B. Sci. (Computer Science)
University of New South Wales, 2018, HCI & data visualisation, security, web application engineering.
About
I'm a design-minded engineer and product leader with a background in journalism. Most recently I've been leading product and engineering at the frontier of AI, building the technical and product foundations for some of Australia’s fastest-growing startups. Before that I built design systems at Atlassian. I thrive at the intersection of design, product strategy and technical execution.
Education
B. Com. & Liberal Studies
University of Sydney, 2010, economics, political economy, psychology.
Technical Skills
AI & LLMs: LLM orchestration, Prompt engineering, Voice agents (STT/TTS), AI SDKs, Model Context Protocol, AI evaluation & guardrails
Design & Product: Prototyping, Design systems, Component architecture, UI/UX, Product strategy, Stakeholder management
Frameworks: React, Node.js, Next.js, Astro, NestJS, Remix, Vue.js, Tailwind
Infrastructure: Docker, AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Temporal, Vercel, Terraform, Git
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Go, C
Experience
Halyard, Founder, 2026-
Building an AI context platform that routes agents to the right experts when they hit knowledge gaps, turning team expertise into reusable organizational memory.
Lorikeet, Founding Product & Engineering Lead, 2023-2026
Employee #2 at Lorikeet, an AI-native CX platform. I drove the technical and product foundations as we grew from pre-revenue to Series B.
Atlassian Design System, Senior Software Engineer, 2020-2023
Took a leading role in evolving the Atlassian Design System, working closely with designers to build a new generation of components and tools. Led the architecture and rollout of new spacing and typography foundations across the company.
Atlassian, Software Engineer, 2019-2020
Built and rolled out a real user monitoring system across Atlassian's cloud and server products using Node.js, Docker, AWS and Go.
Web / OSS, Open Source Contributor, 2018-
Contributed regularly to OSS projects including @compiled, @emotion, storybook-addon-performance and eslint-codemod-utils. I see OSS contribution as an important part of being a developer.
Kayo Sports, Web Developer, 2018-2019
Helped build and launch a new sports video streaming platform for the web with React and Node.js.
Buy Somewhere, Developer, 2017-2017
Worked as a core developer on an independent game label, launching an augmented reality Monopoly-esque game for mobile. I was a part of a small team driving the games geo-location mechanics.
University of New South Wales, TA / Tutor, 2016-2019
Tutored and acted as a lecturer's assistant in UNSW's foundational computer science subjects since 2016. In 2018, I helped architect a new JavaScript and UI course.
Freelance, Web Developer, 2015-
Built and helped maintain websites for universities, architecture firms and not-for-profit organisations.
The Guardian, Deputy Editor (Sport & Tech), 2015-2016
Acted as digital producer for the Guardian's data visualisation projects. Wrote news and features, took charge of community engagement, ran liveblogs, and commissioned work from external contributors.
Halyard Studio, Consultant & Advisor, 2015-
Consulting on AI product strategy, engineering leadership and design systems. Previously built and maintained websites for universities, architecture firms and not-for-profit organisations.
SBS, Journalist / Digital Producer, 2011-2015
Wrote op-eds, news, liveblogs and other features for SBS's online sport platforms. Covered the Tour de France on location as part of the broadcast team. Hosted and produced a revamped SBS Cycling podcast, which twice featured among iTunes top-10 sports podcasts.
Other notables
I'm an occassional OSS contributor, I've co-authored a book on the Tour de France, and have appeared on ABC radio, triple j.