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EDUCATION
2012 - 2013: Graduate Diploma of Computer Science; University of Adelaide
2006 - 2010: Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Honours 2A,
Grade Point Average: 5.18; University of South Australia

EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
June 2013 November 2013: Software Test Engineer, Topcon Precision Agriculture
- Performed automated testing using Squish
- Undertook system level testing for real time embedded systems for precision agriculture in an
Agile environment
- Wrote, documented, executed and maintained automated test cases written in the Python
programming language; developed strong coding skills and knowledge of OOP (Object
Oriented Programming) and design patterns
- Collaborated with senior colleagues of the product verification and validation team to replicate
software and hardware defects for further analysis by the engineering teams
- Performed automated GUI regression testing using a combination of commercial and in-house
automated testing tools
- Contributed to creating an automated test environment/automated testing capabilities to test
a specialized suite of real time embedded systems running on Windows and Linux platforms
- Contributed to the implementation and maintenance of the automation framework
- Used a defect tracking system (JIRA) to track reported software defects by providing
information pertaining to the time the defect was reported, its severity, erroneous program
behavior and details on how the defect can be reproduced
- Evaluated the usability of the system and suggested improvements where necessary
- Gained an understanding of the software defect life cycle; documented and evaluated test
results, raised defects where necessary
- Collaborated with software developers, software test engineers and others to identify,
prioritise and resolve issues in a timely manner; provided quality centric feedback via the
JIRA defect tracking system to help identify issues early
- Gained an understanding of GPS technologies and their applications in precision agriculture
- Gained an understanding of different testing strategies, including but not limited to, white
box/black box testing, unit/integration/systems testing, regression testing, GUI testing, load
testing, functional testing, usability testing and others
- Gained an understanding of the different software development models such as the SDLC
waterfall model, the V model and the Agile model
- Gained experience with distributed revision control software such as Mercurial and GUI
interfaces for Mercurial such as TortoiseHg; Have prior experience in SVN/Git
January 2013 March 2013: IT Service Desk Agent, Westpac Banking Corporation
- Provided a single point of contact for hardware, software and application related problems for
internal Westpac employees
- Used an incident tracking system to provide end user support by creating, updating and
resolving reported incidents in an enterprise environment
- Used a knowledge management database for the initial assessment of incidents and/or
escalation of unresolved incidents to specialist resolver groups for further action
- Monitored and escalated incidents that did not meet defined service level agreements
- Contributed to the continuous improvement of knowledge management by suggesting
feedback/ammendments on specified knowledge articles where necessary
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to resolve end user issues at the Tier 1 level
- Provided support to other ITIL processes

February 2011 August 2011: Research Assistant, Wearable Computer Laboratory (WCL),
University of South Australia
- Co - designed a bluetooth data recorder that monitored, recorded and stored medical data
from off the shelf medical equipment


- Gained understanding of TCP/IP and OSI protocol architectures, wireless networking
infrastructure and industry standards
- Gained development experience over different source code editors, compilers, debuggers,
integrated development environments and revision control programs on Microsoft and Linux
platforms
December 2010 January 2011: Systems Operator, Hawk Eye Innovations
- Responsible for setup, calibration and operation of the Hawk Eye ball tracking technology
for use during the 2010/11 T20 Big Bash cricket competition
- Responsible for maintenance of technology used by the system including TCP/IP broadcast
servers, digital vision mixers and digital television infrastructure
March 2010 December 2010: Research Student, Defense and Systems Institute (DASI),
University of South Australia
- Undertook application development in C# and .NET for real time and embedded systems
- Developed distributed applications to test network performance of bluetooth, ethernet and
wireless networks for different quality of service
- Programmed a USB gaming joystick to control a custom built quadrotor
- Submitted abstract of completed research work to the APCOSE (Asia Pacific Council on
Systems Engineering) 2010 conference
- Gained holistic level understanding of the application of systems engineering processes to real
time mission-critical defense systems
July 2009 September 2009: Volunteer, eLabtronics
- Programmed embedded electronic systems using PIC range of micro controllers
- Displayed selected PIC micro controller projects at the 2009 Royal Adelaide Show
- Developed 2D/3D graphical applications using C/C++ and OpenGL
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
March 2012 August 2012: Mortgage Collections, Westpac Banking Corporation
- Educated customers on the payment arrangements required on their housing, business
development and/or investment property loans to avoid further collections activity
- Gained proficient knowledge in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software required
to update the arrears on customer mortgages
- Negotiated payment plans with customers to prevent accounts from reaching mid/late cycle
recoveries, litigation and/or possible repossession
- Satisfied monthly KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) by striking a balance between
productivity, call handle times and call quality
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
- Attended a celebratory function hosted by Kevin Scarce at Government House (Adelaide) in
recognition of voluntary work aimed at teaching migrants/refugees introductory skills in
electronic and software engineering
- Peer selected to represent the University of South Australia against Flinders University and
Adelaide University at the 2009 IET Rex Johns Prize

EXTRA CIRRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Adelaide University Staff Student Committee (Postgraduate Rep): 2012 2013
- Engineers Without Borders (Volunteer): March 2013 December 2013
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
- Programming Languages: Java, C, C#, C++, LabVIEW, Matlab
- Markup Languages: HTML, XHTML, XML
- Scripting Languages: PHP, JavaScript
- Database Processing: MySQL, JDBC/ODBC
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows/XP/Vista, Android, Linux
- Integrated Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse
REFEREES
Available upon request