in the US during and after the internet boom. I designed and built their initial web sites, growing and managing a professional web team. Directed all in-house software developments. Wrote a complete CMS and Community forum system. Created and executed a "cyber cafe" in several cities across the country, working with the Live Events department. Provided tech support for print production, and was involved in video productions using Final Cut Pro. Developed and implemented an online game for IBM, had minor advisory roles with Adobe and Netscape, and was an invited speaker to the New England Publishers Association. Credited by Seth Godin (Vice-President of Permission Marketing at Yahoo!, author of the Viral Marketing concept) as introducing the "send-to-a-friend" concept to online publishing.

Webmaster
Atlantic Monthly (Boston MA USA)

Hired to launch the online initiatives for an incubated magazine. Worked with the existing creative team to improve and extend the web site of a hundred-year-old publication. Brought all web hosting systems in-house. Introduced linux and open-source software to the organization.

Site Builder, Perl programmer
WebMedia (Adelaide, South Australia)

Built the first round of purely commercial sites for the first commercial web company in South Australia. Wrote proposals and tenders for Government contracts, taught basic HTML to several government employee groups.

SA Enterprise Workshop (Category Winners)
Our small team planned and brought a product to market during this highly competitive three-month business development programme.

Commercial Artist, Typesetter
Birdwood Graphics (Adelaide, SA)

Created sales brochures for real estate agencies, with floor plans and house illustrations. Met weekly deadlines for client advertising. Introduced macintosh laser typesetting of real estate ads. Spun off and sold a separate business, AdSet, to handle this work.

Bachelor of Architecture
(Adelaide University)