What Have I been Getting Up To?
Employed as a programmer at TravelOnline.
Responsible for research, development, implementation and
management of libraries to access 3rd party travel APIs.
Providing both; in-house tools for the Reservations department
which allow for searching and booking flights and accommodation,
as well as APIs for the front end developers which grant access
to each of the libraries.
Gained certification to connect to a number of different platforms;
- Flights;
- Accommodation;
- Cruise;
During my time developing for the above mentioned APIs I gained
invaluable experience in identifying and then reporting on
bugs found in these systems. I have also built up skills in
communicating with other development teams, which were based
in a number of different locations including the United Arab
Emirates, Asia and Australia. In this position I have learnt
the value of building responsive graphical user interfaces to
allow for ease of access on any platform. To achieve this I
rely heavily on the Bootstrap CSS framework and I am confident
in applying this knowledge to any project.
Following is an example of one of the many in-house reservations
control panels I developed as a GUI into the APIs. The control
panels allowed our reservations staff to search, book and manage
holidays. They were all developed with default Bootstrap CSS.
Prior to the work developing for 3rd party travel APIs, I was a
freelance start-up responsible for; the planning and development
of a custom online Learning Management System, the implementation
of small to large scale database driven CMS and the design of
business marketing products. The list of clients includes;
- Amanda Tabberer
- American Property Investors
- ALS Tanks
- Kitchen Factory QLD
- Boarder Magazine
- Happy Coconuts
- The Petit Snail
- Coco Beach
- East Coast Lubes
- Peter Lack
- G W Racing
- Super Rooster
- Toowoomba Aeromodellers Association
- Krossfire Entertainment
- DOM Distribution
Before the few years of freelancing work, the Southern
Queensland Institute of Technical and Advanced Further Education
(TAFE) employed me numerous times for varying jobs. The
subjects I delivered while teaching at TAFE;
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CUFMEM03A: Integrate and use a scripting language (PHP)
in authoring a multimedia product. This unit describes
the skills required to integrate and use scripting
language in authoring a multimedia product within the
cultural industries.
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CUFMEM04A: Test a multimedia product. This unit refers
to the ability to develop a strategy for testing and to
conduct the test of a multimedia product within the
cultural industries.
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CUFIMA05A: Create 3D digital models and images. This
unit describes the skills and knowledge required to
use digital animation techniques and industry standard
software to create 3D animation for a range of media
applications within the cultural industries.
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Creative Media Department staff development in 3D
Modelling and Animation.
Previous to the TAFE work I was employed fulltime at Range
Media as a jack-of-all-trades. Duties included;
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Project Manager for a variety of projects which included
time lines, resource management, pricing/quotes and client
liaison.
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HTML, PHP, MySQL and Javascript coding. Component development
for CMS. Applications development for Medical and Rural sectors.
- Image capture, manipulation, design and layout.
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Staff development and training in CMS, templating
websites using CSS and HTML and developing with PHP
for dynamic web content.
Following are a few personal links. Websites I've built over
time, to pass the time. All show some knowledge of photoshop,
especially the textures on the Low Poly models. These sites
are now aging and were developed before designing for mobile
platforms existed. They still display relatively nicely on
desktop, in modern browsers and are works I am proud of;
Outside of work I have always had a keen interest in computer
games. During my time in the modding community I managed to do a
variety of interesting things which included;
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redtechnologies (link above).
The site was a resource used by people from all around
the globe. Map making is something I am still passionate
about. Had a good go at spawning zombies in Valve's
Hammer Editor and for the last little while I've been
enjoying making levels in Nintendo's Mario Maker.
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Iron Sun Modification. Modification of the Red Faction
game engine: New objective based gameplay, arenas for
Multi play, training mission for Single play, player skins,
weapons and graphical user interface. Developed for the PC
platform. 3D Animation, 3D Game Level Design, AI Navigation
and Animations, Cinematic Sequences, Table modifying, Graphic
Design and Webmaster.
I can quickly adapt to new programming languages. Armed only
with self taught knowledge of PHP, I completed Foundation
Programming in C with High Distinction and Object Oriented
Programming in C++ with Distinction through the University of
Southern Queensland. I completed a Diploma of Multimedia in
2001 and I also read a book on ASP back in 2002 :)
