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EXPERIENCE
CURRENT
Remote, 2022–Present
CTO of Summit — the invitation-only global community and events company. Leads all engineering and technology strategy following Summit's 2025 merger with Events.com.
Redesigned and rebuilt the Summit One app — on-demand content, real-time messaging, event discovery, and a complete multi-day conference interface. Think Spotify meets WhatsApp meets Luma.
Building internal AI tools to streamline operations workflows and developing new AI-powered features for the platform.
PREVIOUSLY
Melbourne, 2004–2016
Australia's largest privately owned digital agency. Led development, technical teams, and created cutting-edge digital solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Melbourne → New York, 2014–2018
Retail technology startup — built the FoyerLive platform for retail operations, mobile, and AWS cloud.
INDEPENDENT
New York City, 2016–Present
Select projects requiring vast expertise across eCommerce, event technology, and complex full-stack applications.
Twenty-six years of shipping. Known for a "can't put it down" work ethic and an easy going Aussie demeanor. Moved from Melbourne to Manhattan, to Brooklyn, to Connecticut (just outside NYC) — the beaten path.
NO SURCHARGE
Just good vibes and clean code. Any additional jokes are included free of charge and distributed evenly among all project stakeholders.
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THE HUMAN STUFF
how I work with people
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TEAM LEADERSHIP & SCALING
Building, mentoring, and retaining high-performing engineering teams
TRANSLATING BETWEEN WORLDS
Making complex technical concepts crystal clear for non-technical stakeholders — and vice versa
ARCHITECTURE DIRECTION
System design decisions, code reviews, and technical strategy at the org level
PRODUCT THINKING
Bridging the gap between what's technically possible and what users actually need
OPERATIONS & PROCESS
Building internal tools and workflows that make entire teams faster
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THE DOMAINS
what I build
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real-time schedules, attendee networking, mapping, content delivery, event ops
LLM integrations, AI agents, internal tooling, workflow automation
messaging, content, discovery, notifications — at scale
headless builds, omni-channel, in-store kiosks, checkout flows
cross-platform native apps, offline-first, push, deep linking
endless aisle, connected fitting rooms, digital signage, PaaS
interactive installations, video walls, synchronized signage
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THE STACK
tools of the trade
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PREFERRED LANGUAGES
TYPESCRIPT · NODE · PHP · SQL · HTML/CSS
FRAMEWORKS
REACT · REACT NATIVE · EXPO · ASTRO · NEXT.JS · TAILWIND
PLATFORMS
AWS · KUBERNETES · SHOPIFY PLUS · WEBFLOW · VERCEL · CONTENTFUL · CHROME OS
AI & TOOLING
CLAUDE API · OPENAI API · MCP · AI AGENTS · RAG · WORKFLOW AUTOMATION · OPENCLAW
* ALLERGEN INFORMATION
The following major dependencies are present: Node, Redis, PostgreSQL, AWS. Work produced in a facility that previously handled PHP, jQuery, and IE6. May contain nuts. Please notify staff for more information.
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SELECT WORK
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FEATURED
community platform & conference tech — TypeScript, React Native, PHP, AWS, AI
PORTFOLIO
She Runs Sydney 10k — social running, eCommerce, connected signage
movember.com — charity donation platform, PHP, Redis, MySQL
Shopify Plus headless eCommerce, AWS Amplify, React, TypeScript
endless aisle & self checkout — Chrome OS, React, touchscreen kiosk
retail endless aisle — Shopify Plus, Chrome OS, React
Control Syntax Rio — video wall, synchronized digital signage
retail operations PaaS — mobile, AWS cloud
School of Architecture digital exhibition — AWS Rekognition, React, p5.js, Mapbox
in-store connected fitting room — Chrome OS, React
