education
2017 - 2018
PhD Student Online learning (Comp. Sci/Design) The ANU (AU)
2015 - 2016
Master's Digital Arts (Specialisation VFX) The ANU (AU)
2014 - 2014
Graduate Certificate Digital Arts The ANU (AU)
2011 - 2014
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering The University of Nottingham (MY)
2014 - 2014
TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Distinction) TEFLINK
2010 - 2011
Foundation in Science The University of Nottingham (MY)
Stand-alone courses/programs (36)
2025 - 2025 Frontend at Scale by Maxi Ferreira2025 - 2025 Python Basics by KodeKloud2025 - 2025 Docker Training for the Absolute Beginner by KodeKloud2025 - 2025 12 Factor App by KodeKloud2025 - 2025 DevOps Pre-Requisite Course by KodeKloud2025 - 2025 Redux by UI Dev2025 - 2025 React w/TypeScript by UI Dev2025 - 2025 TypeScript by UI Dev2025 - 2025 React Router by UI Dev2025 - 2025 Query.gg by UI Dev2024 - 2025 React.gg by UI Dev2024 - 2024 Compound Content by Jack Butcher2024 - 2024 The Fundamentals of Value by Jack Butcher2024 - 2024 Build Once, Sell Twice by Jack Butcher2024 - 2024 How to Visualize Value by Jack Butcher2024 - 2024 Permissionless Apprentice by Jack Butcher2023 - 2023 GSAP3 Express by Creative Coding Club2022 - 2023 Advanced JavaScript by UI Dev/Tyler McGinnis2022 - 2022 Modern JavaScript by UI Dev/Tyler McGinnis2022 - 2022 The Joy of Svelte by Jesse Skinner2022 - 2022 Singing by Perform Australia2022 - 2022 Acting 101 by Perform Australia2022 - 2022 Design Thinking: The Ultimate Guide by Interaction Design Foundation2022 - 2022 User Experience: The Beginner's Guide by Interaction Design Foundation2022 - 2022 User Experience Design Fundamentals by Joe Natoli2022 - 2022 UX & Web Design Master Course: Strategy Design, Development by Joe Natoli2022 - 2022 UX: The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX by David Travis2020 - 2021 React by UI Dev/Tyler McGinnis2020 - 2020 The Complete Node.js Developer Course by Andrew Mead2020 - 2020 ES6 for Everyone by Wes Bos2018 - 2019 The Modern JavaScript Bootcamp by Andrew Mead2018 - 2019 Developing with Elixir by The Pragmatic Studio2017 - 2017 The Complete Elixir and Phoenix Bootcamp by Stephen Grider2018 - 2018 Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Program by The ANU2017 - 2018 The Marketing Seminar by Seth Godin2017 - 2017 The Principles of Teaching and Demonstrating by CHELTS, ANU
experience
2024 - Now
KodeKloud (DevOps EdTech startup) DevRel Leader/Sr Community Mngr Managed 25k+ Discord, Community Support Team, and community engagement; rebuilt Ambassador Program and managed it.)
2018 - 2025
ANU Research Centre for Deep History (AUD 3mil) UX/UI Developer Designed and built scrollytelling website Marking Country (MC) with interactive maps (Leaflet + SVG), GSAP. Originally built with React + Strapi; rebuilt the Centre site with WordPress and MC with Svelte - launched in Washington DC by the Australian Ambassador and ex-PM Kevin Rudd.
2018 - 2018
ANU School of Art and Design Tutor/Assistant Visual Communication course technical support for design projects.
2017 - 2018
ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods Web/Comms Officer Website design and maintenance, designed published material.
2017 - 2017
Oxide Interactive Front-end Developer Drupal templating and theming for an Austroads/NTC project.
2016 - 2016
CycleLifeHQ Front-end + UX/UI Developer Generated wireframes and UIs for Rails-based eCommerce CMS.
2015 - 2015
Intelledox Digital Business Transformation Centre Part-time assist. Created digital solutions and designed forms for the ANU.
2012 - Now
Lady of Code Freelance web dev/graphic designer Designed and built websites with databases for international clientele. Own site built with Svelte (previously React, Strapi, and WordPress).
projects
2024 - 2025
Developer Relations Foundation Designed a full band with the team including a logo, visual identity, and website design system.
2023 - 2024
Sign on Screen: Language, Culture, and Sign Language signonscreen.com Designed a full brand and built the website with a custom film finder for a DECRA project on WordPress. Figma, GreenShift, AI, PS.
2023 - 2024
International Consortium of Centres for Early Modern Studies iccems.org Built a brand, created associated graphics and style guide; used them to design and build an academic WordPress website.
2023 - 2023
Darren Halpin - personal academic site darrenhalpin.com Designed and built a personal academic website.
2022 - 2023
Parergon - academic journal parergon.org Designed and build the Parergon journal on Open Journal Systems with Figma, PHP, Smarty, and LESS.
2022 - 2023
Centre for Australian Literary Cultures visual brand Streamlined a brand direction and customised imagery.
2022 - 2023
Cyber Coven Built Cyber Coven visual brand with Shega Digital (Croatia).
2021 - 2022
Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS) cems.anu.edu.au Designed and built the CEMS (WordPress) website with a full visual brand and style guide.
2021 - 2021
That's What She Said Frontend for a Michael Scott lewdness detector app.
2021 - Now
100 Day Challenges 11 rounds of 100 Day Challenges. Details far below.
2018 - 2021
The Grid (Founder, personal project - Grid Labs Pty Ltd) Chat-based community management platform. Svelte, Express, Node, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Objection.js/Knex, Docker.
community engagement
2009 - Now
Community activities Developer Relations Foundation (brand, logo, community working group); KodeKloud (events, company programs); founded Atlantis, Artifex, and Digital Arts Guild tech + creative communities (set up a studio, led projects, project teams, ran hackathons, mentored); founded The Dragonfly Effect (international gaming guild since 2009; led a team of 20 officers running events); mentored 100+ teams in Innovation ACT (entrepreneurship program).
50+
Workshops Taught Svelte, Sveltekit, Three.js, GSAP, GraphQL, WordPress, Gatsby, fractal art, Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects, photography. Started Frontend Faction (teaching & mentoring front-end design & dev). Designed and taught Moonside: a 9-workshop course - technical skills to launch side projects from scratch. Includes branding, building web pages, marketing, onboarding, user engagement, marketing, etc
500+
Social events Organised hackathons, photowalks, movie/game nights, trips, etc.
awards
2012 - 2014
Nottingham Advantage Award Extracurricular career and personal development modules.
2013 - 2013
Industrial Prize (Hilti Group) Best team implementation of agile development practices and software.
2013 - 2013
School of Computer Science Prize Best team dynamics and project handling.