Systems engineer and developer with 13+ years across infrastructure, software development, and technical consulting. I design, build, and support systems end to end — from production networks and Windows infrastructure to the custom applications and integrations that run on top of them.
My focus is maintainability: systems that are reliable, well documented, and clear to operate long after they ship. I keep current through an active home lab, where new tools and services get tested before they reach anywhere that has to stay up.
Designed and built a bespoke CRM from the ground up — covering customers, orders, quoting, and PDF invoicing — with two-way integration into MYOB and Xero to keep financial records synchronised automatically.
Delivered a full-stack freshwater survey platform: a mobile-first field application on Node/Express and MySQL for recording sites, catches, measurements, and photos, with automated weather and moon-phase data — complemented by native Android applications built in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
Ongoing web and application development across the stack — PHP and WordPress/WooCommerce builds through to modern Blazor applications — with .NET experience spanning legacy ASP.NET 4 to the latest .NET 10.
Start with the environment and the people using it before choosing the tool.
Prefer systems that are observable, recoverable, and documented. A backup isn’t proven until a restore is.
Build around the workflow and the real problem, not just the technology stack.