Professional Career

WebSHOUT, Web Developer, Sydney Australia (2005-2015)

  • Freelance Web Development for local businesses.
  • Android App Development. Early adopter of Kotlin.
  • Design and Development of an E-Commerce website built based on OsCommerce. Fully involved from concept to a running successful online store. Including Marketing, SEO, PPC (AdWords).
  • International clients serviced, building custom PHP scripts fit for purpose.
  • Serviced Sydney City Council, Webmaster of their 10,000+ page website, created a plugin for their intranet to sync with LDAP.
  • Technologies used during this time: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MYSQL, WordPress, OsCommerce, Kotlin, Java, RxJava, Flash.

Various StartUps, Founder & Dev., International (2015-2018)

  • Pivoted from mainly being a developer to being an entreprenuer.
  • Focused on creating startups based on personal strengths revolving around education.
  • Heavily modified FOOS to cater to the needs of the users.

International Education Club, Co-Founder, China (2018-2020)

  • Used Laravel as the base framework to build the MVP.
  • Android App was built to compliment the online platform, integrated with LinkedIn API.
  • Recruited 3+ highly qualified and experienced team members, including one from a top 10 biggest companies in the world!
  • Attended multiple competitions, presentations and even had our own booth at Slush Nanjing.
  • Prepared and succesfully pitched to the Chinese Government, after a gruelling 6 month application process. 

MYStar FinTech, Founder, Australia (2020-Present)

  • Saw an opportunity in a collapsing stock market earl 2020 due to Covid-19.
  • Rushed to create various financial tools that both harvested data from WWW and analysed it using various proprietary mathematical models.
  • Focus was on both Australian (ASX 200) and USA (S&P 500) stock markets, trading with shares and warrants.
  • Python was the prefered language of choice after some research for its superior mathematical capabilities.
  • Integrated with custom charting and mathematical analysis would give an in-depth analysis that would rival most free and paid platforms.

Where Is The Buzz?, Founder, International (2021-Present)

  • Outsourced the development of the MVP to a junior developer.
  • Did market research on the concept, approaching bar and club owners in various countries (USA, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Australia, Philippines).
  • Implemented a wallet into the Android App using Stripe.
  • Predominantly using Google Cloud Technologies such a Firebase & GCP
  • Future plans to develop an iOs App utilizing Flutter, expanding into other countries and regions. Growing both the user base and building B2B relationships with venue owners.