Experience

Studied actuarial studies after high school due to strong performance in mathematics.

During university, I split my time between tutoring and powerlifting. The degree developed my statistical thinking, which later became useful in machine learning.

Began tutoring 1-on-1 straight after high school, later joining Matrix Education where I taught group classes.

I enjoyed explaining complex ideas in simple ways and helping students build confidence. Received Mathematics Teacher of the Year Award in 2017.

Co-founded a health-tech startup building a computer vision system for aged care to prevent pressure injuries.

Led machine learning development and helped build the system from scratch. The project reduced pressure injuries significantly and won a national award.

Key takeaway: building impactful technology is not enough — distribution and sales determine whether it survives.

Moved into software engineering to deepen production engineering skills after a data-heavy role at PosiSense.

Worked in a supportive team environment and gained experience building production systems in a larger organisation.

Worked on firmware development in C and hardware-integrated systems.

This was my first experience working closely with hardware, requiring patience and structured debugging under constraints.

Key lesson: complex systems require calm iteration rather than rapid solutions.

Led automation testing initiatives within a large organisation.

Built testing systems from scratch under high constraints and high impact requirements. This role also marked deeper use of AI-assisted development tools.