Lead Software Engineer with extensive technical expertise across multiple domains including Generative AI applications, and web and mobile platforms. Currently leading AI-driven solutions development at Pollen Digital, focusing on healthcare apps, procurement platforms, and enterprise search. Previously held technical leadership positions serving major clients including Apple, Expedia, Google, and Vodafone. Demonstrated entrepreneurial success as founder of Sound Shelter, a vinyl marketplace with 30+ partner stores and 100,000 annual visitors. Technical expertise spans from front-end development with React/Next.js to AI systems incorporating RAG, vector databases, and prompt engineering with frontier LLMs. Experience across startups, digital product studios, and global enterprises with a proven track record of delivering high-value projects.
Experience
Leading AI-driven solutions development focusing on healthcare apps, procurement platforms, and enterprise search.
- Architected and built AI-driven health care companion app for people with arthritis, winning a Good Design Award
- Developed data-driven procurement platform revolutionizing the sustainable building materials industry
- Created personalized AI/Hybrid Search solution for enterprise using RAG and vector databases
- Led technical strategy and delivery of AI offerings across multiple high-value projects
- Established engineering excellence initiatives including bi-weekly skill-up sessions and improved documentation
Full-stack senior engineer in small, highly collaborative product teams.
- Managed technical architecture of SaaS platform connecting business leaders with experts
- Developed new e-learning and events platform for agriculture focus group
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% through migration to modern providers
- Improved developer experience with new CI/CD pipelines
Designed, built, and ran a platform connecting vinyl record buyers with record shops.
- Built platform connecting vinyl record buyers with 30+ partner record shops
- Scaled to 100,000 unique visitors per year
- Full ownership of UI/UX design and marketing automation
- Built and launched iOS app
Engineer for the marketing team focusing on building content and event platforms.
- Built content and event platforms beating lead targets by 17%
- Migrated events platform to React + Django Rest Framework
- Managed build of student onboarding platform used by hundreds each term
- Built clinic booking front-end processing ~40 payments per day
Founding engineer at an early stage startup focused on improving the online information environment.
- Founding engineer at startup awarded Google DNI funding
- Led team building React/Node platform connecting journalists with experts
- Developed backend infrastructure for ML-based misinformation detection
- Managed DevOps and gave code reviews for teammates
Technical lead for APAC working on integrating clients into partner marketing infrastructure.
- Technical lead for APAC working on integrating clients into partner marketing infrastructure
- Created custom integrations with 3rd party platforms and APIs to extract and transform data
- Worked as pre-sales and post-sales consultant in teams that won several million dollars worth of new business
- Supported major clients including Apple, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Vodafone, Nike, Google and Emirates
First technical hire for HomeAway.com in APAC, providing technical solutions to help partners grow their holiday rental business.
- First technical hire for HomeAway.com in APAC
- Developed custom feed parsing infrastructure powering ~20,000 property listings
- Worked in global team to migrate listings to a standardized platform
- Provided pre-sales and post-sales consulting for the APAC sales business
- Delivered technical solutions helping partners grow their holiday rental business
Projects
An AI-driven companion app for people with arthritis, trained on Arthritis NSW's vast catalogue of content to answer important questions for Australians living with inflammatory arthritis.
- Won Good Design Award in October 2024
- Built using AI and RAG technologies
- Powered by frontier LLMs
Education
Certificates
Publications
Awards
For Clara AI Companion, an innovative platform developed for Arthritis NSW