I’ve been a Software Engineer for over a decade, and I’m currently working at Amazon. I love learning new things 🙂
The most recent project I’ve worked on and presented on is a media transcoding system for the ABC written in Javascript, Golang and built on AWS.
My current home is Seattle, but I have previously lived in Sydney and London. Here’s a little more about me:
Public speaking & events
- GOTO Chicago (May 2017) – two sessions
Video Transcoding at Scale with Microservices, 45 mins
ArrestedDevops live podcast, 45 mins - Hanselminutes Podcast with Scott Hanselman (September 2016)
Becoming a more Social Developer (30 mins) - NDC Sydney (August 2016)
Watch: Video Transcoding at Scale for ABC iview, 60 mins
Read: my report from NDC Sydney - CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap (June 2016)
Open discussion panellist, at Telstra - YOW! West (May 2016)
The ABC’s new Video Transcoding Service for iview, 30 mins - YOW! Nights in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney (April/May 2016)
The ABC’s new Video Transcoding Service for iview, 60 mins - ABC Tech talk night (March 2016)
Introducing Metro: The ABC’s new Video Transcoding Service for iview, 60 mins - Girl Geek Sydney (August 2013)
Responsive Web Design
Tutorials and study groups
- Organiser for over a dozen workshops for Women Who Code Sydney. I also ran a few of my own:
- Running a ‘Women Who Code’ Workshop (January 2016)
- Technical Interviews (Decemeber 2015)
- Tutorial on the Web Audio API (July 2014)
- Organiser of Data Structures & Algorithms, a 6 week study group to cover algorithm fundamentals (January – March 2015)
- Participant at Code Sydney, a 17 week study group learning JavaScript (July – October 2014)
Community involvement
- I was an organiser for Women Who Code Sydney (2014 – 2016), a monthly user group for technical women, with hands-on coding sessions in different languages and technologies such as Arduino, Javascript, Golang, d3, Rx and AWS technologies. We also ran professional development events such as interview practice, presentation skills, and negotiation. I wrote a post about running the user group.
- I like attending various tech groups and events, too 🙂
Hackathons / Startup Weekends involvement
- GovHack (2015) – ABC data mentor as well as coordinating datasets, sponsorship and ABC event participation
- Organising the ABC’s first Digital Network Hackathon (2015)
- SheHacks (2014) at Google in Sydney (we won!)
- Startup Weekend Education (2014)
- GovHack (2014) – we won third prize in Best Use Of NSW Data category!
- Tweets on a Map at Mi9 (2013) – winner of best use of data
In 2014 I tried a startup project, and learned a bunch of things
- Lessons on starting up
- Startup team composition – the Hipster, Hacker and Hustler
- And a retrospective on why this project wasn’t for me
Random projects I’ve done include:
- Mapping Sydney train data to show you the fastest commute to the city
- Creating a music matrix with the Web Audio API
- Angry Birds in CSS
I love travelling, and have spent 18 months in various parts of Europe, Asia, North and South America, as well as living in London for 6 years.
My baking endeavours have included Australia’s Biggest Cherry Ripe and other treats. There is always time for cake.
